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Adorable Kant Quote of the Day

“But it is noteworthy that if we secretly deceived this lover of the beautiful by planting in the ground artificial flowers (which can be manufactured exactly like natural ones)…and he discovered the deceit, the immediate interest that he previously took in them would disappear at once…” (Critique of Judgment, Sec. 42) I like to think [...]

Posted 17 March 2009 Adam § , § Comments (0)

Back to the ‘henge

I threatened long ago to write more about Stonehenge, but as the experience faded into the past, so did the excitement about writing about it. Nevertheless, there is more to be said and it seems to want to come out. So after the jump, history and the sublime.

Posted 12 April 2008 Adam § , , , § Comments (2)

Moral Literacy

A review of Barbara Herman’s new book, Moral Literacy is up at the Notre Dame Philosophy Reviews. The review says that she is arguing for a Kantian Virtue Theory, which means it is required reading for me and of interest to others who read this blog. I’m not vouching for the review here because of [...]

Posted 11 September 2007 Adam § , , , , , § Comments (0)