The End is Near
The rate at which my mental faculties are deteriorating is truly astonishing. Already I cannot remember what Raz had to say about the normal justification thesis of authority and what von Hirsch had to say about the institution of punishment.
And don't talk to me about what McKay wrote about the requirement of certainty of objects.
In about nine months I'll be taking the most difficult exams of my life, and I am woefully underprepared.
Perhaps it has partly to do with the fact that the joy of learning seems to have seeped from my pores lately. Oxford is fun and all, but the excessive academia can get rather tiring. Do I really need to know whether the law exercises the authority it purports to claim for itself, or whether a claimant should be allowed to jump an evidentiary gap?
An old friend has started a new blog while on exchange, posting views on investments that are not only highly lucid but also compellingly relevant. While far from regretting choosing a finance degree (heaven forfend), I miss having a discipline like math that is essentially applicationary.
There comes a point where knowledge for knowledge's sake ends, and where what we know becomes less important that what we do with it. It's the old debate between intrinsic and instrumental value. The truth, as always, lies somewhere in the middle, but moderation, I fear, is not something that will feature greatly in the remainder of my academic life.
The rate at which my mental faculties are deteriorating is truly astonishing. Already I cannot remember what Raz had to say about the normal justification thesis of authority and what von Hirsch had to say about the institution of punishment.
And don't talk to me about what McKay wrote about the requirement of certainty of objects.
In about nine months I'll be taking the most difficult exams of my life, and I am woefully underprepared.
Perhaps it has partly to do with the fact that the joy of learning seems to have seeped from my pores lately. Oxford is fun and all, but the excessive academia can get rather tiring. Do I really need to know whether the law exercises the authority it purports to claim for itself, or whether a claimant should be allowed to jump an evidentiary gap?
An old friend has started a new blog while on exchange, posting views on investments that are not only highly lucid but also compellingly relevant. While far from regretting choosing a finance degree (heaven forfend), I miss having a discipline like math that is essentially applicationary.
There comes a point where knowledge for knowledge's sake ends, and where what we know becomes less important that what we do with it. It's the old debate between intrinsic and instrumental value. The truth, as always, lies somewhere in the middle, but moderation, I fear, is not something that will feature greatly in the remainder of my academic life.
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