A Definition of Theology
‘An attempt by the fallible to systematise the holy,
using the partial and the faulty.’
Reflections
Occasional observations on life
Category: Oracular Utterance
January 29, 2026
December 27, 2025
Babel, Artificial Intelligence, and the Engineering Mindset
One interpretation of the archetypal myth of Babel is that it demonstrates
the misapplication of an aspect of human intelligence to the metaphysical realm.
The engineering mindset is bewildered by the absence of an algorithm for wisdom.
October 17, 2025
Negotiations
‘Athens made peace with Jerusalem,
but Mecca still hasn’t got the memo.’
September 16, 2025
The Gardener
‘The Gardener propagates from the most productive plants,
while the least productive have a different fate.
Weeds are turned into compost,
and deadwood is consigned to the flames.’
July 31, 2025
Defining Philosophy
'In vino there may be veritas, but in wit there is wisdom.'
May 21, 2025
AI
‘And the Word became mineral, and dwelt among us.’
August 7, 2024
Adulation
‘Better the castigation of the Friend than the adulation of admirers.’
May 13, 2024
Ideology
‘Conceived in fraternity. Born in liberty. Raised in equality.
Matured in tyranny. Died in ignominy.’
Language and Ideology: The Significance of Hermeneutics and Semiotics for the Theory of Ideology
March 31, 2023
The Academy
‘They have kidnapped Sophia and sold her into servitude.
Now she must do the bidding of the housekeeper.’
Reflections 