Column | Things done and left undone

Column | Things done and left undone

I am, among other unemployable qualities, a philosophy student. I have spent a good third of my time here reading and pondering and writing about the nature of knowledge, the persistence of identity, the distribution of resources and the pursuit of an ethically good life. On this last issue, Aristotle says the quality of a good harpist is their ability to perform well the function of a harpist — that is, playing the harp. If I wish to live as a …