<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Leonardo Salvatore]]></title><description><![CDATA[Leo Salvatore]]></description><link>https://leosalvatore.wixsite.com/leonardosalvatore/research-blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 11:03:48 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://leosalvatore.wixsite.com/leonardosalvatore/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[On Keats' Grecian Urn]]></title><description><![CDATA[What makes a poem good? If beauty is the measure of its merit, what makes it beautiful? I will assume that a poem is good and beautiful insofar as it engenders an emotional response or  contributes a philosophical insight. Keats' Ode on a Grecian Urn  accomplishes both. Yeats first presents to us the urn as an “unravish’d bride” and a “foster-child” and a “historian,” thus personifying the ancient object. These three metaphors contradict one another, as a bride cannot be a child, and a child,...]]></description><link>https://leosalvatore.wixsite.com/leonardosalvatore/post/on-keats-grecian-urn</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c2ee6d36a1fdc193bf2032</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 20:11:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_c146039940a2474aad1978c72685cf5d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Leonardo Salvatore</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rousseau's Hero]]></title><description><![CDATA[Are heroes necessary? Does heroism always undermine moral integrity? Is Rousseau’s notion obsolete, or can it still help us think about greatness, and maybe even display it in our lives?]]></description><link>https://leosalvatore.wixsite.com/leonardosalvatore/post/rousseau-s-hero</link><guid isPermaLink="false">690d327c988cdeb684fc49ad</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 23:43:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_4bbcca87425844c5959356390008d8ec~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Leonardo Salvatore</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the Perceptible to the Intelligible - Plotinus' Soul]]></title><description><![CDATA[From the Perceptible to the Intelligible What happens when, as Plotinus says, the soul has returned to her beloved homeland? We know, but...]]></description><link>https://leosalvatore.wixsite.com/leonardosalvatore/post/from-the-perceptible-to-the-intelligible-plotinus-soul</link><guid isPermaLink="false">656ea260ae0c8b42a0c95d7a</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 Dec 2023 04:12:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_652d532d506532456d7245~mv2_d_3520_3520_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Leonardo Salvatore</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What If?]]></title><description><![CDATA[What if: the world swallowed itself; tallest mountains crumbled; vastest oceans dried; ethereal steppes descended into a weightless void....]]></description><link>https://leosalvatore.wixsite.com/leonardosalvatore/post/what-if</link><guid isPermaLink="false">646f5cfa38cc9c2288ef197f</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 May 2023 16:14:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_7fe8011ab77745c59f0c86687f3a6a41~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Leonardo Salvatore</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hemispheres]]></title><description><![CDATA[Left— spooky precise, exact. An eagle's eye, zooms, seizes. Breaks down compositions best known complete. Mechanical, ruthless and cold,...]]></description><link>https://leosalvatore.wixsite.com/leonardosalvatore/post/hemispheres</link><guid isPermaLink="false">646d312b46475316a61e8899</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 May 2023 21:38:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/65caf121bc1f49029c25168f0073f026.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Leonardo Salvatore</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quora Forum – How can I overcome my fears and obstacles?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Read on Quora. Read on Medium. I can’t pretend to know the answers to this question, but I can offer a few insights via the Stoics. In a...]]></description><link>https://leosalvatore.wixsite.com/leonardosalvatore/post/quora-forum-how-can-i-overcome-my-fears-and-obstacles</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6431d803d42090e5d9038e30</guid><pubDate>Sat, 08 Apr 2023 21:27:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_5633d074c82d417a9576135e936c4bdd~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Leonardo Salvatore</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Review – “Zombies in Western Culture: A Twenty-First Century Crisis,” John Vervaeke et al.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Read on Medium. Zombies in Western Culture: A Twenty-First Century Crisis (Open Book Publishers) by John Vervaeke, Christopher...]]></description><link>https://leosalvatore.wixsite.com/leonardosalvatore/post/review-zombies-in-western-culture-a-twenty-first-century-crisis-john-vervaeke-et-al</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6429f3fa1a547ddc4114e109</guid><pubDate>Sun, 02 Apr 2023 21:36:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_043a97c261c641bda51d3ae240a28e52~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Leonardo Salvatore</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Review – “The Consolation of Boethius as Poetic Liturgy,” Stephen Blackwood]]></title><description><![CDATA[Read on Medium. Stephen Blackwood’s The Consolation of Boethius as Poetic Liturgy (Oxford University Press) is an insightful exploration...]]></description><link>https://leosalvatore.wixsite.com/leonardosalvatore/post/review-the-consolation-of-boethius-as-poetic-liturgy-stephen-blackwood</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6429f2c4f0044a5ca7b12c9e</guid><pubDate>Sun, 02 Apr 2023 21:28:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_7a764b7836697855685751~mv2_d_6000_4000_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Leonardo Salvatore</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Search of a Creator: Infinity and Existence in the Kalām Cosmological Argument]]></title><description><![CDATA[This essay was  first published in the Spring 2022 issue of Aporia. I am especially appreciative of Aporia's editorial board for their...]]