The Incoherence of the Incoherence
... Averroës was the last great philosopher in Islam in the twelfth century, and is the most scholarly and scrupulous commentator of Aristotle. He is far better known in Europe than in the Orient, where few of his works are still in existence and where he had no influence, he being the last great philo ...
... Averroës was the last great philosopher in Islam in the twelfth century, and is the most scholarly and scrupulous commentator of Aristotle. He is far better known in Europe than in the Orient, where few of his works are still in existence and where he had no influence, he being the last great philo ...
New wilderness landscapes as moral criticism A Nietzschean
... (Oelschlaeger 1995, introduction). According to Nietzsche, this ambiguity in our relation to nature is a symptom of a more fundamental crisis of our culture: we no longer seem to have commonly accepted criteria that can give us moral orientation, but, at the same time, we do not know how to live our ...
... (Oelschlaeger 1995, introduction). According to Nietzsche, this ambiguity in our relation to nature is a symptom of a more fundamental crisis of our culture: we no longer seem to have commonly accepted criteria that can give us moral orientation, but, at the same time, we do not know how to live our ...
Existentialism – A Definition
... Gabriel Marcel, long before coining the term "existentialism", introduced important existentialist themes to a French audience in his early essay "Existence and Objectivity" (1925) and in his Metaphysical Journal (1927).[37] A dramatist as well as a philosopher, Marcel found his philosophical starti ...
... Gabriel Marcel, long before coining the term "existentialism", introduced important existentialist themes to a French audience in his early essay "Existence and Objectivity" (1925) and in his Metaphysical Journal (1927).[37] A dramatist as well as a philosopher, Marcel found his philosophical starti ...
Nietzsche on Kant on Beauty and Disinterest
... treatment of “aestheticism,” or in the light of Nietzsche’s other views on art and culture. Many would also argue that, although Kant’s view of beauty and disinterest is Nietzsche’s narrow target, we should also take into account Kant’s wider “transcendental” system and his views on art and genius. ...
... treatment of “aestheticism,” or in the light of Nietzsche’s other views on art and culture. Many would also argue that, although Kant’s view of beauty and disinterest is Nietzsche’s narrow target, we should also take into account Kant’s wider “transcendental” system and his views on art and genius. ...
The Tragic Community - Friedrich Nietzsche and Mao Tse Tung
... Contradiction, for Mao, abides at the heart of all things – within each particular being and amidst the universality of the cosmos, or the All. Contradiction is the existence of all things the birth, life and death of all things, and of the incessant re-birth of all particular kinds of thing, or bei ...
... Contradiction, for Mao, abides at the heart of all things – within each particular being and amidst the universality of the cosmos, or the All. Contradiction is the existence of all things the birth, life and death of all things, and of the incessant re-birth of all particular kinds of thing, or bei ...
mal e / femal e (227)
... of form and if he’s got sufficient to think that he knows what he’s talking about, if he’s not careful he will think that he knows it all and his mind will then become opaque and he will be inaccessible to further statements. I think most people have met the kind of man that we’re talking about, wh ...
... of form and if he’s got sufficient to think that he knows what he’s talking about, if he’s not careful he will think that he knows it all and his mind will then become opaque and he will be inaccessible to further statements. I think most people have met the kind of man that we’re talking about, wh ...
Free Spirits: Idealism and Perfectionism
... dimension already present in Plato’s and Aristotle’s philosophical quest for good life, it is important to underline the link between studies flourishing today on this issue and what one may call the “Emerson revival”. I am struck by the similarities between this current revival and the “Emerson boo ...
... dimension already present in Plato’s and Aristotle’s philosophical quest for good life, it is important to underline the link between studies flourishing today on this issue and what one may call the “Emerson revival”. I am struck by the similarities between this current revival and the “Emerson boo ...
Hegel, Lectures on the Philosophy of World History, Introduction
... Hegel, Lectures on the Philosophy of World History, Introduction: Reason in History (1820’s) Excerpt on the end of history, pp. 145-149 A nation is only world-historical in so far as its fundamental element and basic aim have embodied a universal principle; only then is its spirit capable of produci ...
... Hegel, Lectures on the Philosophy of World History, Introduction: Reason in History (1820’s) Excerpt on the end of history, pp. 145-149 A nation is only world-historical in so far as its fundamental element and basic aim have embodied a universal principle; only then is its spirit capable of produci ...
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
... Mulhall, Noël Carroll & Thomas Wartenburg to name a few) as to whether or not film, and more specifically the standardized Hollywood film, can actually do philosophy, movies like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry, 2004) leans the debate in the favor of film doing philosophy. Produ ...
... Mulhall, Noël Carroll & Thomas Wartenburg to name a few) as to whether or not film, and more specifically the standardized Hollywood film, can actually do philosophy, movies like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry, 2004) leans the debate in the favor of film doing philosophy. Produ ...
1 Nietzsche’s ‘realism’ about morality or
... How does Nietzsche relate to these three disparate strands that seem to be evoked in Williams’ description of “realism”? He was certainly capable of the realism of Thucydides and Stendhal. It shines through intermittently and unpredictably, as though from a malfunctioning lighthouse. Nietzsche’s pow ...
