Monthly Archives: October 2008

Hinduism, Aristotle, and the Dilemma of the Train

Saturday, October 11, 2008

As we were returning from an ancient political philosophy lecture on Plato’s pupil Aristotle, my roommate Palak and I discussed the theory of multiple goods and its engine of phronesis — together, Aristotle’s refutation of Plato’s argument that there exists one universal good.
After a small amount of time, I said, “Let us assume the existence [...]

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Coping with a crush

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Spirituality is strongest in addressing emotional matters. When I am feeling bad, my reason does not dominate — I am yet to have a conversation like this:
Sad: “I feel terrible.”
Happy: “Cheer up, friend, don’t worry about it. There are so many other fish in the ocean.”
Sad: “You are correct — what was I thinking! Now [...]

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How to fix today’s religious quarrels

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

It is easy for me to sit here in my chair and throw tomatoes at the religious groups who are presently burning each other in India. The difficult task is to understand why they are burning each other.
But here is the important thing — nothing justifies me to use the pronoun “they.” I myself am [...]

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