Eros

Sex and the Commons III -- Stunted Intimacy

Love cannot be disembodied even in its most sanctified forms, nor is it without sanctity even in its most fleshly. – Thomas Mann, Magic...

Sex and The Commons II: Uncommon Sex

In this three-part series, I wanted to reflect on the relationship between the erosion of our discourse on the Common Good and our most...

Bad Boys

So what’s the appeal of bad boys? Let’s be clear that the real “bad boys,” are the ones who have failed, the incarcerated felons, the...

What We Do Not Want to Know about Ourselves

""...the dividing line between good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his...

A Deal with the Devil

Consistent with the overall theme of Neuromythology, I am including an interpretation of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. The myth can...

Forbidden Knowledge

Parental Advisory: Explicit Content One of the truths about our neurophysiology is habituation, feeling less and less with repetition of...

Passion and Ease

To understand what matters to us and what does not, we need to understand some pretty basic things about our emotional life. Most of our...

You're Breaking Up

We use the phrase “you’re breaking up” too often these days to simply mean (or occasionally just pretend) that an electronic signal...

History of Love I: Myths of Love

One of my favorite Greek myths is that of Eros and Psyche. Eros was a god, the son of Aphrodite. He is a handsome young man, not the...

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