John Hanson's Statement of Teaching Philosophy

May God bless John Hanson.

http://www.thepointmag.com/2011/philosophy/john-hansons-statement-of-teaching-philosophy

kissing

It is very nice to see people kissing, because you can imagine that you are right in between them, and they are both kissing you.

Writing Wisdom

As mankind advances, we have more and more things for which to be profoundly embarrassed. It is like trying to find the dragon to save the princess and then discovering that not only was there no princess (and no dragon) but that you have sexually abused hundreds of men, women, and children along the way.
- James Cooper

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You know you are in love when the other people you sleep with start to seem as dull and sad as your partner.

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There is nothing more depressing than real evidence of having been a teenager.

A good dog is like a good friend: totally useless for getting off, unless you’ve really hit rock bottom.

There are lots of good ideas. And there are lots of good-looking people. And good-looking people can have good ideas. But ultimately you have to choose: would I rather be good-looking or have good ideas? It’s entirely a false problem, with no real relevance, and yet the problem confronts most of us, because most of us aren’t good-looking, or, at least, we are good looking for only a few moments.

Life

is too short to trust the children of people you dislike.

Writing Wisdom

I’ve learned a lot about writing from writing everyday. I’ve learned that writing is similar to someone who is competent at woodworking and so goes into their studio and makes a thousand shitty coffee tables and armoires and chairs every year and waits for improvement by the sheer repetition of the act. And I’ve learned that the only solution is to burn my warehouse at the end of each year, for fear that the tables pile up and I would hang myself from the ceiling beam.