The Screaming Pope

convective precipitation Old saws like "when it rains it pours" are basically predicated on the pathetic fallacy wherein nature re...

A city is an agglomeration of intentions. But what is the result? Is the difference between the sum of the parts and the whole tantamount to...

Kierkegaard defined three "spheres of existence." In order of importance, they were "the esthetic, the ethical and the religi...

How fast can you think? And how many items can you contemplate at once? Some people find they achieve a certain clarity and ability to make ...

the Eye of Providence on $1 bill Reality is unfathomable enough that there's no need for transcendence. It’s nice to think about superna...

Guess Who?  The notion of “the uncanny” is prosecuted by both Freud and Heidegger. The particularities of their views may differ but in Germ...

To regret the future . Is there a verb in any Indo-European language which expresses this action? Intransitive or intransigent? How about th...