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Eric Scheske
Benedict in the City
My Kindle’s a cluttered attic, stuffed with a few books I pick at like a vulture when the mood strikes. Nothing I’d sink into, just odds and ends for those moments when the world’s noise gets too shrill.
One of them’s E. Michael Jones’ Benedict’s
Way of the Right Brain: Chuang-Tzu’s Genius
Seven and a half centuries before Bodhidharma started Zen by melding Buddhism to Taoism, Chuang-Tzu danced through the world.
This sly jester is second only to the old sage Lao-Tzu in Tao greatness.
Chuang-Tzu championed wu-wei—the art of non-doing, of letting the world spin without your sweaty grip on
Montaigne: Smiling Skeptic
Montaigne spat on every dogma and system that strutted through the intellectual barnyard of his day. His motto: Que sais-je? (What do I know?) His answer, delivered with a smirk: Not a daggone thing.
“There is a plague on man: his opinion that he knows something.”
Montaigne
Logic? Pfft. He’
Gimme Silence or Give Me Death
Because without silence, there is no life
McGilchrist Finds Gnosticism . . . and the Thought of Eric Voegelin
I've maintained for years that these two thinkers needed to get together. It finally happened.
The Thrill of Competition Might be Vitamins for the Left Hemisphere of Your Brains
And in this modern age, you never need to nourish your left hemisphere
A Gardening Piece at The University Bookman
My dad received The University Bookman while I was growing up, so I was especially pleased to see one of my pieces appear here today.
The Everyday Problem That is the Left Hemisphere
The left hemisphere of your brain is a miserable little tyrant, a penny-ante dictator strutting around in the gray matter.
Don’t believe me? Look at the everyday modern life that the left hemisphere has given us. It’s one big prick-fest, a carnival of impatience and irritation where every
Why I Don't Stay Informed
I'm glad the Establishment didn't succeed in destroying JRE during COVID. It’s pretty much the only way I stay informed to the extent I want to be informed.
I agree with Nassim Taleb’s observation that there’s no reason to read the daily news,