Summer 2020 An initial installment of my “Lives of the Philosophers”, composed in Plutarchian fashion during the summer of 2020. This series (on which I hope to expand) will comprise essays on the philosophers whom I find most interesting, and, more importantly, whom I can understand. It is my modest goal to compile a few …
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The image of a portly Sam Smith traipsing about on heels and gyrating on stage at last week’s Grammy Awards isn’t one that I’ll soon forget. In truth, I fear that I may never forget it so long as I live. A week removed from the performance and it remains an image by which, no …
Sam Smith and Satan: The Meaning Behind the Devil-Worship Read More »
Inisherin is an island off the coast of an island, which is itself an island detached from a slightly larger island, which is, if you’ll bear with me just a moment longer, patient friend and reader, a third island separated from the land-locked continent of Europe. This, I assure you, is more than a mere …
The Banshees of Inisherin: One of the Year’s Best Films Read More »
When I was in the seventh grade, at the unripe age of twelve, I had an English teacher by the name of Mr. Bodnar. He was a quiet, unassuming fellow of middle age and small stature, of receding hairline and protuberant eyes, in whose genial presence all the children of Bunker Hill Middle School felt …
Babylon (and on…and on…and ON…for THREE whole hours!), like the ungodly city after which it’s named, was a confused mess of biblical proportions. The plot was senseless, the filth gratuitous, the writing sloppy, the budget bloated, the talent wasted, and the running time unmercifully long. *** There are certain sights, sounds, and substances to which …
Tell me, dear friend and reader: have you traveled lately? Have you thought deeply lately? Please—don’t withhold from me your answers. I know just how static and monotonous life can sometimes be. I know how inert and incurious we can sometimes get. If, to those two questions, you answered in the negative, here’s what I’ll …
“Three poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpassed; The next in majesty; in both, the last. The force of nature could no further go; To make a third, She joined the former two”. John Dryden In one’s attempt to identify the three poets …
The following essay/meditation is from my sister project, Pneuma. If you’re interested in this essay and would like to listen to the podcast, visit the website pneumameditations.com or search Pneuma By Daniel Finneran on any of your favorite podcast streaming platforms Hello friends, and welcome to another episode of Pneuma A few episodes back, I …
The following is an essay/meditation from my sister project, Pneuma. If you’d like to listen to the podcast, visit my website, pneumameditations.com or search Pneuma By Daniel Finneran on any of your favorite podcast streaming platforms. Hello all you beautiful, brilliant, remarkable people, and welcome to this episode of Pneuma. The great sages of the …
“An Honest Heart and a Knowing Head” | Lessons from Thomas Jefferson on How to Live Well Read More »
The following essay/meditation is from my sister project, Pneuma. If you’re interested in listening to this essay as a podcast, visit my website, pneumameditations.com or search Pneuma By Daniel Finneran on any of your favorite podcast platforms. Hello my friends, and welcome to this episode of Pneuma. Before all else, I want to say a …