Jul 15Interacting with the Platonic Forms of MusicBy Charles Lincoln There is this magical sense of listening to high-quality music with good headphones and paying attention to the music. If you close your eyes and listen to the music. It is incredible and beautiful. There is just something that is so unique about it in such a…Music2 min read
Jul 8Is the European Court of Justice a Common Law Court?By: Charles Lincoln This seems like a simple question. The way to answer it is what is a common law court and what is a civil law court. Well, it’s complicated. Because English common law is a thing and so is civil law. Thing is the right word because English…European Court Of Justice6 min read
Jul 6Recent trips within Europe pre-reading and reading while thereWhat would Thomas Jefferson say about this reading list? The Sublime Object of Ideology — Slavoj Žižek. Started Saturday June 18, 2022 at 1:50PM. Finished Sunday June 19, 2022 at 3:03PM. 2. How to Write a Thesis — Umberto Eco. Started Sunday June 19, 2022 at 5:02PM. …Reading2 min read
Jun 24This was interesting, but Jesus.1Bon SheedyYes, that's for next time! It certainly is interesting the words they exchagned.Yes, that's for next time! It certainly is interesting the words they exchagned.1 min readYes, that's for next time! It certainly is interesting the words they exchagned.----
Jun 10Books read in 2022 thus farBooks Read in 2022 1. Lakes: A Very Short Introduction — Warwick F. Vincent. Started Wednesday December 29, 2021 at 11:46AM. Finished Saturday January 1, 2022 at 6:29PM. 2. Hegel: A Very Short Introduction — Peter Singer. Started Saturday January 1, 2022 at 6:32PM. …Books Read6 min read
Jun 4Books I have completed (and one I reading) since early April this year (2022)1. The Magic Mountain — Thomas Mann. Started Thursday March 31, 2022 at 6:13 PM. Finished Thursday April 7, 2022 at 8:02PM. 2. Dracula — Bram Stoker. Started Thursday April 7, 2022 at 9:46PM. 3. The Interpretation of Dreams — Sigmund Freud. Started in December 2021. …Books2 min read
May 18Hegel’s Transcendent SublimeSubtitle: The Hegelian Speculative Idealism as the Path to “The Night of the World” I’ve been returning back to some of my old interests regarding transcendentalism and the dichotomy between the material world and the transcendental world. For Kantian philosophical inquiry, basically the idea of how can we try and…Hegel4 min read
Apr 1My Writing Process: Reflections on Writing and IdeasBy: Charlie Lincoln I’ve been thinking about the writing process a lot lately and how I’ve been evolving and thinking about writing lately. It’s definitely a process and a lot of it has been building upon itself. For example, I have revisited politics of the English language by George Orwell. …Writing9 min read
Mar 31Books I’ve read thus far in 2022 — end of MarchBooks Read in 2022 1. Lakes: A Very Short Introduction — Warwick F. Vincent. Started Wednesday December 29, 2021 at 11:46AM. Finished Saturday January 1, 2022 at 6:29PM. 2. Hegel: A Very Short Introduction — Peter Singer. Started Saturday January 1, 2022 at 6:32PM. …Books6 min read
Mar 31My Impressions on the first time reading Thomas Mann’s Death in VeniceBy Charlie Lincoln Upon reading Thomas Mann’s Death in Venice, my impression is that Aschenbach is an analogy to Parsifal — as represented in Richard Wagner’s Parsifal. There is a notion that the Fisher King can be healed by the redeeming power of the metaphor of the Holy Grail. …Thomas Mann3 min read
