Presocratic Philosophy: Parmenides
In contrast to Heraclitus’s understanding that “all things flow,” Parmenides advocated a fixed and stable reality. In many regards, Parmenides […]
Category: Greeks
Presocratic Philosophy: Heraclitus
We’ve already talked about the natural philosopher Thales (c. 624-546 BCE), who reasoned that water was the source of all. […]
Caninology: The Wonderful, Philosophical Dog
One question more concerning the questionability of Plato’s Republic: In what way is this text a caninology? That is, how […]
On the Rise
Another way of saying educate is bring up or raise. With these English synonyms, we notice an explicit movement from […]
The Ruination and Salvation of Life/Writing, Part II
Because writing, for Blanchot, exposes all of us (authors, readers, translators, interpreters) to the impersonal anonymity of (and in) language, […]
The Ruination and Salvation of Life/Writing, Part I
The myth of the origin of written language as told by Socrates in the Phaedrus: Theuth declares that written language, […]
Quaeritur: Aber ein Sturm…
How does a poet write history? I once began with this question. But after several years of focusing on the […]
A Sense of Community: Political Implications of Nietzsche’s Aesthetics
“State is the name of the coldest of all cold monsters. Coldly it lies; and this lie slips from its […]
Project Blog It: Words
I’ve been reading Ricoeur as a near-end-of-the-semester treat, so I’m not sure if I even have anything to say about […]
Project Blog It: Words
I’ve been reading Ricoeur as a near-end-of-the-semester treat, so I’m not sure if I even have anything to say about […]
