Famous Philosophers Who Killed Themselves
Gabriel
July 30, 2012 , zubair , 5 Comments Suicide used to be enforced upon those found guilty in ancient Roman and Greek civilizations. The victim was shown the alternative worse kind of torture leaving…
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Concepts and terms from the teachings of Martin Heidegger.
(Most terms are taken from Heidegger’s book “Being and Time” (1927)About the person:Man is a being whose existence means the inquiry of himself and his connection with being. Investigation is…
The philosophical creature
“In philosophy, reason thinks of itself and makes itself a matter of investigation. Man as a philosopher supposedly expropriates himself from the life in which he is immersed as both…
To be a master
file:///C:/Users/gabrie%20raam/Desktop/%D7%AA%D7%A8%D7%92%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%9D/articles%2014/To%20be%20mastrship.htm There is a difference between being a professional and being a master. As in teaching: One could be a very good teacher, very learned, with much knowledge and understanding,…
Seeing life and reality through “the allegory of the cave” by Plato
One of the works of thought that tried to touch and examine the way we look at reality, was Plato’s work: “the allegory of the cave” from his “Polita”. In this passage…
On: Philosophical poets
A philosophical poet is an author or scholar who employs poetic devices, styles, or forms to explore subjects common to the field of philosophy. Their writing often addresses questions related…
The 3 creative generals – in prose, novels, plays, and essays
It is like a pyramid: at the bottom the most popular and the lowest level: fiction. The mid-level is plays (mainly drama), higher but only approachable on stage, the top…
About: being gullible
From the book of proverb. ספר משלי ספר משלי באותיות ברורות ועם ניקוד מלא. משלי פרק א’ (א) מִשְׁלֵי שְׁלֹמֹה בֶן דָּוִד מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל׃ (ב) לָדַעַת חָכְמָה וּמוּסָר לְהָבִין אִמְרֵי…
Radical philosophy
The problem with philosophy at large is that it is too average, too mediocre, too simplified. It is easy for it to slide into any ear. It combines and integrates…