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Saturday, December 27, 2025

"Earth ecstatic"

For those of us uneasy with religion, Diane Ackerman has a denomination – "Earth ecstatic" – and a poem-prayer about the spirituality of wonder.

https://www.themarginalian.org/2020/12/23/diane-ackerman-earth-ecstatic/

Phil at 5:45 AM

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Phil: BIO. The author of "William James's Springs of Delight: The Return to Life," Phil Oliver specializes in the American philosophical tradition with supporting interests in applied ethics (particularly Bioethics and Environmental Ethics), Anglo-American literature, history, humanism, naturalism, science and exploration, peripatetic ("walking & talking") philosophy, baseball, cycling, swimming, the pursuit of happiness, and the perpetual dawn of day. One of his favorite MTSU courses is The Philosophy of Happiness. He is academic advisor for minors in American Culture (American Studies). You can follow him on Mastodon (@osopher@c.im) and on his blogsite Up@dawn but of course, as Immaneul Kant and Monty Python's Brian Cohen agreed: You don't have to follow anybody. "Sapere aude," have the courage to think for yourself. But not by yourself. Good philosophy collaborates and converses. (Full disclosure: finally replaced that profile photo caricature drawn by a London street artist many years ago. Current image from March 2020, at Spring Training in Scottsdale.

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"Earth ecstatic"

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