Science Fiction. Fantasy. Philosophy.

Month: February 2026

  • Kant, Boethius, and Disney’s ‘Brave’

    Kant, Boethius, and Disney’s ‘Brave’

    I never thought I’d write a title like that, and yet here we are and I’m not mad about it. I saw Brave not long after it came out and I remember enjoying it, though it did not hit a home run the way Tangled had two years earlier. In Brave I didn’t particularly like…

  • The Theology of Prince Caspian

    The Theology of Prince Caspian

    When I was a kid I definitely underrated Prince Caspian. The narrative and pacing feel all over the place. The main hero spotlight is divided between the Pevensies and Caspian. I have always felt impatient with the Caspian flashback. Compared to all the other books, the Pevensies don’t seem to do much (except Peter’s fighting…

  • Epicureanism and the Lord of the Rings

    Epicureanism and the Lord of the Rings

    The alternate title to this post was A Tale of Two Gardeners. There are several gardeners in The Lord of the Rings, but the most famous one, and rightly so, is Samwise Gamgee. I think it could be argued that Tom Bombadil is also a sort of gardener, though his garden is much larger (The…