Category: Philosophy

Japanese Gardens

The Kyoto Garden in Holland Park was opened in 1991 to commemorate friendly relations between the UK and Japan that have burgeoned after the Second World War. It is one of about eight Japanese gardens in the UK today.

Be Philosophical

Socrates, Plato and Aristotle lead the field in the Greek pantheon of philosophers but don’t forget Thales of Miletus and Pythagoras.

The Fourth Way

There was a post about Colet House about four years ago so I expect you remember it.

Freedom

This morning I am taking my first step to freedom. For thirty-nine years I was a serf, a vassal, a wage slave – a Tiny Tim – scurrying to work in the City. Do you remember how Act III of La Bohème opens? Workers are being searched at the gates of Paris as they arrive… Continue reading Freedom

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What a Difference

What a difference a day makes. On Wednesday it was wet and cold, yesterday it was sunny and there was more than a hint of spring in the air.

Chacun à Son Goût

Usually readers here are, more or less, on the same wave length as me. At lunch yesterday a friend said that she doesn’t read if my daily dose is about money and another said that she gets incredibly annoyed if it’s about politics.  That’s absolutely OK but what about this?

A Bulb Changer

As easy as changing a light bulb is an expression which may once have been valid but most certainly does not apply today.

A Very Great Man

In his letter dated 13th November 1960, Rupert Hart-Davis challenges George Lyttelton: “here is a one-question exam-paper. Who wrote this and when?”