The funniest critique of Cartesian dualism ever put to film occurs on the moon. In Terry Gilliam’s The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988), Robin Williams plays the King of the Moon: a giant disembodied head floating serenely above his own detached body. The head is refined, articulate, and philosophical. The body, meanwhile, rampages below: lustful,Continue reading “The Locus of Human Action”
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The Lyric Poets
Identity appears first. Between roughly 700 and 500 BCE, something kindles in the Greek world before it bursts into flame. The later blaze is short lived. Very short. If one is severe with dates, it runs from the Persian victory in 480 BCE to the Spartan demolition of the Long Walls in 404 BCE. AboutContinue reading “The Lyric Poets”
Protective Arts 