last updated 7/28/26 11:14am.

My name is August Baker. The primary purpose of this website is to critique pages 147 to 152 of this article:

Moran, Richard. 2023. “Swann’s medical philosophy.” In: Proust’s In Search of Lost Time: Philosophical Perspectives. Edited by: Katherine Elkins. Oxford University Press. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780190921576.003.0006

That critique is the home page. Or click <swann>.

Swann’s medical philosophy is also available as a free pdf on Moran’s website. (Is that copacetic? Yes I’m a Karen.)

Although that was the primary reason, I intend to update the website periodically with comments on other Moran articles. Right now, there are two other pages.

(1) Click <self-love> for comments on:

Moran, Richard. 2025. “Self-love, egoism, and the distinctness of persons." The Amherst Lecture in Philosophy 18: 1-32.

This paper is also available for free at http://www.amherstlecture.org/moran2025/. It’s also available at Moran’s website.

(2) Click <F&S> for

(a) quotes where Freud says Schopenhauer anticipated or inspired psychoanalysis;

(b) two Schopenhauer passages Freud especially praised.