Engaging Socrates by Joel Alden Schlosser
... In one set of familiar images of Socrates, he appears indoors, clean, self-possessed, and flanked by a coterie of admiring disciplines.4 In Raphael’s “The School of Athens,” for example, Socrates stands by Plato’s side ensconced in the calm confines of a palace surrounded by loquacious fellow philo ...
... In one set of familiar images of Socrates, he appears indoors, clean, self-possessed, and flanked by a coterie of admiring disciplines.4 In Raphael’s “The School of Athens,” for example, Socrates stands by Plato’s side ensconced in the calm confines of a palace surrounded by loquacious fellow philo ...
aiming at virtue in plato
... SV does not by itself rule in or out any non-evaluatively described actiontype, and it says nothing about how to determine what the virtuous action actually is, which is precisely Cleitophon’s complaint. I thus distinguish between establishing the supreme aim of an agent’s action (which is the funct ...
... SV does not by itself rule in or out any non-evaluatively described actiontype, and it says nothing about how to determine what the virtuous action actually is, which is precisely Cleitophon’s complaint. I thus distinguish between establishing the supreme aim of an agent’s action (which is the funct ...
View - OhioLINK ETD
... have helped me immensely. I would also like to thank the the Departments of Classics, History, and Philosophy at The Ohio State University who helped me develop as a young scholar outside of the dissertation process, especially William Batstone and Dana Munteanu. The Departments of Classics, Philoso ...
... have helped me immensely. I would also like to thank the the Departments of Classics, History, and Philosophy at The Ohio State University who helped me develop as a young scholar outside of the dissertation process, especially William Batstone and Dana Munteanu. The Departments of Classics, Philoso ...
Hegel, Nietzsche and the Beyond Within Life by Michael Harry
... transcendent dualism marks the same starting-point for the constructive philosophies of both Hegel and Nietzsche: both are attempts to find meaning for humanity from a beyond which is within life. The ...
... transcendent dualism marks the same starting-point for the constructive philosophies of both Hegel and Nietzsche: both are attempts to find meaning for humanity from a beyond which is within life. The ...
Clowns of Potentiality: Repetition and Resolution
... Gertrude Stein experiments with language and clarity in her book, How to Write (written between 1927 and 1931). The work is a masterpiece of theorizing on style without defining it. That is, if style appears as nothing other than a theory insofar as it can be defined, then making use of it, once def ...
... Gertrude Stein experiments with language and clarity in her book, How to Write (written between 1927 and 1931). The work is a masterpiece of theorizing on style without defining it. That is, if style appears as nothing other than a theory insofar as it can be defined, then making use of it, once def ...
Schopenhauer`s Theory of Justice
... infected him as an adult and that tainted much, though not all, of his work. Johanna Schopenhauer has been described as easygoing and partyloving in social situations, yet brittle and unfeeling in private life. Arthur undoubtedly suffered from maternal deprivation and from the inconsistency between ...
... infected him as an adult and that tainted much, though not all, of his work. Johanna Schopenhauer has been described as easygoing and partyloving in social situations, yet brittle and unfeeling in private life. Arthur undoubtedly suffered from maternal deprivation and from the inconsistency between ...
THE PHILOSOPHIES OF HISTORY OF HERDER AND
... The Works of W.B. Yeats (Ware, Hertfordshire: Wordsworth Editions Ltd., 1994), 158.) ...
... The Works of W.B. Yeats (Ware, Hertfordshire: Wordsworth Editions Ltd., 1994), 158.) ...
Popper and Xenophanes - ORCA
... It is next appropriate to summarise Popper’s commentary on this fragment. As he remarks, this passage goes beyond asserting the conjectural character of human knowledge, and presents a theory of objective knowledge, for which, even if you or I may say something true, neither you nor I nor anyone wil ...
... It is next appropriate to summarise Popper’s commentary on this fragment. As he remarks, this passage goes beyond asserting the conjectural character of human knowledge, and presents a theory of objective knowledge, for which, even if you or I may say something true, neither you nor I nor anyone wil ...
The politics and philosophical genealogy of Evans
... is: 'He [the leopard-skin chief] is a sacred person without political authority' (p. 5). Just as. such statements concerning the lack of the leopard-skin chief's juridical authority can be traced to an empirical negation of the applicability of the Durkheimian conception of moral authority (see Free ...
... is: 'He [the leopard-skin chief] is a sacred person without political authority' (p. 5). Just as. such statements concerning the lack of the leopard-skin chief's juridical authority can be traced to an empirical negation of the applicability of the Durkheimian conception of moral authority (see Free ...
Writing Duty: Religion, Obligation and Autonomy in George Eliot and
... George Eliot. Allen Dunn‟s ready assistance and patient guidance have been essential in shaping and executing project, and are also greatly appreciated in pursuing a plurality of problems, critical and philosophical. I would also like to thank Amy Billone, whose interests and encouragement have been ...
