Jacob Abolafia
Jacob Abolafia
Recent Stories
Abolafia: The state of the fight
There is, as some of you might know, a rather ancient quarrel between poets and philosophers. I, a student of philosophy, might seem partisan.
Through the Lens: Be mine
Yalies across campus felt the love Sunday night as they celebrated Valentine’s Day, or, as some like to call it, “Singles Awareness Day.” Whether you have a special someone or are flying solo, commercialism is for everybody to enjoy. Photographers Jane Long and Grace Patuwo captured the love.
Abolafia: The virtue that makes small
I desperately long to sympathize with Katie Carmody’s claim that the humanities are in fact “better” than the sciences because of their ability to address matters of value, aesthetic and moral (“Call me a convert,” Sept. 21). In fact, there are considerable parallels between Carmody’s story and my own, but I simply cannot convince myself that my move from biology to philosophy was a happy Bloomian elevation rather than a tragic Miltonian fall.
I will advise you on matters sexual. Also, I myself will have a lot of sex.
Hi! I’m a sex columnist. This is because I have more sex than anyone at Yale.
Parade fiasco bad news for Mideast
For the last month, the topic on everyone’s lips across the state of Israel has been one strangely familiar to the ears of the modern American.