The Lyre of Orpheus
James Croft, Matt Whiteley, Ishmael Hodges, Hesara GunaratnaHumanism, enchantment, and the art of tuning a life.
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Orphic Humanism - a Philosophical Manifesto
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First Humanist to lead a UK university chaplaincy. Pragmatist philosopher with transcendentalist leanings. Cambridge, Harvard, Sussex. Writing about humanism, enchantment, and the art of tuning a life. Husband to Kolten, dog-dad to Ella.
Bid you remember of this world unstable.
Just a high-power low-confidence potato. Temper your expectations accordingly. “When the going gets tough, just lower your standards and smile.” Max Platte (my drunk ex-roommate, you wouldn’t know him.)
Philosophy undergrad, primarily interested in meta-metaphysics & philosophy of science
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