Stones of Erasmus — for Teachers, Writers, & Philosophy Sprinkles Makers!

Hi, I’m Greig — welcome! Here you’ll find sharp writing, creative ideas, and standout resources for teaching, thinking, making, and dreaming in the middle and high school ELA and Humanities classroom (Grades 6–12).

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30.12.10

Aesthetic Thursdays: Two Versions of Judith Slaying Holofernes

Judith Slaying Holofernes Judith is a hero of late Jewish antiquity who slew the Assyrian dictator Holofernes, by first seducing him, then ...

26.12.10

Derrida's Definition of Western Philosophy

Derrida writes in "La Différance," in Ma rgins of Philosophy, "For the middle voice, a certain nontransitivity, may be...

25.12.10

Christmas Post: If Jesus were Albrecht Dürer

Self-Portrait of Albrecht Dürer The twenty-fifth day of December is an odd time to commemorate an incarnation of a God? I agree with T....

24.12.10

Aesthetic Thursdays: Medusa

If the canvas is Perseus's shield, then this is Medusa's last stare. Caravaggio, Medusa, 1597, Oil on canvas mounted on wood P...

18.12.10

The American College of Louvain To Close Spring 2011

A letter addressed to me when I was a resident at the American College of Louvain The American College in Leuven, Belgium closes its ...

On Wonder

An essay by Greig Roselli reprinted from Canon Magazine In the Theatetus Plato writes, “philosophy begins in wonder” (155d). The Gree...

16.12.10

Aesthetic Thursdays: Caravaggio

Caravaggio's "Sacrifice of Isaac" is remarkable because it uncharacteristically depicts Isaac not as subordinate to Abraham...

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