I've reposted this from Ecologies of Knowing to share here. Unde aether sidera pascit?Lucretius, De Rerum Natura I.231 On this World Philosophy Day, I find myself in the not-always comfortable position of recognising just how the ever-present movement of our world can pull, unravel, remake, and how stillness and rest are nonetheless intrinsic elements of … Continue reading World Philosophy Day
Category: philosophy
From Fall to Winter Fell
Mi sono proteso verso l'ignotoe mentre mi avvicinavo alla sicurezza della vetta,Sono caduto e mi sono ritrovato in un mondo lento. I reached out into the unknown,and as I neared the safety of the summit,I fell and found myself in a slow world. After Dante, Purgatorio IV, between lines 39-40. I’ve had the opportunity for … Continue reading From Fall to Winter Fell
Running in the Rain
I am no stranger to running in the rain. The many times I've found myself buffeted like Rimbaud's boat along crests and troughs of mountain ridges -- alone where no doubt I should not have been. I have countless times, in places both remembered or nearly forgotten, found myself in the embrace of the cold … Continue reading Running in the Rain
Radical relationality
I’ve recently completed a short contribution to the One Day in 2050 project – a vision of what a climate utopia might look like at mid-century. Almost inevitably, my chapter’s character is drawn to a stream on Dartmoor as a starting place for being connected to a network without limits, a circular enfolding of planet, … Continue reading Radical relationality
Mountains and memory: philosophy and physiology
I spent today at rest, my tired body embraced by the stirrings of a deeply embodied cognition of mountains, muscles, and memory from the past few days, dozens of kilometres and thousands of metres of ascent. As a mountain runner of some decades now, my legs have steadily become a topography of the ranges I’ve … Continue reading Mountains and memory: philosophy and physiology
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