Monthly Archives: April 2007

How do Knowledge and Virtue Relate? On Aristotle’s Ethics, Bk. 2 Chp. 4

The trans­la­tion of the Ethics used below is Joe Sachs’. The quotes are from Bk. 2, Chap­ter 4 (1105 a17 — 1105 b18) The issue is locat­ing the key prob­lem in the open­ing para­graph of Aristotle’s chap­ter. We will begin with a part of it and skip ahead in the chap­ter to shed light on it: One …

April 30, 2007 – 4:10 pm | By ashok | Posted in aristotle, philosophy | Tagged | Comments (0)

On Aging and the Mind

For all the com­plain­ing I do about my pro­fes­sors, I greatly admire them in one way — they know how to stay young while not act­ing like high school­ers. They’ve grown old and matured. And I can’t help but think that this is a result of appre­ci­at­ing knowl­edge. Out­side of my imme­di­ate cir­cle of friends, …

April 29, 2007 – 11:54 pm | By ashok | Posted in academia | Comments (1)

Comprehensive Exams Complete, Now I Have to Really Work

The oral exam went well, I felt. But now it is dis­ser­ta­tion time and I need another topic.I really don’t want to write any­thing today. Thank you all for your prayers, wishes and sup­port. Pow­ered by ScribeFire.

April 28, 2007 – 9:43 pm | By ashok | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments (0)

And I’m out of here again…

…will resume post­ing again Sat­ur­day evening or Sun­day. Oral exam the 27th, 1 pm — other than that, Dal­las should be fun, and I should come back smarter (or, if things don’t go too well, “wiser”).Do feel free to drop com­ments in this entry link­ing to your best posts explain­ing why peo­ple should read them. …

April 24, 2007 – 11:46 am | By ashok | Posted in personal | Comments (1)

The Spirit of A Nation: A Brief Comment on Yeats’ “Easter 1916″

for Rachael, with thanks. Too long a sac­ri­fice­Can make a stone of the heart.O when may it suffice?That is Heaven’s part, our partTo mur­mur name upon name,As a mother names her child­When sleep at last has comeOn limbs that had run wild.What is it but nightfall?No, no, not night but death;Was it need­less death after all?For Eng­land may keep faith­For all that is done …

April 24, 2007 – 10:52 am | By ashok | Posted in poetry, politics, yeats | Tagged | Comments (0)