Hypocrisy
January 16, 2010
When offered leadership, he declines: he finds it distasteful. This allows a lesser and uglier man to take charge. Seeing this, he regrets not accepting and speaks out.
Humanity
January 16, 2010
Human beings will never crave what they cannot define.
Hubble’s Law
January 16, 2010
If the expansion is that of space itself rather than the movement of objects away from each other through space, how is any change perceptible via the motions of galaxies in space?
Horizon
January 16, 2010
The line at which sky and earth meet. Or sea and sky.
Hope
January 16, 2010
I’d like my writing (q.v.), when expressed in a theatrical context, to in- and excite debate. To illuminate societal inconsistencies / contradictions / difficulties. To express the philosophy (q.v.) of my world-view / attitude. To encourage hope.
Holy books
January 16, 2010
For the believer, holy books constitute an Encyclopaedia, containing all necessary knowledge and sufficient knowledge.
Heroes
January 16, 2010
The ones who live and prosper in the here and now.
Cf. me and my heroes, who deny that persuasion and so what can they do but live without prosper(o) in the past and future?
Heraclitus
January 16, 2010
panta rhei1
- Heraclitus of Ephesus, c. 540-480 bc
Hare Krsna
January 16, 2010
A man Hare Krsna-ing around the park like laps around a schoolyard. Is his God the ultimate headmaster?
Happiness
November 29, 2009
- The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation.1
- One must imagine Sisyphus happy.2
1. Jeremy Bentham
2. Albert Camus, in The Myth of Sisyphus