Brenin, Mark Rowlands and anguish
Posted on November 9, 2008 - Filed Under Animals, College, Philosophy | 3 Comments
Brenin is the name of a wolf that Mark Rowlands lived with for 11 years. Rowlands is a philosopher who’s lived and taught in the US, Ireland (he worked in UCC for a while), Britain and France, lecturing and writing books about theories of consciousness, ethics and animal rights, among other things. Wherever he was living, Rowlands would walk or run with Brenin every day, and they spent most of their time together, with Brenin sleeping under Rowlands desk during lecturers. I first read about Brenin and Rowlands here, and read some more about them here. The anguish alluded to in the title of this post has nothing to do with either Brenin or Rowlands, and everything to do with me reading about them a few months after selling out my passions for a career of wealth and prestige. Godfuckingdamnit.
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It’s not to late.
I’ll see you on the bioethics committee
Actually, that sounds pretty boring, forget that.
I’ll think of something!
Actually, I’m feeling pretty good about things today. It seems I’m getting over the post-election crash.