SubscribeOne’s own is well hidden for one’s
own; and of all treasure troves, one’s
own is the last to be excavated . . .
Friedrich Nietzsche, Also Sprach Zarathustra
The Horizon of Reason
Exploring the boundaries of logic and perception
Tag: Ancient Greece
Know Thyself
Exsanguinated philosophy
In one of the university texts I have been reading recently, the author often writes that a certain philosopher is being ‘over-sanguine’ in his approach. I thought this was a strange word to use as I found out it means ‘passionate’.
Can a philosopher be over passionate? I don’t think this can be the case. Philosophy [...]
The Philosopher and the Mystic
Academic philosophy and mysticism do not go hand in hand. One of the first subjects in any philosophy course in the analytic tradition is logic. Students are taught the strict rules of reasoning, as applied by philosophers for about 2500 years. Students are also taught that every philosophy must comply with these rules.
These strict rules [...]
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