Our baby son was stirring yet again in the next room, and again returned to silence; and this time I thought I would read about the personal life of Edwin Schrödinger. Sure enough, while he led an unorthodox life when [...]
The whole of life is such a lottery, however great the things we do along the way, that to hope for an ideal end to it is as unsettled as what is going to happen to us today. As I [...]
What is the meaning of Siddhartha? Why is it such an important, and meaningful, book, informing and shaping the lives of generations of readers? Day by day, each of us toil—in our psyche or in our calling or profession—and, by [...]
Most if not all of us know of Confucius, but unless we have studied him we may still be lead to ask the question, Why is Confucius important and, perhaps, what distinguishes him as unique among philosophers? To refer to [...]