Separated at Birth?

In German folklore a walking ghost who looks just like you is called Doppelganger. Being a science fiction fan, I first saw the word not used in its original meaning, but as a word to refer to your alternate self from a parallel timeline.

But I am using the word neither in its folklore sense nor its science fiction sense, but to refer to a man who shares my spirit (such as the dry humor and the hatred of irrationality) and shares the spirit of what happened to me, even in some of the details (such as accusations of insanity from people I had thought were friends or colleagues) when I say I have met my Doppelganger.

Good Grief! The man even quotes Aristotle! We are practically twins.

Here is the article, from State Press Magazine (http://www.statepress.com/2012/09/27/from-atheism-to-catechism/)

Read the rest of this entry »

Originally published at John C. Wright's Journal. Please leave any comments there.