I reflect upon conversations with The Woodchuck, and who is The Woodchuck? Why he is a BSD Unix hacker, a furry Marmot burrowed in, a Patriotic Vet, a slightly tired near, Misogynist, and a keen observer of all concerning Western Civilization’s incipient fall. Lately my thoughts have grazed in the pastures of nostalgia. Flashbacks from […]
Philosophy
Richard Burton on Arab Womenhood as depicted in 1001 Arabian Nights
By El-Hajj Sir Richard Francis Burton, in his translation notes on 1001 Arabian Nights. “THE next point I propose to consider is the position of womanÂhood in The Nights, so curiously at variance with the stock ideas concerning the Moslem home and domestic policy still prevalent, not only in England, but throughout Europe. Many readers […]
History, Slavery, and Pecking Orders
About a year ago I was standing, hanging on the corner, with a friend, notorious thinker and man about town, Khalid Bey, when he threw out a provocative little line: “Kemal, there are two, and only two, types of people; Masters, and Slaves. Whether this is for better or for worse is irrelevant, it’s a […]
Equality of Men and Women, in the Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy
Something interesting I stumbled across. Sexuality during the Renaissance is a very interesting, and complex, topic. The roots of the modern world and modern attitudes lie in this period. Charles and Jennifer Upton’s “Shadow of the Rose: The Esoterism of the Romantic Tradition” deals with the spiritual aspects of pre-modern traditions of Romantic love, also […]