We have a natural drive towards it. And it’s how we can make uncertainty a home. But rationalism, scientism and the maleducation system suppress it and supplant it with semantic Fakehood. It is of the timeless way. Ἦθος. I’ve mentioned it, but I shan’t explain it. This missive ought to demonstrate, more than anything, how words fail most spectacularly at describing it. This is why, to your frustration, I keep using the Attic word ἦθος. It’s not to annoy you or be fanciful, although aggravating you into action and curiosity would come as a bonus. I don’t even use the transliteration ēthos (long sound “e”) because it alone constrains and diminishes. 4) “You are what you do.” ἦθος ἀνθρώπῳ δαίμων This is the Foundation and the Firmament. — sᴛᴀʀᴛᴜᴘ ᴅᴀᴇᴍᴏɴ (@startupdaemon) April 18, 2018 It is much better to show you – if only glimpses at a time – ἦθος in context, experience and action. And an opportunity has presented itself. In the past few weeks, I’ve been enjoying Alex J. A. Cortes’s periscopes as part of my relaxation & contemplation. (I don’t pass up on a free supply of extra energy.) I’ve even tweeted direct quotes from him for authentic effect. But the one thing that made an impression over time was how frequently his rants touched on different aspects of ἦθος, as both notion and practice. Perhaps without realizing it, this one time he tried to describe it, to deliver a sense of it. And what an opportunity to show you ἦθος while it’s also being grasped at with the spoken word. Why say that you’ll see ἦθος and not just get a faulty word-description? If you’ve followed Alex’s exploits online or off, you will have noticed that he is very extroverted, and says so himself. He is … Continue reading Ἦθος and the Young Man Grasping