Stories tagged “philosophy”
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Existential Death Hole
Jeron screwed up his eyes, trying to comprehend his friend’s glee, “You’re kidding right?” “I am…dead serious,” Kyle intoned dryly, before bursting into giggles cut short only by his voice cracking. “Real...
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SuperHero Black Hole: Part II
Time to explain the limits of my ability. Ready? You see, every second that expires of every hour of every day becomes part of The Past. Once it’s past, it’s gone. Geronimo. Adios. Whatever. But every second that has YET to happen, that has...
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Caste- Pariah
I TAKE OFF THE TOWEL. My bum reacts awkwardly to the hot wood of the sauna as I sit down. I peek at my friend Dylan’s bum; it is lightly pink, fibrous and smooth. He seems unperturbed by the heat. “Hentai,” Dylan says. I turn to look at him. He i...
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Caste- Brahmins
“Thank you,” I say. (But he continues.) “Some men contemplate the end of the world and what they see is an perfectly Utopian heaven. That’s greed. Some people see the world’s end simply as a collection of infinite, gapless globs of matter jus...
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Change
Removed for modification – not sure how well it works as is yet.
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Between The Trees (Part 2)
Pine trees. A vast forest of Bristle-cones. Seemingly impenetrable without the barbed pines tearing one’s meat from bone. Their height impress that they are old. Born at the dawn of modern man. Beautiful gods. Took their time to tread into splendor. ...
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The Schlub and The Descent
Some people look at the depravity and atrocities of war and say, indignantly and piously, this is why we should not have war. Yeah, right. As if you could wave a wand and say there is no more war. Wherever there is want, fear, envy, lust, and all those...
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Sunlight and Shadows
He found it curious how she always sat facing the sun. When it set she would stay in the very same spot, waiting for it to rise again so that she could watch its trip across the sky. He would occasionally watch her from the shadows. Finally, after curi...
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The Right to Death
I admit it. I think our forefathers got it wrong when they wrote the Declaration of Independence. There is no natural right to life. What is a natural right? A right that cannot be taken away from you, no matter what. And clearly, life can be taken awa...
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Seeking Out Rene Descartes
It doesn’t take you long to find him, but because you don’t understand French, you walk/ swim/ float away. You now have three choices: - Find a translator - Wonder how there is still air - Shrink yourself
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The Fabric of Space
“Go ahead, touch it,” said the voice. The wall was larger than I could fathom. I trembled as I reached forward, terrified, but you wouldn’t know it through the thickness of the pressurized gloves. My fingers pressed lightly into the s...
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High Speed Philosophy
Today, I was in ‘the zone’. I was ‘seeing through the code’. My perception of everyday life seemed on an unusual high today. Knowing that so many things, people, animals, forces of nature; they all operate with little considerat...
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Measure of Misery
Can you see my sorrow? How do you measure misery? Is it the dreams, once had Now forced into razor-sharp Shades, the shadows of my aspirations? Is it the memories, faithfully observed To the point of outright worship? Is this utter perversion of God Th...
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There is a God...and I can prove it! - Part 4
Friendships Relationships Sailing ships Field Trips Dinosaurs—Not Barney, but the real ones which I know were extinct before we even got here, but at least we get to ponder about something. Curiosity Aristocracy Getting an A in Philosophy and kno...
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The World Closed its Eye
The eyelids slowly close on the world to the dark behind them, and those who are still awake play in the dreams of The Creation. Those who sleep dream with it, of the eye on the other side. As we close our eyes, we assume they are the same, the lids sl...