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Homesickness
Homesickness When I was twelve or thirteen, I had two favorite books: Homer’s Odyssey and Thomas Mann’s four–volume novel based on Genesis 37:1 – 50:25, Joseph and His Brothers. The epic recounts how Odysseus — the wily hero whose Trojan … Continue reading →
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“Being Torn Apart–as a Method”
Being Torn Apart — as a Method Rene Descartes, the reputed “founder of modern philosophy,” held that the most important thing in life and thought – the thing without which nothing of significance can happen – is to have a … Continue reading →
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Tagged a discourse on method, Apollo, Athena, c.v.'s, clear and distinct ideas, death of Socrates, foundationalism, Franz Hals, Galileo, Leo Strauss, logos of the cosmos, masked life, modern philosophy, Mt. Olympus, mythology, persecution, Persecution and The Art of Writing, Plato, politicians of ideas, public opinion, rationalism, role playing, search for truth, secretiveness, self evidence, Socrates, Socratic method, The Academy, the philosophic life, the philosophic profession, the Sorbonne, women in philosophy, world views
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