About the log
Random Knowledge is :
A frequently updated, personal log featuring diary-type commentary and links to articles or other web sites. You’ll find the most recent posts on the frontpage.
A collection of bizarre things, C(c)ulture, faits divers, 25th century ideas, lifestyle, science, philosophy and much more.
An attempt to honour Magister Ludi Joseph Knecht, because learning and teaching are important, because pure and practical knowledge are equally important, because everything is linked.
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A back-up for my brain.
An exercise in English writing (English is my second language, so don’t expect everything to be perfect).
A place where ‘Ignorantia non est argumentum.’ (Ignorance is no argument) as Spinoza put it in ‘Ethica ordine geometrico demonstrata et in quinque parses distincta’, 1677.*
A mixture of fiction and non-fiction, but not always in the same proportion.
Your and/or my refuge of productivity
Words, words, words (William Shakespeare).
To be continued…
* Update June 2008: Contrary to popular belief, Spinoza did not really use this expression. It’s a statement that reflects an argument he developed in Annex A of Part 1 of this book.
Atque hinc fit ut qui miraculorum causas veras quærit quique res naturales ut doctus intelligere, non autem ut stultus admirari studet, passim pro hæretico et impio habeatur et proclametur ab iis quos vulgus tanquam naturæ Deorumque interpretes adorat. Nam sciunt quod sublata ignorantia stupor hoc est unicum argumentandi tuendæque suæ auctoritatis medium quod habent, tollitur. Sed hæc relinquo et ad id quod tertio loco hic agere constitui, pergo.
Suggestions for topics are welcome.
