by Respondeo Books | Mar 28, 2023
What is the structure of the event in which this word emes—‘truth’—enters the world of the Torah? Who utters it? And to whom? And most important, what does it mean? What does its novelty add to the world? And possibly to our own world? Why did it happen? This is the...
by Respondeo Books | Apr 18, 2022
This essay presents two concepts, ‘angular unconformity’ from geology, and ‘assymetrical repetition’ from astronomy, to use in approaching the Book of Esther. Esther, the final book added to the Hebrew Bible, is the only biblical book written...
by Respondeo Books | Sep 2, 2021
This lecture is an examination of key passages in core texts by Descartes (TheMeditations), Kant (The Critique of Pure Reason), and Heidegger (Basic Concepts).Three intellectual sins are defined: desire for certitude (Descartes), enthusiasm (Kant), and authenticity...
by Respondeo Books | Jul 12, 2021
Michael Wolfe’s lecture, Cide Hamete Benengeli, Author of Don Quixote (2016) presents an understanding of Cervantes’ wonderful novel that changes everything. Since its first publication in 1605, Don Quixote has most often been read as an encounter...
by Respondeo Books | Mar 15, 2021
Download PDF My name is Martha Franks and I am a Johnnie. I admit that I am powerless over my interest in philosophy. I am also a practicing lawyer, having spent a career specializing in the arcane world of water law, a kind of law that raises strong...
by Respondeo Books | Jan 14, 2021
Download PDF Exactly seven centuries ago, Dante completed the Divine Comedy. 1320! According to Wikipedia, that’s in the Middle Ages! I have called my talk “Dante Our Contemporary,” however, in order to rescue him from the taint of “medieval-ness.” The taint of...
