Helen is not the subject but the test case. She is the figure around which questions of causation, perception, agency, and the reliability of language organize. The movement runs from Homer, where she is a condition, through Euripides and Gorgias, to Thucydides where she disappears entirely and the mechanism persists. The distance between the laterContinue reading “Pandora and Helen”
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Never Cry Wolf
My boys twisted my arm into getting Elden Ring so we could all play together. It was an easy sell (I wanted an excuse) and it is another way we three can bond. Too many hours later, I cannot keep up with them. Perhaps it is perceptual speed. Perhaps their keyboard skills are better. WhateverContinue reading “Never Cry Wolf”
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