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In his Life of Samuel Johnson, James Boswell recounts an incident in which he and Johnson were discussing philosopher Bishop Berkeley’s idea that matter was non-existent, that everything in the world is ideal. When Boswell says that the bishop’s hypothesis cannot be refuted, Johnson kicks a large stone and says, “I refute him thus.” Philosophers
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How’re you feeling these days? Everything merry and bright? Sunshine on your shoulder and roses at your feet? If so, good for you. I mean that. Often I feel that way myself, walking on air and kissing the breeze with my smiles. When appropriate, and if you’re able, please spread some of that joy to
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These days, a diverse crowd of activists, comprised of some of the world’s wealthiest elites down to college kids, see themselves as saviors blessed with the omniscience to rescue humanity from its grievous faults and sins. To fight “global warming,” for instance, climate change advocates demand the elimination of fossil fuels, the consumption of insects
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Philosopher, writer, and teacher Roger Scruton labeled our age “the culture of repudiation” in his 1998 book An Intelligent Person’s Guide to Modern Culture. Though I am oversimplifying here, his basic premise was that academics and other influential writers and thinkers had given up defending, much less advancing, Western thought and culture. Many, in fact,
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