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Arminius

A girl phoned me the other day and said ... Come on over, there's nobody home. I went over. Nobody w

About Me

I would greatly appreciate any and all feedback of interested browsers of my page. If you strike me as interesting, I will respond to your comments. To help you determine whether you are an interested browser, see my 'interests' section.

My Interests

philosophy, history, European politics, economics, literature, world mythology, commerce, tennis, table tennis, boxing, arm wrestling, basketball, music

I'd like to meet:

Aristotle and a few other greek dudes, Marcus Aurelius, Descartes, Bart Simpson, and honest and interesting people.

Music:

Sarah Chang, Arthur Grumiaux, Claudio Arrau, Oscar Peterson, Jimmy Smith, Django Reinhardt, Bill Evans, Thelonious Monk, Dave Brubeck, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Toots Thieleman, Rachmaninoff, Liszt, Chopin, Andrea Bocelli, Jascha Heifetz, Michael Rabin, Alexander Markov, Edgar Meyer, Vladamir Horowitz, Glen Gould, Art Tatum, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Maxim Vengerov, Hillary Hahn, Frank Sinatra, Billy Joel, Dean Martin, Bing Crosby, The Beatles, Fastball, UB40, Kenny Loggins, The Used, Fettes Brot, Believe The Hype, Luther Vandross, Helena Segara, Ernie Halter, Glen Lewis, Al Green, Earth Wind and Fire

Movies:

Arsenic and Old Lace, Nosferatur, Doctor Zhivago, Way Out West, Goodbye Lenin, Luther, Downfall, Schindler's List, Oliver, Modern Times, Harvey, Casino, Goodfellas, Scarface, Kurz und Schmerzlos, Shot in the Dark, Some Like It Hot, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Born In East LA, The Terminal, Munich, The Notebook, Amadeus, The Great Dictator, The Exorcist,The Shining, The Shawshank Redemption

Television:

Keeping Up Appearances, Are You Being Served, Allo Allo, The Black Adder, Thin Blue Line, Family Guy, American Dad, The Simpsons, Swamp Thing, XY

Books:

Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess, Dispatches from the Edge by Anderson Cooper, Meditations by Rene Descartes, Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, Metaphysics of Morals by Immanuel Kant, Beyond Good and Evil by Nietzsche, The Politics by Aristotle, Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx, The Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes, A Theory of Justice by John Rawls, The Philosophy of History by Hegel, Ethics by Benedict de Spinoza, The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Will to Doubt by Bertrand Russell

My Blog

On Love

Please post your thoughts. I would greatly appreciate any and all feedback from interested readers.
Posted by Arminius on Wed, 06 Sep 2006 09:58:00 PST

Fortunate To Be Alive

On our way to Lake Mohave, the driver, a friend of mine, lost control of his vehicle on highway 165. The car was oversteered in an attempt to regain control. I was one of the two back passengers. The ...
Posted by Arminius on Thu, 17 Aug 2006 07:16:00 PST

What Women Want From Men

In the past, surveys have shown that women want a rich man and men want a good-looking woman. While not much has changed for men, as women's financial independence has increased, it seems that their p...
Posted by Arminius on Sat, 15 Apr 2006 12:28:00 PST

The World as Will and Representation

"The act of will and the action of the body are not two different states objectively known connected by the bond of causality; they do not stand in the relation of cause and effect, but are one and th...
Posted by Arminius on Sat, 24 Sep 2005 12:35:00 PST