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Not only that. On the foundation of the Greek point of departure for the interpretation of being a dogma has taken shape which not only declares that the question of the meaning of being is superfluous but sanctions its neglect. It is said that "being" is the most universal and the emptiest concept. As such it resists every attempt at definition. Nor does this most universal and thus indefinable c...

This question has today been forgotten--although out time considers itself progressive in again affirming "metaphysics." All the same we believe that we are spared the exertion of rekindling a gigantomachia peri tes ousias  [Plato, Sophist 245e6-246e1]. But the question touched upon here is hardly an arbitrary one. It sustained the avid research of Plato and Aristotle but from then on ceased...

Today we bid a fond adieu to delightful guest host and terribly pretentious person Nathaniel Bozarth. It's a sad day for us here at Being Jim Davis , but of course it's also a sad day for America. Anyone who hasn't already subscribed to Wide Rule  ought to head on over to the internet and do so. At one point in this episode Nathaniel references a bit by Jimmy Fallon and then calls someone 'a...

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I want to make one thing absolutely clear: No one from the Garfield campaign had ANY contact with the roast turkey at any point. Ok, sure he did have numerous meetings with it, but at no time did the subject of Garfield eating the turkey come up. I mean, it was the main focus of the meeting, and of course Garfield did in fact end up eating the turkey, but obviously that doesn't mean he did anythin...

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The anti-Semite has no illusions about what he is. He considers himself an average man, modestly average, basically mediocre. There is no example of an anti-Semite's claiming individual superiority over the Jews. But you must not think that he is ashamed of his mediocrity; he takes pleasure in it; I will even assert that he has chosen it. This man fears every kind of solitariness, that of the geni...

He has chosen to find his being entirely outside himself, never to look within, to be nothing save the fear he inspires in others. What he flees even more than Reason is his intimate awareness of himself. But some will object: What if he is like that only with regard to the Jews? What if he otherwise conducts himself with good sense? I reply that that is impossible... A man who finds it entirely n...

If then, as we have been able to observe, the anti-Semite is impervious to reason and to experience, it is not because his conviction is strong. Rather his conviction is strong because he has chosen first of all to be impervious. Jean-Paul Sartre,  Anti-Semite and Jew , 1944 Today's strip

The anti-Semite has chosen hate because hate is a faith; at the outset he has chosen to devaluate words and reasons. How entirely at ease he feels as a result. How futile and frivolous discussions about the rights of the Jew appear to him. He has pleased himself on other ground from the beginning. If out of courtesy he consents for a moment to defend his point of view, he lends himself but does no...

How can one choose to reason falsely? It is because of a longing for impenetrability. The rational man groans as he gropes for the truth; he knows that his reasoning is no more than tentative, that other considerations may supervene to cast doubt on it. He never sees clearly where he is going; he is "open"; he may even appear to be hesitant. But there are some people who are attracted to the durab...

I noted earlier that anti-Semitism is a passion. Everybody understands the emotions of hate or anger are involved. But ordinarily hate and anger have a provocation : I hate someone who has made me suffer, someone who contemns or insults me. We have just seen that anti-Semitic passion could not have such a character. It precedes the facts that are supposed to call it forth; it seeks them out to nou...

Look, I have a lot of editing to do today, so all I'm going to say about today's episode is that Jon cleared his nose directly into his microphone a ridiculous number of times while we were recording. I tried to mute most of them, but I don't have unlimited time here. If the frequent nose-clearings bother you, send your complaints to: jon@beingjimdavis.com . Today's strip

Today's episode of Being Jim Davis  is also about Garfield. Go figure. Today's strip

In today's episode, we discuss Garfield. Today's strip

Hey, good news everybody. I finally got that chipmunk out of my basement! What's that?  you may ask.  You had a chipmunk in your basement? Don't play dumb. You know very well that I had a chipmunk in my basement. And you know how it got there. Let's not make a thing about it. Anyhoo, I had to bait my Havahart Brand Live Animal Cage Trap with both crunchy peanut butter and cheddar cheese,...

Hmmm, maybe should have saved my chipmunk story for today's episode. In today's episode, we introduce our new smash hit hashtag (and concept): #shapeshiftinodie. Today's strip

This isn't strictly relevant to the podcast, but there's a chipmunk hiding in our basement. How do I get this chipmunk out of our basement? How'd that chipmunk get in your house, Chris?  you may ask. Well, since you're curious, our cat Louie brought it in this morning before my wife left for work. He caught it somewhere out in the back courtyard and brought it in through the screen door, whic...

Like yesterday's, today's episode of Being Jim Davis  is short and sweet, without the standard whimsical links and videos even. Today's strip

Hey there Being Jim Davis  listeners. Christopher Winter here. As you may know, my standard editing practice has been never to cut out any material. Never. If we took the time to say it, you should take the time to listen to it. That's my attitude. Or anyway, it was my attitude. But you have to keep it fresh in this business, so let's try something new for BJD 's fourth century. Today, I'm cu...

And now, a palette cleanser!     I hope you all enjoyed watching every single one of those Star Wars videos. For those of you who boycotted the podcast the week up to this point you've rejoined us just in time to catch one of us confusing the landmark Supreme Court case Loving v. Virginia with a non existent town in Virginia named "Loving". You'll have to listen to find out which one of...

Since it's our 300th episode, y'all are getting a fuckton of these today:                       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNGH-LYEBMo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep98a0mDiIc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTrxDBDBOHU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9bD4ZtxfMg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQhKBn42XcU https://www.yo...