Life & Meditation-Introspection & Philosophy Entropy | 24 Dec 2007
The Tao of Pooh is a book by Benjamin Hoff. It gives a basic, though entertaining introduction to Taoism, using the fictional character of Winnie the Pooh.
“What’s that?” the Unbeliever asked.
“Wisdom from the Western Taoist,”I said.
“It sounds like something from Winnie-the-Pooh ,” he said.
“It is,” I said.
“That’s not about Taoism,” he said.
“Oh, yes it [...]
Architecture & Design & Art Entropy | 18 Dec 2007
“That’s not it at all, that’s not what I meant at all”
–from “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” by T.S. Eliot
The English novelist Virginia Woolf declared that human nature underwent a fundamental change “on or about December 1910.” The statement testifies to the modern writer’s fervent desire to break with the past, rejecting [...]
Books & Life & Literature Entropy | 15 Dec 2007
Doris Lessing, aged 88, was awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize for Literature. In her acceptance speech she recalls her childhood in Africa and laments that children in Zimbabwe are starving for knowledge, while those in more privileged countries shun reading for the ‘inanities’ of the internet
It seems relatively lengthy to read on screen, however its [...]
Poetry- Physics & Science Entropy | 12 Dec 2007
Essay: By K.C. Cole
People say that nothing is perfect. I beg to differ. The notion of symmetry is both perfect and nothing—a combination that gives it unreasonable effectiveness in physics.
Summing up 50 years of progress in fundamental physics, David Gross recently concluded: “The secret of nature is symmetry.” Everyone gets seduced by symmetry in one [...]
Philosophy & Science Entropy | 09 Dec 2007
Philosophy is written in this grand book-
I mean the universe – Which stands
Continually open to our gaze,
But it cannot be understood,
Unless one first learns to comprehend the language
And interpret the character in which it is written.
- Galileo Galilei , Il Saggiatore
Books & Literature Entropy | 04 Dec 2007
This is somewhat elongated portrayal & study of Conrad’s writing, publish on Guardian Unlimited . Nevertheless its so amazing that have copied the entire article rather then providing just the link.. Pl care to read on
What he wants us to see is: the lot. Not one side or another, but the whole shooting match A [...]