Category: Philosophy as a Way of Life
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Expulsion of the White Working Class
This exemplifies how the superstructure dominates every aspect of our lives. The neoliberal policies of the two plutocratic parties, Democrat and Republican, keep folks separated along racial lines so that the bottom 50% of citizens will not communicate with each other. Neoliberalism succeeds when the majority of the working class–white workers…
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Bringing out the dead
Being in academia, asked to do what academics do to show they are really academics, makes me feel dead inside. The world doesn’t need more proliferating monographs and essays. It needs thinkers who will spend time with young people one on one or at least in small numbers to encourage…
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May the Fourth Be with You
Let-go of what weighs you down… “Attachment leads to jealously. The shadow of greed, that is.” ~Yoda. And May the Fourth be with you!
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Research method: napping
Over the years as I worked through the #trudgery of academic assignments, napping has become an important aspect of my process. I read and write on a subject for a few hours. Then I drink about 8 ounces of black coffee, just at the moment I feel really tired. I lay…
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Mindful Self-Acceptance? Bad Idea According to Ancient Chinese Philosophers
Asian philosophies have proven extremely influential in the United States, but are they being interpreted correctly? Frequently not, says Harvard China historian Michael Puett, who focuses on two main ideas in this video: one transported relatively recently to the United States, and another that sheds new light on the so-called…
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I-Thou Encompassing
O, Thou; O, Thou… I alone falters embracing uncommon – uncanny entwining – exclusive encompassing I risks everything for no-thing for Thou this encounter nothing else how can “you” capture this? you… you… you… you… you… you… stuttering stabbing particle instants paring down leaving off irrelevant but Thou, O, Thou nothing irrelevant comprehending…
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General Kafka
“The right understanding of any matter and a misunderstanding of the same matter do not wholly exclude each other.” ― Franz Kafka, The Trial something happened we cannot know details rest assured… it happened not a good thing a hushed thing sitting now with other somethings denied specifics silent but rest assured: something will…
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self conspiracy
“i” as useful designation like a storm front like a bright day changing temperaments one and then another always another forecaste now is here and then is there here is now and there is then no-thing stable enough to be as selfish conditions favorable for change again appropriate means arise…
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Zen Anarchy
And nothing is fixed! The famous master Hyakujo wanted to find an abbot for a monastery. He put a pitcher on the floor and asked what it was, adding, “Don’t say it’s a pitcher.” Some of the smarter monks came up with smart things to say. Then Isan the cook…
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A little bit on Crossan’s historical Jesus
Central to [John] Crossan’s methodology is the dating of texts. This is laid out more or less fully in The Historical Jesus in one of the appendices. He dates part of the Coptic Gospel of Thomas to the 50s CE, as well as the first layer of the hypothetical Q…
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Whatever, Etc. 0037: Justice and the Tripartite Soul
I was asked to drop by and engage in Dialog this evening, Mar 03, at 6pm, with some of my compatriots who are doing a close reading of Plato’s Republic. Live-streaming this for those who want to watch at home or catch it later on Youtube. They are reading Book…
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Sun – Line – Cave, Part 2
I’ll be returning to talk with students in my friend’s class over the metaphors/myths created by Plato in Books 6 & 7 of Republic: the Simile of the Sun, the Analogy of the Divided Line, and the Allegory of the Cave. I will livestream the class and throw up a…
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A dancing star in a constellation of lies
Am I decent man? Perhaps. I would use this opportunity to speak about myself with some pleasure (Dostoevsky 7). But I am not sure it is such a pleasure. Does decency really only allow me to speak about myself? Certainly, speaking from my ownmost experiences discloses me to others. Except,…
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Sun – Line – Cave, Part 1
A dear colleague has invited me to discuss a few of the metaphors at the heart of Plato’s Republic. So I’ll be live streaming from his class Friday, 26 Feb 2016 @ 1pm… if you are not busy at work or just hanging around the house, join us. Or watch…
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Mind Walk 17 Feb 2016
N. and I go wandering around Denton thinking about Carlos Castaneda and letting the thoughts wander with us.
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Line – circle – motion
My pedagogy: I do not claim to know things that will make you more intelligent, more wealthy, or more satisfied. I do claim to have experiences in reading, working, and traveling that I enjoy passing along in exchange for your own experiences. What I have discovered about being in the…
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