Where is God?
Over the four-day period of our trip, while attending to one task or another, a number of people we encountered talked about how kids nowadays lack RE-SPECT. Abigail L. Rosenthal is Professor Emer...
18 Marras 202212min
Looking Out for Number One
Quoted in full, Rabbi Hillel’s famous saying goes like this: If I am not for myself, who will be? And if I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when? Abigail L. Rosenthal is Professor Eme...
16 Marras 20229min
Gossip
Slander is always believed. Even more so if it’s in print. Abigail L. Rosenthal is Professor Emerita of Philosophy, Brooklyn College of The City University of New York. She is the author of A Go...
11 Marras 202210min
Reality and Unreality
Reality or unreality? Can we tell which is which? When does it matter? Abigail L. Rosenthal is Professor Emerita of Philosophy, Brooklyn College of The City University of New York. She is the auth...
9 Marras 202213min
Fighting the Good Fight
When does the bugle blow? What’s the signal for the fight? I can’t give a rule. But there are fights that have one’s name on them. Abigail L. Rosenthal is Professor Emerita of Philosophy, Brooklyn...
4 Marras 202211min
Home Away From Home
What’s this got to do with “home”? Is “home” a place? Is it the earthly Jerusalem? Or is it a heavenly Jerusalem, more like a state of mind? Abigail L. Rosenthal is Professor Emerita of Philosophy, ...
2 Marras 202211min
Ain't I a Person?
What’s a person? Am I a person? All the time? Is God? What’s going on when people say yes or no to questions like that? Abigail L. Rosenthal is Professor Emerita of Philosophy, Brooklyn College of ...
28 Loka 20229min
Meta-Narratives
There is a French post-modern philosopher who writes, “I define postmodern as incredulity toward metanarratives.” By that is meant, there is no large story – no history of humanity as such – into whic...
26 Loka 202212min
