About Aron Wall
I am a Lecturer in Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge. Before that, I read Great Books at St. John's College (Santa Fe), got my physics Ph.D. from U Maryland, and did my postdocs at UC Santa Barbara, the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and Stanford. The views expressed on this blog are my own, and should not be attributed to any of these fine institutions.
The Stoic philosophers are known for insisting that the Passions be ruled by Reason, and that one should avoid fretting over anything one can't control. What is less well known is that they believed in Ethical Monotheism, or something close … Continue reading →
I guess a suitably random place to start is here: ♦ Programming for kids. ♦ Speaking of children and languages, here's an article about St. Tolkien's history of inventing languages, found on a website devoted to describing all of the … Continue reading →
Dear Aron, I hope and pray you are doing fine. I will try to keep my comments short (perhaps more will come later, for what they are worth). In 2 Chronicles 4:5 of the KJV (King James Version), one will … Continue reading →
Dear Aron, Can I ask, how do you know so much about the Bible? I've seen your comments before and I get the impression that you know a lot about theological history too. I've always been telling myself I should … Continue reading →
I'm not feeling particularly depressed at the moment, but it's something my personality tends towards in general, and I was just talking to someone about it by email. I thought I'd collect some thoughts here. A lot of people are … Continue reading →
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