Author: Alexander

By Alex Blum Today I was to speaking to someone (and by speaking I mean texting) about Immanuel Kant, a conversation in which I assessed him as a man of reason. The response: “What do you mean by reason?” was at once facetious and deeply telling of a mindset which has become the spirit of… Continue reading Have the Courage! To Profess Nothing and Be Nothing

By Alex Blum Last year at this time, my enemy was scientific materialism. In between then and now, I thought it was existentialism. Now, I know it to be relativism – the postmodern nightmare. What comes next must transcend all of these, as well as religion, which is but myth and dust. However, whatever transcends… Continue reading A Partial Manifesto

By Alex Blum NOTE: This one’s from freshman year, not as complicated, but a nice concept Walking through the city, we find a world that spans outward from our perspective. The shining skyscrapers reflect an endless sky. The park benches reflect the shadows of trees above. But if it happened to be August 6th of… Continue reading Monadology