Philosophy &Poetry Entropy | 27 Feb 2009
As such continuing my fascination with -Time .. with T.S. Eliot’s – Four Quartets, in which Eliot uses language to reflect the finite nature of life and the infinity of existence. Time more than anything defines the contrasting dimensions of relative existence: an apparent snare with no escape, a continuum of change ever wearing away [...]
Philosophy &Poetry Entropy | 04 Feb 2009
Czeslaw Milosz’s poetry is mostly autobiographical confessions dealing with the effects of exile, religious or metaphysical fragments, historical and literary analyses. Acclaimed as a Catholic poet, Milosz has also a strong “Pantheist” element in his work. They say someone has invented you but to me this does not sound convincing for humans has invented themselves [...]
Philosophy &Poetry &Science Entropy | 08 Jun 2008
What good is science to poets? And what good is poetry to scientists? According to Poet Michael Symmons Roberts science moves faster than the ethical debate, so it takes poets time to react to new developments. Genomics, a topic that he is interested in, is a good example. “It’s so new that the deeper metaphors [...]
Mathematics &Philosophy &Poetry Entropy | 08 May 2008
Relationship(s) of Quantity to Quality Where did Quantity and Quality come from? Some Cosmic or Existential Sum? It may sound simply dumb. But it may have come from a Mathematicians rule of thumb… Or A plumb line not very fine, or mine, But Divine. Quantity – Quality => Imposiblé. Quality – Quantity: They may say, [...]
Philosophy &Poetry Entropy | 29 Apr 2008
We dine at Adorno and return to my Beauvoir. She compliments me on my Bachelard pad. I pop in a Santayana CD and Saussure back to the couch. On my way, I pull out two fine Kristeva wine glasses. I pour some Merleau-Ponty and return the Aristotle to Descartes. After pausing an Unamuno, I wrap [...]
Literature &Philosophy &Poetry Entropy | 21 Apr 2008
This poem is a ode in honor of Reason. The function of the first verse is the thesis: human Reason is the cause of both good and evil. The rest of verses (although not all of them) affirm this opinion. Thanks to Reason tolerance exists in the world, it is possible to distinguish good from [...]