This time I want to take a different perspective. In the past weeks an image has been created of the human being as a being that can only defend itself passively. Keeping distance, wearing mouth caps, avoiding contact and so on. There is an attacker, and we can only meaningfully prevent our perishing by keeping that attacker at ... read more...
In the spring of 2019 I published a booklet, only in Dutch, The Secret of Number. In it, I took considerable trouble to immerse myself in the essence of number. I had to study Pythagoras, Plato and Boethius. And again I felt strongly how powerless our intellect is when compared to the insight of these ancient thinkers. Who still... read more...
An elderly gentleman came to the surgery in The Hague more often, and we had the opportunity to have reflections on life. He was a real estate agent by profession, was a lot older than I was, and he said: The world has become a warehouse without an emergency exit. He probably found that emergency exit by now. The question is whe... read more...
In times of crisis, one must ask oneself, at least daily, what is actually happening to oneself. I mean that a lot is happening in the world, that's obvious, but one would also like to find a relationship to it. That's why one has to pay attention to the changes that happen to one's perceptions: Where was I yesterday... read more...
For the time being, the fundamental right to freedom of expression still exists and has not yet reached the point where it is forbidden to question certain corona ideas on public health grounds — although warnings may appear on the Internet when visiting certain websites&... read more...