China’s Multicultural Empire; The Tang Dynasty, Part One
January 16, 2025
I had read about guys like this in books on Chinese art, but I was surprised that there were so many of them when I
Teaching Plato and Aristotle to Dance; How to Liberate Yourself from Western Philosophic Assumptions
January 9, 2025
Alfred North Whitehead wrote that the European philosophical tradition, which America has inherited, is mainly a series of footnotes to Plato. Other philosophers have given
Early Western Philosophers in Each Others’ Footsteps toward India and back to Greece
January 2, 2025
After the first known Greek philosophers (in Meletus) speculated about the basis reality, Parmenides and Empedocles expanded mental horizons further beyond the visible world
Ancient Western Philosophy Stepping toward India and Landing back on Greek Soil
December 21, 2024
The first known Greek philosophers focused on aspects of the physical surroundings that people could observe with the eyes and measure. This befit the natural
Seeing with Thai Eyes
December 11, 2024
This torso of a standing Buddha statue from the 14th century in the northern Thai town Chiang Saen is different from what Westerners are used
Hidden Mysteries in Bangkok and Thai Perspectives
December 5, 2024
Bangkok quickly grew after it was founded by the new Chakri Dynasty in 1782, but it never developed into a grid pattern like Chicago or
Traditional Thai Concepts of Space in Modern Bangkok
November 27, 2024
The first time I arrived in Bangkok, it seemed to have its own logic—or illogic. Gleaming skyscrapers were unevenly spread among low-rise apartments, single-family homes,
Ancient Khmer Continuity in Modern Cambodia
November 19, 2024
The Khmer Rouge tried to stamp out religion in the late 1970s. Monks were forced to disrobe, pick up hoes, and labor in rice
The Buddha’s Footprints in Bangkok’s Wat Pho; Prettier than Zeus and Indra Combined
November 13, 2024
Greek gods and Indian concepts of the universe’s vastness never cease to wow, but- -a look at the Buddha’s footprints in Wat Pho reveals