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Tag Archives: Truth
Valentine’s Valour
As the world once again celebrates undying love, chocolate, and flowers, it may be of interest to recall the story of Saint Valentine himself for a change. In his Legenda Aurea (‘Golden Legend’ – legend not as in ‘he’s a … Continue reading
Hard shell, soft core
The late antique poet Claudian wrote a series of seven short epigrams on a fluid inclusion (or ‘enhydro’); these poems form part of a collection of Carmina minora (‘Shorter poems’), where they feature under the title De crystallo cui aqua … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged Claudian, Crystals, Curiosity, Enhydro, Fluid inclusions, Food for thought, Gemstones, Humanity, Latin poetry, Marvels, Nature, Poetry, Political Discourse, Preciousness, Resist, Resist beginnings, Trump, Truth
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Facts vs. alternative facts (formerly known as ‘bull$#!^’): an ancient poem
Phaedrus, Rome’s fabulist of the first century A. D., wrote a remarkable piece called Poeta de credere et non credere, ‘The poet’s judgement with respect to believing and not believing’ (Phaedr. 3.10). This is the rather delightful 1761 translation of … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged Alternative Facts, Big questions, Bullshit, Fabulae, Facts, Falsehoods, Kellyanne Conway, Lies, Phaedrus, Poetry, Post-Truth, Sean Spicer, Trump, Truth
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An innocent lamb used facts as a weapon against post-truth politics. You won’t believe what happened next…
In my previous post, I explored the dynamics and rhetoric behind what has been called ‘post-truth politics’. The concept still is very much on my mind. On the one hand, I am not deluded enough to believe that concepts such … Continue reading
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Tagged Big questions, Fabulae, Food for thought, Government, Phaedrus, Post-Truth, Truth
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Fake News and Post-Truth Politics
There is a widespread, distinct feeling that Western politics has entered a phase of what tends to be called ‘post-truth politics‘. The term ‘post-truth politics’, often accompanied by references to fake news and disinformation campaigns, looks like a euphemism for … Continue reading
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Tagged Education, Fake News, Falsehoods, Food for thought, Government, Humanity, Lies, Linguistics, Post-Truth, Rhetoric, Trump, Truth, War and Peace
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