Red Letter Philosophy

Life is strange.  All of it.  In this special Christmas episode, we examine the life of George Bailey.

Beauty is truth, truth beauty,—that is all. Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.

There is war in the night, no one knowing whom he strikes.  All depends on the philosophy of light.

Clandestine forces pushing you, pulling you; ever present in your life.  But it's not more knowledge that will open your eyes to their presence, it's wisdom.  An episode for those with eyes to see.

Men plot, God Laughs, so goes a Yiddish saying.   Philosophers might say we find ourselves at an epistemological disadvantage.  We know our experiences and machinations can be more about appearance than reality.  We can be mistaken about what we've seen and what we've heard.  How else do you explain unrequited love?  It is not without reason that Shakespeare wrote: "Love looks not with the eyes, b...