Category: philosophy
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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… 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… 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… more ›
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The space of human being opens onto the geological, inscribing strata of geological time into the very arche-writing of the elemental. Human being follows the being of the stone. We… more ›
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Reflecting the double abysses, a “double power” seems to surround man as well: the power of the natural universe around him, and the power of his created world (70). Man,… more ›
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To separate oneself from others and from our environment is the original violence we do, both to others as well as to ourselves. Yet one’s nature inextricably links oneself to… more ›
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The I of the Storm Reminding us that nature—as opposed or exterior to (masculine) human culture—is more than just tempest and maelstrom against which the human being must rage, Irigaray… more ›
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“Do not seek to go home.” – Chorus, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus “Home is where I want to be, but I guess I’m already there.” – Talking Heads, “This Must… more ›
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The animal voice comes from beyond the body, resonates throughout the body. Its significance resides in the echo of the call, in the trace of the animal voice inscribed within… more ›
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As the correlation between perceived phenomena and the universal structures of meaning, phenomenology altogether rejects scientism, the undue privilege given the natural sciences in mediating and explaining our experience of… more ›