It was their final conversation. She would soon die, although neither of them knew it at the time. St. Augustine…
Love’s ladder’s God
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Immortal mortal
The first of the four posts in this series argued that if we seek a philosophy that encourages us to love this…
Crosswise logic
My previous post sought to humble the principle of non-contradiction, and thus the logic of consistency it defines, finding it inadequate for…
Truth in conflict
My previous post argued that anyone who wishes both to think well and to feel well about the world should…
Love and reason
Anyone who has entered the labyrinth of A Secular Age should welcome this volume as a guide. Its contributors unwind…
Reflections on summer reading
As the start of the fall semester inches closer, we’ve invited a handful of our contributors to reflect on what…
Summer reading: Part II
Off the cuff is a new feature at The Immanent Frame, in which we pose a question to a handful…
Heraclitean spirituality: divine conflict
From the vertiginous summit of his virtue, and against all evidence to the contrary, Heraclitus informs us that "it is…
Heraclitean spirituality: ephemeral selves
"That it cannot break time and time's greed---that is the will's loneliest misery." Thus spoke Zarathustra. To try to escape…
Immanent spirituality
A worthy touchstone to arbitrate between worldviews immanent and transcendent is the désir d'éternité, the "desire to gather together the…