Author Archives: Ron Pavellas

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About Ron Pavellas

reader, writer, a sometimes poet

”…and let us take upon’s the mystery of things…”

A passage from Shakespeare’s King Lear provides the source for the title of A. C. Grayling’s book of essays, The Mystery of Things. No, no, no, no! Come, let’s away to prison: We two alone will sing like birds i’ … Continue reading

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Scientism, Secular Humanism, Hubris

I am ever more troubled by the hubris displayed by politicians, government officials, academicians (who, for the most part, conspicuously carry the label “intellectual“) and, more recently, barons of large financial institutions, both public and private. I assert this hubris … Continue reading

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