Husband, father, philosopher and medievalist, I split my time between the continent – where my family lives – and the green Albion – where I work –, going back and forth from English to Swiss German, from my pad to my home, from the 13th century university and thought debates to modern Thomism.
Quote(s) of the Month
If you want kids' movies in which cameras crawl up young women's skirts while CGI robots hit each other over the head, interspersed with jokes about masturbation and borderline-racist sub-minstrelsy stereotyping, then Bay is your go-to guy
Mark Kermode, The Good, the Bad and the Multiplex
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People who can change and change again are so much more reliable and happier than those who can’t
Stephen Fry, Moab is my washpot
Once, Zhuang Zhou dreamt he was a butterfly, a butterfly flitting and fluttering around, happy with himself and doing as he pleased. He didn't know he was Zhuang Zhou. Suddenly he woke up and there he was, solid and unmistakable Zhuang Zhou. But he didn't know if he was Zhaung Zhou who had dreamt he was a butterfly, or a butterlfy dreaming he was Zhuang Zhou.