By tom | December 9, 2005
Today marks the 10th anniversary of the passing of Gillian Rose, philosopher, scholar and teacher. She is much missed by all whom she graced.
London Consortium is holding a special conference today to discuss the legacy and impact of her life’s thought. Unfortunately, there is not much substantial material on the web that deals with her [...]
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By tom | November 26, 2005
Next month marks the 10th anniversary of the passing of Gillian Rose, philosopher, scholar and teacher. She is much missed by all whom she graced.
London Consortium is holding a special conference on the 9th of December 2005 to discuss the legacy and impact of her life’s thought.
As a tribute to the philosopher Gillian Rose on [...]
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By tom | November 25, 2005
The Heaven Select XI is even more invincible tonight and Sir Matt will surely include him straight away
Hugh, courtesy of Red News
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By tom | February 9, 2005
My friend Kevin Ariken passed away on Thursday, 3rd Februay 2005. I delivered this eulogy at his service today.
Kevin was a friend of mine
Every single one of us here will share that sentiment. He was a friend to each of us in an individually meaningful way and in unimagineable ways which we will struggle to [...]
The legal historian David Daube wrote over one hundred monographs during his productive life. Forms of Roman Law and The New Testament and Rabbinic Judaism remain notable ever-present reading companions, now joined by The Exodus pattern, their equal both in terms of scholarship and insight. An online bibliography is found here. Read his obituaries at [...]
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By tom | December 9, 2004
Gillian Rose passed away nine years ago. A passage from Love’s Work:
Metaphysics, which in Aristotle’s technical terms, is concerned with the relation between the universal ‘nose’ and the sheer snubness of a nose, which no term can capture, this remote-sounding metaphysics is the perplexity, the aporia, at how to find the path from the law [...]
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By tom | October 14, 2003
To begin …
Right, here are some of my death-wishes. Dress code: bermudas and Ts, in this season’s colours, of course. Free drinks all round. No beer, though, only outstanding wine and classy Scotch. Readings from some mildly erotic French 17th/18th century writer. In French, of course.
Some songs by Alex Chilton; better yet, Big Star’s 3rd [...]