... How does Nietzsche relate to these three disparate strands that seem to be evoked in Williams’ description of “realism”? He was certainly capable of the realism of Thucydides and Stendhal. It shines through intermittently and unpredictably, as though from a malfunctioning lighthouse. Nietzsche’s pow ...
Philosophy and concept formation in narrative therapy An
... Nietzsche was not afraid of having ideals about human beings, which I guess we all have – even if we declare that we don’t have or dint want to have ideals – that can be the ideal, not to have any ideal. Today it might be political incorrect to have any ideals. Nietzsches ideal of a human being was ...
... Nietzsche was not afraid of having ideals about human beings, which I guess we all have – even if we declare that we don’t have or dint want to have ideals – that can be the ideal, not to have any ideal. Today it might be political incorrect to have any ideals. Nietzsches ideal of a human being was ...
Nietzsche study guide a) What is significant about the title On the
... j) How does Nietzsche criticize the genealogy offered by the English Psychologists? Why does Nz claim that the English Psychologists are bad historians? Why does Nz claim that the English Psychologists are bad psychologists? Does Nz believe that the idea of the good has a univocal, constant, trans- ...
... j) How does Nietzsche criticize the genealogy offered by the English Psychologists? Why does Nz claim that the English Psychologists are bad historians? Why does Nz claim that the English Psychologists are bad psychologists? Does Nz believe that the idea of the good has a univocal, constant, trans- ...
READING GUIDE FOR AD INFINITUM This reading selection is
... This reading selection is dealing with some of the epistemological (nature of knowledge) and ontological (status of things) questions one can pose about the mathematically infinite. Is infinity a thing? Is it a number, or, to ask a slightly different question, are there infinitely big numbers? One f ...
... This reading selection is dealing with some of the epistemological (nature of knowledge) and ontological (status of things) questions one can pose about the mathematically infinite. Is infinity a thing? Is it a number, or, to ask a slightly different question, are there infinitely big numbers? One f ...
Nietzsche`s critique of past philosophers
... Nietzsche agues that our values support a particular kind of life, one in which we can achieve a maximum feeling of power. If philosophical beliefs rest on values, and values are expressions of power, then philosophical beliefs are also, indirectly, an expression of power. How are philosophers’ valu ...
... Nietzsche agues that our values support a particular kind of life, one in which we can achieve a maximum feeling of power. If philosophical beliefs rest on values, and values are expressions of power, then philosophical beliefs are also, indirectly, an expression of power. How are philosophers’ valu ...
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... death, in which death is personified as a tyrant without real power “…some have called thee / Mighty and dreadfull, for, thou art not soe” (1-2). The poem continues to dismantle death from something mysterious and feared, to something weak and irrelevant. The speaker’s main polemic is grounded in th ...
... death, in which death is personified as a tyrant without real power “…some have called thee / Mighty and dreadfull, for, thou art not soe” (1-2). The poem continues to dismantle death from something mysterious and feared, to something weak and irrelevant. The speaker’s main polemic is grounded in th ...
Outline Truth and Lie
... What then are we to make of Nietzsche's various pronouncements about truth? The simple answer is, I believe, that Nietzsche is ultimately not interested in (theories of) truth. This is not to say that Nietzsche is not acutely concerned with the role that the concept and rhetoric of truth has played ...
... What then are we to make of Nietzsche's various pronouncements about truth? The simple answer is, I believe, that Nietzsche is ultimately not interested in (theories of) truth. This is not to say that Nietzsche is not acutely concerned with the role that the concept and rhetoric of truth has played ...
YESHIVAT HAR ETZION
... opposed to this doctrine, interpreted the statement to refer not to real worlds, but rather "draft copies," plans of worlds that were considered and not created; and their presentation comes to teach us that our world possesses unique qualities, and ...
... opposed to this doctrine, interpreted the statement to refer not to real worlds, but rather "draft copies," plans of worlds that were considered and not created; and their presentation comes to teach us that our world possesses unique qualities, and ...
This project draws on the work of two thinkers, C.... Brave New World
... 279). When this belief falls, and no new system can take its place, European morality and identity will collapse with it. This is what Nietzsche calls nihilism: A nihilist believes in nothing, and feels his life to have no purpose. Although Lewis does not use the same term, he discusses essentially ...
... 279). When this belief falls, and no new system can take its place, European morality and identity will collapse with it. This is what Nietzsche calls nihilism: A nihilist believes in nothing, and feels his life to have no purpose. Although Lewis does not use the same term, he discusses essentially ...
Eternal return
Eternal return (also known as ""eternal recurrence"") is a concept that the universe has been recurring, and will continue to recur, in a self-similar form an infinite number of times across infinite time or space.The concept is found in Indian philosophy and in ancient Egypt and was subsequently taken up by the Pythagoreans and Stoics. With the decline of antiquity and the spread of Christianity, the concept fell into disuse in the Western world, with the exception of Friedrich Nietzsche, who connected the thought to many of his other concepts, including amor fati.In addition, the philosophical concept of eternal recurrence was addressed by Arthur Schopenhauer. It is a purely physical concept, involving no supernatural reincarnation, but the return of beings in the same bodies. Time is viewed as being not linear but cyclical.