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Instead of fighting against inevitable conflicts, I am choosing to allow my disorientation to orient my life these days. At least until I have some kind of better plan to attend to and before I give up and have to… more ›
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Not every image merely-necessarily represents itself to a subjectivity. Not every subjectivity merely-necessarily represents itself to itself in order to form an identity. Not every thing merely-necessarily becomes object represented upon the screen of history, culture, language, myth, et cetera to one standing… more ›
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In contrast to Heraclitus’s understanding that “all things flow,” Parmenides advocated a fixed and stable reality. In many regards, Parmenides can be understood as the exact opposite of Heraclitus: he participated in his city’s government and had a reputation for… more ›
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We’ve already talked about the natural philosopher Thales (c. 624-546 BCE), who reasoned that water was the source of all. Coming out of that monistic tradition, we have two natural philosophers who set the stage for Platonic philosophy, posing some… more ›
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One question more concerning the questionability of Plato’s Republic: In what way is this text a caninology? That is, how does the dog serve as a model or image for the guardian? In Book II at 375a Socrates begins to… more ›
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Another way of saying educate is bring up or raise. With these English synonyms, we notice an explicit movement from a lower to a higher position. Socrates indicates such movement throughout the Republic. Remember the first line of the text:… more ›