Tag Archives: semantics

The Poetry of King James

I was completely off the grid in the wilderness last week, so I took the opportunity to read through “Figures of Speech: 60 Ways To Turn A Phrase” (as well as halfway through “Perception“). I bought the book based on this review by Dandelionsmith, HT: Unk. In “Figures of Speech“, Quinn introduces 60 different figures …

August 20, 2010 – 8:24 PM | By joshua | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | Comments (7)

Hypnotism and Theology

We all know that sin results when the sinner succumbs to temptation. One possible way to attack sin would be to stamp out temptation. This is the approach taken by the Taliban, with their hilariously-named “Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice”, and by the Saudis with their “Committee for the …

July 24, 2010 – 11:25 AM | By joshua | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | Comments (4)

Derrida, An Egyptian

I just finished reading Peter Sloterdjik’s tribute to Derrida, titled “Derrida, An Egyptian”. Postmodern deconstructionists are generally clowns, but the book was fantastic. Sloterdjik does a beautiful job. Here are some of my favorite quotes from the book: A sharp-witted hetero-Egyptian brought into Egypt through a second distortion could indeed have the ability to understand …

July 9, 2010 – 5:42 PM | By joshua | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , | Comments (0)