"名不正，則言不順" Translation: If names be not correct, language is not in accord with the truth of things. Paraphrased: The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name. Confucius, Analects, 5th millennium BC, Chapter 13 The university does not work as it does not mean its name. Uni-, -versity refers to a single … Continue reading The Failure of the University
Light, Salt & Symbols
Religious symbols are powerful in a manner that evades much of the postmodern mind. Today, many of us consider ourselves so over it that we will not give much time to ourselves, let alone others or abstract knowledge. Our idea of truth, meaning and faith has become conditioned to last the duration of a social … Continue reading Light, Salt & Symbols
Veracity as Virtue 