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Attic Hellebores: Aristotle, Excess and the Reticent Sedation of Kairos

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Attic Hellebores: Aristotle, Excess and the Reticent Sedation of Kairos         Aristotle has been expounded time and time again as a forebear of western thinking. Indeed, western rhetoric and philosophy owe an unpayable debt to the primordial systematizer, the inventor of disciplinarity, the constructor of the most developed epistemologies of ancient Hellenic … Continue reading Attic Hellebores: Aristotle, Excess and the Reticent Sedation of Kairos

Aristotle, Political Platforms and the “Good”

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Today was a tremendously difficult day for me.  I'm still in a state of utter disbelief.  I in no way want to be dismissive of anyone's opinions in this post, but I'd like to comment on our new president-elect's reliance on "uneducated" voters this election season.  I don't wish to equate intelligence directly with a college … Continue reading Aristotle, Political Platforms and the “Good”