ReflectionsI Dip My Pen in the Blackest Ink I am sure that a certain truth will be said through me, though I should… By Ralph Waldo Emerson
OtherThe Vocation of the Intellectual I understand the vocation of the intellectual as trying to turn easy answers into critical… By Cornel West
Philosophy/ReflectionsSpeak Your Latent Conviction To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your… By Ralph Waldo Emerson
ReflectionsThe Rational Man and The Intuitive Man There are ages in which the rational man and the intuitive man stand side by… By Friedrich Nietzsche
ReflectionsIntuition The magnetism which all original action exerts is explained when we inquire the reason of… By Ralph Waldo Emerson
ProseThe Truth I can imagine someone copying out how Felix Arvers died. It was in a hospital.… By Rainer Maria Rilke
PoetryAh, Be Not False Ah, be not false, sweet Splendor! Be true, be good; Be wise as thou art… By Richard Watson Gilder
ProseThe Most Extravagant Possibilities In this city they nonchalantly abandon themselves to the most extravagant possibilities. In their usual… By Rainer Maria Rilke
PoetryThe Fool’s Prayer The royal feast was done; the King Sought some new sport to banish care, And… By Edward Rowland Sill