ISSUE 49 | FEB 2015
ARGUMENT
Gabriel Malchik
Spinoza and the Secular
religion freed again from all superstition - he has in himself the mind of Christ - called just, merciful and so on - so as to pronounce the words “I am the Lord?” - See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh - those who listen to philosophers become philosophers - this settlement between God and Caesar
Avi Garelick
The Unresolved
they are essential differences - you know this word - I choose this example because its subject matter is arcane - both agree, he can vow and be vowed - gentile lacks the power of a subject - you cannot make a vow based on someone whose life is worthless
Michael Kinnucan
Two Lost Arguments
this ring and four others like it - other children and other jewelry - each of them knows the shameful fact that the other was at one time a child - I argued that children (me) had not asked to be born - a lasting horror of creditors - all serious debts are beyond knowledge and so beyond consent
Katya Donets, Grace Barin
Dear Hypocrite: An Advice Column
a very enlightened male, who identifies as a feminist - make sure he isn't drunk - this is a serious query - do these qualities actually make gardening political - a Clinton v. Bush situation - fuck weddings and fuck fake legal promises and fuck empty signifiers - honestly when the hell did Band-Aids get such a bad rap?