How Do You Think You Are?
We all take as a given, like fish in water, a cultural and historical preoccupation with the “self” as something to nurture, protect,...
How We Know Ourselves: b. Bodily
The tender pragmatisms of flesh have poetries no enigma--human or divine--can diminish or demean. Indeed, it can only cause them, and...
How We Know Ourselves: a. Limits
The Socratic maxim, gnothi seauton, “know thyself,” was originally intended to emphasize its importance, over time wasted on things like...
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...