Table of Contents
an aqueous phenomenology
Noah
1. Flood
2. Storm
3. Mist
4. Drought
5. The Olive Branch
Part 2
Odin
1. Freezing
2. Snow
3. The Glacier
4. The Dead
5. Icicles
6. Hoarfrost
7. Cessation
8. Preservation
Water Vapor part 3
Ptah
1. Foam
2. Steam
3. Mist
4. Clouds
5. Storm
The Fourth State
Calypso
1. Water of Ether
2. The Bath
3. Miscibility
4. Maternity
5. Vision/epiphany
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David Appelbaum is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the State University of New York at New Paltz. He is the author of many books, including "A Propos, Levinas"; "Jacques Derrida's Ghost: A Conjuration"; and The "Delay of the Heart". He is a graduate of Harvard, past senior editor at Parabola, and founder of Codhill Press.
"The writing of David Appelbaum is a hidden treasure in our midst.
Is it poetry? Is it philosophy? Can such a division matter with
words so liquid and so beautiful? We all love and need water, and
with this book we can pour it with a bit more fluidity. This may be
his best and most accessible work, the culmination of a lifetime of
the precise exploration of the most sensory elements of the human
world." —David Rothenberg, author of Survival of the Beautiful and
Why Birds Sing, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Music,
New Jersey Institute of Technology
"As William Blake found 'a world in a grain of sand,' in this
brilliant book David Appelbaum discovers the universe in a drop of
water. Drawing on mythology, nature, and science, he combines a
poet’s appreciation with a philosopher’s discernment to explore the
universal element of water and its resonances, reaching rare depths
of understanding. Those in search of meaning will benefit greatly
from allowing the words of this accomplished author to flow like
the liquid he loves into their minds and hearts." —Jeff Zaleski,
editor and publisher of Parabola
"Appelbaum’s words—these humble 'notes on water'—are what they
speak of. As Becket would say, 'no symbols where none intended.'
This is masterly, original work, filled with life, requiring and
deserving repeated readings: a philosophical, cosmological, always
poetical and phenomenologically-lived accounting of our beginnings
and our ends, both large and small." —Chris Bamford, Editor in
Chief for SteinerBooks, author of The Voice of the Eagle and An
Endless Trace
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