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Hello, my name is Jonathan. Thanks for stopping by!

Jonathan Senigaglia

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Jonathan Senigaglia

Redwood City, California

Recent Posts

  • Hymns August 16, 2024
  • Tips for thinking about moral arguments June 30, 2024
  • Do I violate the utilitarian standard by loving my children? June 24, 2024
  • Is J.S. Mill’s utilitarianism really “ethics” at all? June 23, 2024
  • 2023 Book Reviews January 1, 2024
  • Pascal’s wager: a reasoned argument for why you should give up reason October 2, 2023
  • Second reading of Plato’s Apology: the folly of trying to prove that nobody knows anything September 5, 2023
  • Progress and goals after two years of study June 13, 2023
  • Why democracy may not be compatible with revolutionary socialism April 7, 2023
  • Plato’s Theory of Forms makes for problematic political philosophy March 17, 2023
  • When ‘dialogue’ is a distraction: totalitarianism in Plato’s Republic February 17, 2023
  • Civil disobedience as a moral act: quick thoughts after reading Crito by Plato January 15, 2023
  • 2022 Book Reviews December 30, 2022
  • First reading of Plato’s Apology: philosophy as a pious act December 25, 2022
  • Scattering democracy to preserve it: quick thoughts after watching Trump’s announcement speech November 19, 2022
  • Embarking on a course of study: Marxism April 8, 2022
  • 2021 Book Reviews December 30, 2021
  • Leukemia Journal 5: Home for Christmas December 26, 2021
  • Leukemia Journal 4: Slow Gains November 13, 2021
  • Leukemia Journal 3: Returning Home November 1, 2021
  • Leukemia Journal 2: Meds! October 24, 2021
  • Leukemia Journal 1: The Beginning October 21, 2021
  • Everything in your life should be active except your ego: tips from The Bhagavad Gita June 12, 2021
  • My entry for the NYC Contemporary Music Symposium June 10, 2021
  • Questions I’d like to ask a physicist March 3, 2021
  • Leaving the City, and Alone in the High Desert February 4, 2021
  • Personal Goals 2021 January 1, 2021
  • 2020 Book Reviews December 30, 2020
  • Recording: Looking for a Sunset Bird in Winter November 28, 2020
  • Jackdaw String Quartet (Complete) November 20, 2020
  • The Metamorphosis November 9, 2020
  • Memories of the Ghetto September 24, 2020
  • Thoughts on writing about Marxism July 3, 2020
  • Milena June 22, 2020
  • The Hunger Artist May 21, 2020
  • Piano Sonata No. 2 (Complete) February 21, 2020
  • Who Am I Stealing From Today? (Makoto Ozone) February 19, 2020
  • Lovejail December 2, 2019
  • When it all clicks… October 9, 2019
  • Looking for a Sunset Bird in Winter September 10, 2019
  • Of Dream and Delirium August 2, 2019
  • Romance May 31, 2019
  • Quiquern (Complete) April 23, 2019
  • Quiquern: The Magic Songs and Hunter’s Return April 16, 2019
  • A Letter to My Father February 4, 2019
  • Letting Myself Fall January 11, 2019
  • My favorite non-fiction books (and audio books) January 9, 2019
  • One time I lost everything I’d ever written. This is what I wrote next. November 20, 2018
  • Music that reminds me of drinking absinthe in Prague November 5, 2018
  • Grandma’s Potato Gnocchi all’Amatriciana November 4, 2018
  • Today my son was born October 13, 2018
  • The Painted Bird June 11, 2018
  • Music that reminds me of dog sitting April 12, 2018
  • Marshmallow April 8, 2018
  • Who Am I Stealing From Today? (David Wise) March 26, 2018
  • Thoughts on Quiquern: Music can reveal that all humans are one family January 28, 2018
  • Quiquern: Village Dance January 5, 2018
  • Bach’s Christmas Oratorio: Divine and Free December 26, 2017
  • Sketching a symphony December 20, 2017
  • Quiquern Part Two: The Dog Sickness December 5, 2017
  • Jack’s Sonata November 16, 2017
  • The Songwriting Club September 10, 2017
  • Quiquern Part One: The People of the Elder Ice September 1, 2017
  • San Rocco a Pilli August 28, 2017
  • Wagon ruts August 23, 2017
  • Creating parts (aka how I avoid actually writing new music) August 13, 2017
  • The prodigal piano returns August 8, 2017
  • Learning how not to be American August 7, 2017
  • Cooking in Rome with my special buddy July 29, 2017
  • The art of doing nothing with a three year old in Rome July 27, 2017

Categories

  • Learning Blog
    • Books
      • Literature
      • Non-Fiction
      • Poetry
      • Sacred Texts
    • Literature Reviews
    • Topics of Study
      • Economics
      • History
      • Philosophy
        • Ancient
        • Ethics
          • 365 Days of Blogging about Ethics
          • Deontology
          • How to do Ethics
          • Utilitarianism
        • Marxism
          • Problems with Leninism
        • Political Philosophy
        • Religion
      • Science
        • Climate Change
        • Physics and Math
  • Music Blog
    • Competitions
    • Composers
    • Music Writing Blog
      • Completed Pieces
      • Creating Parts
      • Developing a piece
      • Orchestration
      • Rock Songs
      • Starting A New Piece
      • Who Am I Stealing From Today?
    • Performance
    • Recordings
  • Parenting, Marriage, Friendship, Life Blog
    • Death
    • Fatherhood
    • Food
    • Goals
    • Growing up
    • Leukemia Journal
    • Love and marriage
    • Personal Growth
    • Travel
      • America
        • Idaho
        • Oregon
        • Wyoming
      • Europe
        • Czech Republic
          • Prague
        • Italy
          • Rome
          • Tuscany
      • Traveling with kids

Tags

  • Adventure Cat
  • anchovies
  • art of doing nothing
  • Athens
  • Brammeier Violin Sonata
  • cello
  • clarinet
  • composing slowly
  • democracy
  • Europe
  • flute
  • Franz Kafka
  • gnocchi all'amatriciana
  • Italy
  • Jack
  • Jackdaw String Quartet
  • Karl Marx
  • Looking for a Sunset Bird in Winter
  • Mazurek Dąbrowskiego
  • Not Yet Lost
  • parenting
  • piano
  • piano sonata
  • Piano sonata no. 2
  • Plato
  • Plato's Republic
  • pluralism
  • Prague
  • Quiquern
  • Rome
  • Rome with a baby
  • Rudyard Kipling
  • Socialism
  • Socrates
  • string quartet
  • The Jungle Book
  • theme and variations
  • Theory of Forms
  • too many ideas
  • Trastevere
  • travel with kids
  • utilitarianism
  • viola
  • violin
  • Vladimir Lenin

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I'd love to hear from you! Send me a message about music, art, philosophy, parenting or anything else.
I'd love to hear from you! Send me a message about music, art, philosophy, parenting or anything else.

Recent Posts

  • Hymns
  • Tips for thinking about moral arguments
  • Do I violate the utilitarian standard by loving my children?
  • Is J.S. Mill’s utilitarianism really “ethics” at all?
  • 2023 Book Reviews
  • Pascal’s wager: a reasoned argument for why you should give up reason
  • Second reading of Plato’s Apology: the folly of trying to prove that nobody knows anything
  • Progress and goals after two years of study
  • Why democracy may not be compatible with revolutionary socialism
  • Plato’s Theory of Forms makes for problematic political philosophy

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