HeyJaredCassiacum: A Place to Think
A place of retreat from the bloomin' buzzin' world of ignorance, incivility, and conflict to explore philosophy, literature, history, and theology and celebrate (without fetishizing) the Great Tradition.
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“Inconstant World of Gusty Rays” (opens the original)
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Architects of Memory, Part 3 of 3“…and the days change face / life changes face…”1 “…snatch out of time the passionate transitory.”2 The two cousins are middle-aged, dressed in out-of-fashion, slightly shabby suits and speaking with a Sicilian twang: a couple of hayseeds utterly out of place
What Is It Like to Be a God? (opens the original)
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An Undiscoverable CountryA half-century ago, Thomas Nagel published “What Is It Like to Be a Bat?”,1 a paper that—thankfully!— broke the bewitchment the then-popular reduction of consciousness to brain activity (so-called identity theory) exerted over Anglo-American philosophers of mind.2 <a class="image-link image2" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LD0F!,f_auto,q_auto:go
"Like an old wine" (opens the original)
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Architects of Memory Series, Part 2 of 3“Golden lads and girls all must, / as chimney sweepers, come to dust.”1“We can ask and ask but we can’t have again what once seemed ours for ever.”2“We were the Leopards, the Lions; those who will take our place will be little jackels, hyenas.&
“Speaking in Her Body” (opens the original)
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Architects of Memory Series, Part 1 of 3“She was a beast and at the same time an Immortal.”1“Follow! Oh, follow! / To be at rest forevermore! / Forevermore!”2Sun-baked Sicily may be the poor cousin of Italy economically, but it’s astoundingly rich in world-class writers.<a class="footnote-anchor" href="#f
A Two-Centuries Old Warning to Substackers (opens the original)
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The great poet-philosopher Giacomo Leopardi was a master at combining tongue-in-cheek mockery with serious reflection. One of his essays from the 1820s, “Thoughts,” is a witty takedown of authors who insist on publicly reading their work at every available opportunity because they just know that the world pants for their wisdom. Since they believe they’re providing a public service, they’re not averse to applause and approval—and, if they can swing it, financial reward. And they don’t doubt for
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