religiodicy -- the attempt to save religion from meaninglessness
sometimes it is necessary to make a new word to express an idea (see also: Thought for Food)
Monday, March 1, 2021
Sunday, February 28, 2021
Saturday, February 20, 2021
sub specie verbum
Whereas in the past sub specie dei was occluded by sub specie aeternitatis, and later sub specie academiae, one might observe that the universe of discourse of the latter has been supplanted by sub specie verbum -- a world made of words and concepts, with only remnant influences of any ideal ontic heirarchy.
Monday, August 5, 2019
cacothanasias
the cacothanasias of the 20th century, eg in the trenches and battles of "the Great War", genocides, the Holocaust, et al.
Monday, July 29, 2019
phobophile, philophobe
phobophilia -- love of fear, hence phobophile
philophobia -- fear of love, hence philophobe
philophobia -- fear of love, hence philophobe
Sunday, July 21, 2019
Tuesday, May 21, 2019
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