In Book VII of his Elements Euclid sets forth the following: Any composite number is measured by some prime number. Elements, Book VII, Pr.31 By appealing to the impossibility of an infinite regress of natural numbers, his demonstration takes the form of a reductio ad absurdum. (For the proposition, scroll to the bottom of this post) … Continue reading Euclid on Prime Numbers
In the drawing-room, whither she then repaired, she was soon joined by Mrs. Jennings, with a wine-glass, full of something, in her hand. “My dear,” said she, entering, “I have just recollected that I have some of the finest old Constantia wine in the house, that ever was tasted — so I have brought a … Continue reading On Gout and a Disappointed Heart: Jane Austen & the Surfeit of Love
Image from hodgepodge.me When the ‘cool’ walk into a room, they enter with the stride of impregnable certainty. The cool are quite literally cool-to or unmoved by the insecurities which threaten the uncool. They are seem to be above the human condition and this is their appeal and power. But I am told that behind the facade … Continue reading Free to be Shaken: A Gift of Faith
Memories are not just about the past. They are images, narratives, promises, and ideas which we carry with us in the present moment. How I understand who I am and what I am doing right now is dependent upon memory. Memory is complex because we are not indifferent to that which we “treasure up” in our hearts … Continue reading Encountering the Incongruous: The Role of Memory in Prayer
And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. (Gen. 2:19) God’s peculiar pleasure in man is such that He bestows upon … Continue reading And God said, “Let there be Play.” A Meditation On Genesis 2:19 (Part 2 of 2)
And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. (Gen. 2:19) The narrative of Genesis here expresses something akin to divine … Continue reading And God said, “Let there be Play.” A Meditation On Genesis 2:19 (Part 1 of 2)
“You know what happens when a portrait that has been painted on a panel becomes obliterated through external stains. The artist does not throw away the panel, but the subject of the portrait has to come and sit for it again, and then the likeness is re-drawn on the same material. Even so was it … Continue reading Athanasius, Christ, Metanoia, & the Camera Obscura
