Mark English

Broad interests, contrarian tendencies. Academic background in linguistics and philosophy (Ph.D. (Monash University)).

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Some places mean more to me than others. But irrespective of these preferences, and over and above the radical social and economic changes which are now playing themselves out, a long-felt connection to a generalized England persists in my imagination...
https://t.co/akXXMrl7HO

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A few thoughts on politics, political thinking and the current geopolitical situation. #Iran #UnitedStates #Israel
https://t.co/aFXoP7iXtB via @mark_english1

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For many years only a few scenes or fragments of verse stayed with me but gradually, as I looked into the authorship question, the writer’s personality and philosophy began to come into focus… #Shakespeare #EdwarddeVere
https://t.co/l1wqtJWh9b via @mark_english1

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The political arrangements stemming from the #DaytonAccords which sought, through an elaborate set of compromises, to balance the claims and competing interests of the main ethnic groups and warring parties are (I gather) rather fragile. #Bosnia #Sarajevo
https://t.co/0XHuBxr1mA

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"Trying consciously to hold the line on the application of logic and sound-reasoning principles to everyday decision-making guarantees nothing but at least improves the odds of avoiding trouble..."
My latest Substack piece, Logic Applied: https://t.co/ojZYtq1dcp

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Who wrote the works of Shakespeare? Or rather: Who didn't? The latter question is the more important one.
https://t.co/MVriJAgXsX via @mark_english1

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Personal impressions of Germany based on my recent twelve-week visit... https://t.co/5NOzVuLSDM

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Thoughts, anecdotes and observations pertaining to my recent European wanderings.
https://t.co/Y7h6CUAzde

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The link is to a brief update on my movements and main preoccupations. (Will be flying from London to Dortmund tomorrow.)

https://t.co/51rjRCyfJF

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The idea that our personal thoughts remain forever private is confronting. But, in an age of spin and propaganda, it can also be comforting. For there is, after all, a sacrosanct space where judgements are made or withheld, where truth still matters...
https://t.co/whR3XP4dDN

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Here is a link to my latest Substack piece (on language, thought and communication)...
https://t.co/hjtHifLuT3

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As an experiment, I am trying out a new platform. Here, then, is my latest Substack post...

The link: https://t.co/CgkWLKvMsO

[Mark English @mark_english1]

"The bright yellow blasts seemed to go deeper and deeper and were painful in a dull, edge-of-consciousness sort of way."
Linked piece is a brief account of my recent experiences at a Maltese hospital. The problem: a retinal tear.
#laser #retina #MaterDei
https://t.co/NL51sqbt0a

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#LLZamenhof was convinced that #Zionism, as he saw it developing in the later years of the 19th century and into the 20th, was seriously flawed and would not serve the true interests of the Jewish people.
#nationalism https://t.co/A2L1Mv9EGx via @mark_english1

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Shorelines have an abiding fascination. Not only did they play a central role in evolutionary history, they also often mark the boundary between culturally defined spaces and the culturally undefined (or universal). #evolution #rockpools #culture
https://t.co/Mnln6Rz9fh

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My lack of knowledge of the Bulgarian language has made it difficult to get beyond a superficial understanding of the country but the very fact that so many here (including the young) are strongly committed to their language and culture is revealing.
https://t.co/LTw2PTVn7L

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The climate, culture and landscapes of #Greece have always appealed to me. But economic and social pressures are taking their toll and the country appears to be locked into a downward spiral. #Athens #PediontouAreos #LarissaStation #travel
https://t.co/yeJraUdcrm

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Given the ready availability of travel documentaries and the like and given that we live in a world in which a large proportion of the population routinely travels abroad, travel writing would seem to have lost its raison d'être. #travelwriting #travel https://t.co/hj3m1f6Ns8

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Currently visiting the #BlueMountains. The landscapes of this region retain a special quality even if the old resort towns -- which flourished in the early decades of the last century -- have lost some of their charm. #Katoomba #Leura #Blackheath
https://t.co/YSptTCh6Tw

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@cathoderayzone I don't disagree. What *is* essential to a full life, however, is asking fundamental, framework-testing questions. This happens naturally, however, both in ordinary-life and professional contexts.