Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Here are some final thoughts on this topic (some retread, hopefully clarifying, some new stuff)… Why suppose that racism (as a form of “loserism” or otherwise) is an essential Enlightenment idea as opposed …

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. All that sounds right. LikeLike

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. By the way did you end up reading Portrait, and if so what did you think? LikeLike

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Felix, like Alison, was both a difficult and extraordinary person. His most outstanding traits were his loyalty, generosity of spirit and lovingness of heart. But any memory of him comes with both good and bad…us having…

I stopped participating in this thread awhile back, but just because I got busy with other things. I’ve come back to it now (and reviewed the thread). Here, then, are my more-settled thoughts. I’m hoping this is a good warm-up for getting b…

In reply to butimbeautiful. “And then there are people whose traits attract misfortune.” Both Alison and I were like that, in different ways. We were both among the most misfortune-attracting members of two dysfunctional families, partly by…

You’re very honest. You weren’t always kind and in the light of what happened you wish you had been. In fact you could have been nicer in the train when the woman needed help. Maybe such situations are more complicated in the US. But……