></description><link>https://leosalvatore.wixsite.com/leonardosalvatore/post/in-search-of-a-creator-infinity-and-existence-in-the-kal%C4%81m-cosmological-argument-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63e2c3ea4dff1cdc66335c67</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2023 21:34:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_2c48e655384f48dc9ac48ab51b300044~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Leonardo Salvatore</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[On Psychological Asphyxiation - The Bell Jar, by Sylvia Plath]]></title><description><![CDATA[A candid account of what it means—feels—to be trapped—trapped in sticky webs of expectations, unfair demands, absurd performances and...]]></description><link>https://leosalvatore.wixsite.com/leonardosalvatore/post/on-psychological-asphyxiation-the-bell-jar-by-sylvia-plath</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63e2c33dca8a633d568427c3</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2023 21:31:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_4baab4a2606f429880c2d96ba641fe57~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Leonardo Salvatore</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the Limit of Words, by Way of Words - Kafka on the Shore, by Haruki Murakami]]></title><description><![CDATA[What do cats, a neurodivergent elderly man, a 15-year-old bookworm, World War II, and a cabin in the woods share? Absolutely nothing, or...]]></description><link>https://leosalvatore.wixsite.com/leonardosalvatore/post/on-the-limit-of-words-by-way-of-words-kafka-on-the-shore-by-haruki-murakami</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63e2c2cf1df67a8efdbab8ab</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2023 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_fa8e0ddbbcc4451d82b4a93e5e162c13~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Leonardo Salvatore</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[On beauty and radical acceptance - Siddartha, by Herman Hesse]]></title><description><![CDATA[Siddartha needs no introduction. The short book is arguably one of the most iconic texts from the 20th century, and continues to enthrall...]]></description><link>https://leosalvatore.wixsite.com/leonardosalvatore/post/on-beauty-and-radical-acceptance-siddartha-by-herman-hesse</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63e2c0b4f5f78327eac207a9</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2023 21:26:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_2277fceea18e4ffc82ec7defe747083c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Leonardo Salvatore</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fated to Choose: An Intuitive Embrace of Free Will]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a brilliant essay titled “The Power of Rational Beings” [1], Peter van Inwagen presents a cogent argument for what has been termed...]]></description><link>https://leosalvatore.wixsite.com/leonardosalvatore/post/fated-to-choose-an-intuitive-embrace-of-free-will</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63e2bc0ebbdd777d5a93ed5f</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2023 21:01:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_6330493461687947496b41~mv2_d_4629_2603_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Leonardo Salvatore</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seeing Beyond Science: A Brief Reply to Professor Atkins' Scientistic Worldview]]></title><description><![CDATA[“My gut recoils from this profligate vision of the workings of the world, and my head follows where my gut points.” Above is the second...]]></description><link>https://leosalvatore.wixsite.com/leonardosalvatore/post/seeing-beyond-science-a-brief-reply-to-professor-atkins-scientistic-worldview</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63e04dcbcf626ade99073e55</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2023 00:52:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_374b4c612d784c62535841~mv2_d_4764_3176_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Leonardo Salvatore</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is Negating Meaning a Source of Meaning?]]></title><description><![CDATA[A world torn by wars that slaughtered at least 30 million people; a country crushed by the oppressive fist of colonial France; a father...]]></description><link>https://leosalvatore.wixsite.com/leonardosalvatore/post/is-negating-meaning-a-source-of-meaning</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63e04c586d037d8f4d331ca7</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2023 00:40:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_67373737228544e88831f0762abb42e3~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Leonardo Salvatore</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is Analysis?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Analysis is a process wherein the observer examines the observed. Any analysis presupposes an object to be analyzed. Science is the...]]></description><link>https://leosalvatore.wixsite.com/leonardosalvatore/post/what-is-analysis</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63e04c25f6ccd43e5055010c</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2023 00:39:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_63437468504c486d727a49~mv2_d_5760_3840_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Leonardo Salvatore</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scattered Thoughts]]></title><description><![CDATA[The concept of "self" to which we implicitly refer when we say such things as "I was angry" and "I want that pistacchio ice cream cone so...]]></description><link>https://leosalvatore.wixsite.com/leonardosalvatore/post/scattered-thoughts</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63e04a78a8b47c57730ec111</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2023 00:34:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/abb585d54407424896ce437e74cc264a.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Leonardo Salvatore</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>