The Gravity of Rubble
“I turned to Plotinus not to escape, but to find a foothold that does not belong to the order of things that can be bombed.” - A Neoplatonic meditation in a time of war by a Ukranian author and philosopher.
“I turned to Plotinus not to escape, but to find a foothold that does not belong to the order of things that can be bombed.” - A Neoplatonic meditation in a time of war by a Ukranian author and philosopher.
Are there ‘natural’ limits to freedom? This essay argues that the dignity on which freedom is based must be recognized as underpinning not only traditional but also secular conceptions of freedom.
What hatred would permit such cruelty?/ Might those who stand here be provoked to kill?/ A valve of anguish opens, another/ Shuts, disconnects, allows the blood to spill.