Daily Archives: June 24, 2008

Aphorism and Nietzsche: What It Means to Blog and Be a Blogger

Posted on June 24, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

It occurs to me that a blog entry is a lot like an aphorism. What I mean is that blogs and aphorisms are like matches struck: they flare up, contribute light to a subject, then return to the darkness. A blog entry, like … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged aphorism, existentialism, Franz Kafka, literature, Nietzsche, philosophy, poetry, Politics, postmodernism, religion, Santi Tafarella | 3 Comments

George Carlin on God and the Problem of Suffering

Posted on June 24, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

In memory of George Carlin (1937-2008), that Prometheus who stole comedy-fire from frowning heaven, and brought it to earth, relieving humans, if for only an hour, of their suffering, wherever God would not or could not. In one of his stand-up routines he … Continue reading →

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Poison in the Ear: Shakespeare, Karl Rove, and Barack Obama

Posted on June 24, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

A theme in Shakespeare’s plays is poison poured into the ear—from Iago going around whispering his poisons into the ears of the characters in Othello, to Lady Macbeth and the Weird Sisters arousing the lusts of Macbeth for power. In Hamlet, Claudius … Continue reading →

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Euripides’s “Bakkhai”: Is Dionysus Jesus?

Posted on June 24, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

Euripides’s “Bakkhai” is an extraordinary play, and functions on many fascinating levels. At one level it can be read as an indictment of rationalism, and a warning to the audience against atheism. Toward the beginning of the play, for example, … Continue reading →

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Aristophanes, Atheism, Rhetoric, and Iconoclasm: A Review of “Clouds”

Posted on June 24, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

Aristophanes’ comedy, Clouds, is a humorous send-up of ancient Greek rationalism, science, atheism, and lawyerly sophistry, as supposedly represented by Socrates and the philosophical and sophistic schools of Athens. Aristophanes portrays Greek intellectuals as an arrogant class of effete and … Continue reading →

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Daily Archives: June 24, 2008

Aphorism and Nietzsche: What It Means to Blog and Be a Blogger

George Carlin on God and the Problem of Suffering

Poison in the Ear: Shakespeare, Karl Rove, and Barack Obama

Euripides’s “Bakkhai”: Is Dionysus Jesus?

Aristophanes, Atheism, Rhetoric, and Iconoclasm: A Review of “Clouds”

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