... George Eliot. Allen Dunn‟s ready assistance and patient guidance have been essential in shaping and executing project, and are also greatly appreciated in pursuing a plurality of problems, critical and philosophical. I would also like to thank Amy Billone, whose interests and encouragement have been ...
socrates the cosmopolitan
... It might perhaps seem strange that I go around giving advice and minding others’ business privately but do not dare to go into your assembly and advise the city publicly. [(1)] But the reason for this is one you have heard me mention many times and in many places, namely, that there comes to me a si ...
... It might perhaps seem strange that I go around giving advice and minding others’ business privately but do not dare to go into your assembly and advise the city publicly. [(1)] But the reason for this is one you have heard me mention many times and in many places, namely, that there comes to me a si ...
TYPOLOGY OF NOTHING: HEIDEGGER, DAOISM AND BUDDHISM
... Of course, it is not so easy to experience nothing. In fact, Heidegger admits that such an experience is rare. In Heidegger‘s What is Metaphysics, he states: ―Does such an attunement, in which man is brought before the nothing itself, occur in human Dasein? It can and does occur, although rarely eno ...
... Of course, it is not so easy to experience nothing. In fact, Heidegger admits that such an experience is rare. In Heidegger‘s What is Metaphysics, he states: ―Does such an attunement, in which man is brought before the nothing itself, occur in human Dasein? It can and does occur, although rarely eno ...
The Inaugural Address AUTONOMY: THE EMPEROR`S NEW
... autonomous choosing are both a matter of seeking, choosing, adopting or willing, some principle (law, rule, plan), thereby adopting some determination of the will. The difference between them is not that those who choose heteronomously are not free agents, or not capable of any independence in actio ...
... autonomous choosing are both a matter of seeking, choosing, adopting or willing, some principle (law, rule, plan), thereby adopting some determination of the will. The difference between them is not that those who choose heteronomously are not free agents, or not capable of any independence in actio ...
Ethics—The Basics by John Mizzoni
... develop his philosophy (and ethics) without any reference to religion. • Kant may have been influenced by Pietism in his view of man and his view of the world, but he never refers to his religious background in his ...
... develop his philosophy (and ethics) without any reference to religion. • Kant may have been influenced by Pietism in his view of man and his view of the world, but he never refers to his religious background in his ...
The Beautiful Soul and the Autocratic Agent: Schilleris
... harmony, which includes the harmony between the agent’s principles and outward appearance which is manifested in grace” (352). In reply to Guyer’s first point, it is true that Schiller begins his essay with a discussion of grace as a moveable beauty manifest in voluntary movements, and only in those ...
... harmony, which includes the harmony between the agent’s principles and outward appearance which is manifested in grace” (352). In reply to Guyer’s first point, it is true that Schiller begins his essay with a discussion of grace as a moveable beauty manifest in voluntary movements, and only in those ...
The Rise of History: Kant, Herder, and the End of the Enlightenment
... idea of natural law and natural rights loses out to cultural norms understood through anthropology. The anthropological aspect of Herder – which we will soon discuss in greater detail – limits him to the diverse. Each action and individual is unique. There are no essential qualities that unite human ...
... idea of natural law and natural rights loses out to cultural norms understood through anthropology. The anthropological aspect of Herder – which we will soon discuss in greater detail – limits him to the diverse. Each action and individual is unique. There are no essential qualities that unite human ...
The Role of Happiness in Kant`s Ethics - Aporia
... Kant writes, “When a thoughtful human being has overcome incentives to vice and is aware of having done his often bitter duty, he finds himself in a state that could well be called happiness, a state of contentment and peace of soul in which virtue is its own reward.”47 This happiness is not, as the ...
... Kant writes, “When a thoughtful human being has overcome incentives to vice and is aware of having done his often bitter duty, he finds himself in a state that could well be called happiness, a state of contentment and peace of soul in which virtue is its own reward.”47 This happiness is not, as the ...
Of a mythical philosophical anthropology: the transcendental and
... philosophical anthropology, Stiegler for the most part takes him to represent philosophical anthropology, which is to say a ‘transcendental deduction’ of the conditions for the possibility of man (TT1,85). This deduction leads Rousseau towards a primitive humanity with qualities that must characteri ...
... philosophical anthropology, Stiegler for the most part takes him to represent philosophical anthropology, which is to say a ‘transcendental deduction’ of the conditions for the possibility of man (TT1,85). This deduction leads Rousseau towards a primitive humanity with qualities that must characteri ...
