Tag Archives: Nietzsche
“Philosophy”
“Philosophy” As a little girl, I would set the lunch table extra slowly so that I could overhear the philosophic conversations between my father, Henry M. Rosenthal, and Léo Bronstein, his closest friend. Understanding not a word, I still liked … Continue reading
Posted in academe, art, culture, dialectic, femininity, history of ideas, philosophy, political, relationships, social conventions, the examined life, the problematic of woman
Tagged Analytic philosophy, Australian materialism, élan vital, Bergson, Camus, communism, Continental philosophy, dialectic, Enlightenment, fascism, Femininity, Freud, George Weigel, Henry M. Rosenthal, human conversation, laws of history, Leo Bronstein, meaningful life, Newtonian science, Nietzsche, philosophy, progress, reality, Social Darwinism, technology, The Great War, Utopianism, WWI
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“Loyalty”
“Loyalty” For a good many years I had a close woman friend. She was also a colleague, thus for me among the most cherished of life’s treasures. We were very different types, almost polar opposites in our ways of responding … Continue reading
Posted in culture, friendship, Hegel, history of ideas, literature, philosophy, political, relationships, the examined life, the problematic of woman
Tagged Abigail L. Rosenthal, beyond good and evil, choices, classical world, dragon ships, fork in the road, friendship, good and evil, Leo Bronstein, Loyalty, multiculturalism, Nietzsche, Nordic, origins, philosophy, purity, Success, Viking, women relationships
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