Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Obituary : Sir Anthony Kenny, academic who left the Catholic priesthood to pursue the study of philosophy

Dr Oohay,

He jumped from celibate priesthood to Philosophy and ultimately this other ism : agnosticism 

May his soul rest in peace. 

Trust me.  Last night I fell asleep on this one: 

I fell asleep at circa page 23 of Torgny om Lindgren, propelled that far by the opening preposition in the forward which, ( my translation ) reads

“ Let us agree : The truth does not exist. It’s a beautiful thought, but it does not exist.  We will never get to it. The truth is that the truth about ourselves is something we will never get to.”

Tensions , yes, and maybe, even some competition, but  BTW and the Ashawo mongers, when it comes to greatness, and SATISFACTION can there be any agreement on “Philosophia” (perhaps, the 2nd oldest academic discipline, at least in the West)” surpassing the satisfactions being daily provided by practitioners of the world's Oldest Profession ? 

Infidelité Mado discusses the matter 

“One thing can lead to another; it doesn't take any sacrifice.

Oh, father and mother, sister and brother, if it feels nice, don't think twice…

“Once you tell somebody the way that you feel, you can feel it beginning to ease.

I think it's true what they say about the squeaky wheel always getting the grease”

(From Shower the People by  JT, one of my favourite songwriters ( pop) 

Sometimes it’s literally from the frying pan - directly - by full immersion

like this repentant priest’s newfound direction into the fire ( happily, not 

the everlasting fire described in James Joyce’s Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man”

See how happily he dances ( a foretaste of paradise) 👍

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1ERAvQ9h1s/ 

 

On Tuesday, 15 September 2026 at 03:26:35 UTC+2 O O wrote:

“Philosophia” (perhaps, the 2nd oldest academic discipline, at least in the West). 

Oohay.

On Sep 14, 2026, at 4:46 AM, Cornelius Hamelberg <cornelius...@gmail.com> wrote:

Sir Anthony Kenny, academic who left the Catholic priesthood to pursue the study of philosophy

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