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Thought for the day 17/5/2012
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Living without “Heimat”. -- I have forgotten what it feels like to have a close emotional attachment to a particular region or people that one calls “one’s own”.
Thought for the day 16/5/2012
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Escape route. -- I do not often use the tram that takes me from my home in the ninth district into the vineyards outside of Vienna in under twenty minutes. But the mere thought that I could do so is a constant source of comfort.
Thought for the day 15/5/2012
Monday, May 14, 2012
Disappointment. -- The reasons why Feyerabend gave up his relativism during the 1990s are no better than the tired-old refutations that he loved to ridicule during the 1970s and 80s.
Thought for the day 14/5/2012
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Spiderman. -- It’s been almost ten years since I first became a father. It’s been almost ten years since I last went to the movies.
Thought for the day 13/5/2012
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Scarlet Night in the Ivory Tower. -- The guestrooms of Cambridge colleges seem designed to deter academic visitors from ever returning: the nearest showers or toilets are at least three staircases away, the windows are drafty, and the mattresses are sagging.