(Reprising this translation by Coleman Barks) Little by little, wean yourself.This is the gist of what I have to say.From an embryo, whose nourishment comes in the blood,move to an infant drinking milk,to a child on solid food,to a searcher after wisdom,to a hunter of more invisible game. Think how it is to have a […]
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One of my all-time favorite passages from Aristotle is in his Parts of Animals (Book 1, Chapter 5).
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In the below documentary, a number of Heidegger scholars discuss his philosophy and its relationship to his National Socialism. For follow-up scholarship on the philosophy-politics connections: Faye (https://www.amazon.com/Heidegger-Introduction-Philosophy-Unpublished-1933-1935/dp/0300172079/) and Philipse (https://www.amazon.com/Heideggers-Philosophy-Being-Herman-Philipse/dp/0691001197) are very good, in my judgment. Related: Heidegger on metaphysics, in the Philosophers, Explained series.
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Trailer for this documentary on the amazing trajectory of Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas’s life and career: Philosopher of law Derrick Bell was fundamentally and absolutely opposed to Thomas philosophically and politically, as expressed in this now-classic law review article published at the time:
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What makes entrepreneurs tick? An interesting paper: “Anatomy of an Entrepreneur: Family Background and Motivation”, by Vivek Wadhwa et al., part of the Kauffman Foundation Small Research Projects. The paper’s abstract: “Entrepreneurs are among the most celebrated people in our culture. Celebrity entrepreneurs such as Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, often
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What is Deconstruction? Is reason a tyranny? Did Foucault go far enough? Can insanity be liberating? Jacques Derrida’s classic essay “Cogito and the History of Madness,” in the Philosophers, Explained series.
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My 15-lecture series on the Philosophy of Education in a dedicated playlist at YouTube. The videos are still also available at my site here. The series covers key issues in philosophy and their implications for education and how the major philosophers in history — Plato, Locke, Kant, Sartre, Rand, Foucault, and others — have influenced
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What is Pre-Modernism? What was the Modern revolution? How does Postmodernism reject both? Are some elements of the Postmodern critique worth preserving? What would an after-Postmodernism movement look like? Related: Explaining Postmodernism.
Salvage Postmodernism? Meta-Modernism? Brendan Graham Dempsey interviews Stephen Hicks Read More »