Can the Right Hemisphere Atrophy?
Darwin thought so
Briefly
Left Hemisphere v. Right Hemisphere. Specific Differences in a Two-Column Format
Drink that Pint: Flex Your Right Hemisphere, Spit at that Gnostic
Pubs are closing at an alarming rate, possibly as many as 50 every month. Rising energy rates are the immediate culprit, but so is an increasing tendency among Brits to be "economical" and drink at home.
It's a problem:
The death of the local pub, like
More Guys Need to Get to the Trad Mass
The women described in his piece (the "hoes") are taken straight from the movies and other pop culture. They're also taken straight from real life (art mirrors life).
But not all young women are like this. Not remotely. Some young women don't think family
"On the Heart," by The Pseudo-Macarius
Every sin gushes from a complex soul. The Pseudo-Macarius, a master of intimate theology, described the heart (a term nearly synonymous with soul) as follows:
"The heart itself is but a small vessel, yet dragons are there, and there are also lions; there are poisonous beasts and all the
Trying to Figure Out How We Got Into These Rationalist Cocoons
And the cocoons' severe limitations
Figures of Speech: 60 Ways to Turn a Phrase, by Arthur Quinn
Maisie Ward, Gilbert Keith Chesterton
I went on a crash GKC diet in my twenties. In addition to a score of Chesterton books, I read three biographies about the great man, plus his Autobiography.
But I realized earlier this month that I had never read the first biography, which was written by his friend, Maisie
The Rise of Satire
Have you heard of the Scriblerus Club? It was an authors’ club founded in London in 1714. It was known for its satiric bent. Jonathan Swift was a member.
Western culture had long enjoyed satire, but there was a great satiric revival right after Descartes. Satire became huge.
Can we
Our Need for Self-Knowledge
One of man's deepest needs is the need for identity. We need to know who we are; we need to exist in our own eyes and other people's. That need for identity is so strong that it can lead to aberrations [an over-active left hemisphere giving