It is difficult to know whether to be honest and forthcoming when providing feedback or whether the best approach is to soften any negative feedback to encourage the person. For now I think the latter approach is best.

Recently I started reading Sue Prideaux’s I am Dynamite: A Life of Friedrich Nietzche and would like to share some of the quotes that I believe best encapsulate Nietzsche: The Abyss Man is a rope fastened between animal and superman- a rope over an abyss. Thus Spoke Zarathustra, “Zarathustra’s Prologue”, Part 1, Section 4 He… Read more

There are 12 tense(s) in English ranging from simple to frustrating Simple Present simple: I play chess. Past simple: I played chess. Future simple: I will play chess. Moderate Present perfect: I have played chess. Past perfect: I had played chess. Future perfect: I will have played chess. Difficult Present continuous: I am playing chess.… Read more

As a university student I sometimes see the Young Marxists sincerely touting every word of Marx, in the same fashion as those who believe the word of the bible is gospel, this perplexes me. Many of the Young Marxists seem politically active and in almost all cases believe and champion a postmodern narrative where dichotomies… Read more

In academia relating to philosophy and literature there is an overuse of the word paradox or expressions with the same meaning. I despise the use of these expressions and in particular the lack of categorisation in reference to what paradox exists. Half a century ago W.V. Quine classified paradox into three groups: Falsidical: At first… Read more