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Monday, September 11, 2006 

For there are brighter sides to life

Thoughts on the first class of my graduate student career:

I am incapable of discussing Cartesian dualism without thinking of "Still Ill" by the Smiths.

Studying Spinoza with people who have never read him is going to be frustrating for at least a little while.

But Spinoza's philosophy is the only one I am aware of that, when I consider it deeply, I am forced to smile and am tempted to use the word "beauty" to describe.

Here's to starting grad school today!

(nice soulseeking piece, by the way)

Thanks and thanks!

Are you as well? I can't remember. Hope all is well, in any case.

yes, I started on Monday too.

Weird, I thought Guelph started later than most schools. So are you also contemplating the death of your social life this semester?

absolutely.

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