Jacques Derrida
... too. What was suitable for the minority higher education system of the 1960s is not suitable for the larger, wider, more diverse, high technology education systems of the twenty-first century. These changes call not just for new, up-to-date, introductions but new methods of presentation. The presenta ...
... too. What was suitable for the minority higher education system of the 1960s is not suitable for the larger, wider, more diverse, high technology education systems of the twenty-first century. These changes call not just for new, up-to-date, introductions but new methods of presentation. The presenta ...
Romantic Cosmopolitanism: Novalis`s “Christianity or Europe”
... for the future. Rather, the romantic picture of medieval Europe is to evoke poetically the ideal of a re-unification of humanity, a cosmopolitan reunification through “faith and love.” I start with a brief sketch of the contents of “Christianity or Europe.” In order to explain and defend a cosmopoli ...
... for the future. Rather, the romantic picture of medieval Europe is to evoke poetically the ideal of a re-unification of humanity, a cosmopolitan reunification through “faith and love.” I start with a brief sketch of the contents of “Christianity or Europe.” In order to explain and defend a cosmopoli ...
Ph 205 Historical Introduction to Philosophy
... the beholder or is there an objective standard? Aquinas & Existence of God: Should nonCatholic sources of knowledge be used in theology? ...
... the beholder or is there an objective standard? Aquinas & Existence of God: Should nonCatholic sources of knowledge be used in theology? ...
Heidegger, Žižek and Revolution
... something happens to us, hits us, comes over us, turns us over and changes us. (GA12, 149)2 The same goes, according to Heidegger, for the German revolution that should not be treated as one fact or historical event amongst others. The revolution reveals its truth and greatness only to human life th ...
... something happens to us, hits us, comes over us, turns us over and changes us. (GA12, 149)2 The same goes, according to Heidegger, for the German revolution that should not be treated as one fact or historical event amongst others. The revolution reveals its truth and greatness only to human life th ...
Can the Science of Well-Being Be Objective?
... Can the Science of Well-‐Being be Objective? (9888 words) ...
... Can the Science of Well-‐Being be Objective? (9888 words) ...
Theoretical Reason and Practical Reason for Kant and Tabataba`i
... A comparative look at these two great thinkers, from west and east, is very important because both are philosophy of ethics and have a new idea and innovation about practical reason and its relation with theoretical reason. Division of reason into theoretical and practical and also the way of their ...
... A comparative look at these two great thinkers, from west and east, is very important because both are philosophy of ethics and have a new idea and innovation about practical reason and its relation with theoretical reason. Division of reason into theoretical and practical and also the way of their ...
Nietzsche on Kant on Beauty and Disinterest
... that make them better judges, as opposed to being better creators? Are moody and emotional judgers better at judging? Philosophers for the most part aspire to the more “Apollonian” rather than “Dionysian” frame of mind and are themselves of the cool, serene, and detached disposition that Hume requir ...
... that make them better judges, as opposed to being better creators? Are moody and emotional judgers better at judging? Philosophers for the most part aspire to the more “Apollonian” rather than “Dionysian” frame of mind and are themselves of the cool, serene, and detached disposition that Hume requir ...
Obscurantism
Obscurantism (/ɵbˈskjʊərəntɪsm/) is the practice of deliberately preventing the facts or the full details of some matter from becoming known. There are two common historical and intellectual denotations to Obscurantism: (1) deliberately restricting knowledge—opposition to the spread of knowledge, a policy of withholding knowledge from the public; and, (2) deliberate obscurity—an abstruse style (as in literature and art) characterized by deliberate vagueness. The name comes from French: obscurantisme, from the Latin obscurans, ""darkening"".The term obscurantism derives from the title of the 16th-century satire Epistolæ Obscurorum Virorum (Letters of Obscure Men), based upon the intellectual dispute between the German humanist Johann Reuchlin and Dominican monks, such as Johannes Pfefferkorn, about whether or not all Jewish books should be burned as un-Christian. Earlier, in 1509, the monk Pfefferkorn had obtained permission from Maximilian I (1486–1519), the Holy Roman Emperor, to incinerate all copies of the Talmud (Jewish law and Jewish ethics) known to be in the Holy Roman Empire (AD 926–1806); the Letters of Obscure Men satirized the Dominican monks' arguments at burning ""un-Christian"" works.In the 18th century, Enlightenment philosophers used the term ""obscurantism"" to denote the enemies of the Enlightenment and its concept of the liberal diffusion of knowledge. Moreover, in the 19th century, in distinguishing the varieties of obscurantism found in metaphysics and theology from the ""more subtle"" obscurantism of the critical philosophy of Immanuel Kant, and of modern philosophical skepticism, Friedrich Nietzsche said: ""The essential element in the black art of obscurantism is not that it wants to darken individual understanding, but that it wants to blacken our picture of the world, and darken our idea of existence.""