PHILOSOPHICAL EGGS – Page 2 – YOLKS OF WISDOM FROM DWIGHT GOODYEAR

2. What is Philosophy?

Philosophy is not easy to define. However, it is clear that philosophy can be differentiated from other disciplines by (1) the type of questions it asks; (2) by the way it answers them; and (3) its purpose. This brief overview… Read more ›

Nov 18, 2012

Dwight Goodyear

Education, Truth

arguments, imagination, Philosophy, wisdom

1. Death-in-Life

I suspect that anyone who writes on the subject of death has a moment when he or she wonders whether it is better to agree with the Zen monk Toko who, in his dying moment, tells us in a death… Read more ›

Nov 17, 2012 1 Comment

Dwight Goodyear

Death, Metaphysics

death, Death-in-life, Hegel, Heraclitus, Japanese death poems, Krishnamurti, life, metaphysics, Samurai, Socrates, Toko, Yoel Hoffman, Zen