Warm, sweet, delicious, an inviting smell. Intrigued, enticed, compelled, sniffing and tracing like a gazelle. Croissant, chiffon cake or sourdough? Inside the open wooden door, shelves present neatly: Fruity, buttery, savoury, firm, soft, crispy. Rich are the treats, row after row. [...]
Woe to those who dwell on the past while the moment recreates history Woe to those who gaze into the far horizons of time while the next breath is of no guarantee [...]
I According to Vico, “the men of the modern age, have discovered many things of which the Ancients were entirely ignorant; the Ancients, on the other hand, knew much still unknown to us” (p.4). And pursues the question ‘which study method is finer and better, ours or the Ancients?’ while describing his goal as “to... Continue Reading →
Thinking Prismatically 