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This Ted reminds me of Sisyphus
These people and their generations are doomed to endure their fates. How could it be possible to be happy? Ted Continue reading →
What about Haimon?
What is philosophy?
This is gonna be a short one, I have an essay to work on! While searching for a definition of philosophy, I found an interesting (anonymous) answer in the comments on a blog post here: http://insocrateswake.blogspot.ca/2011/05/defining-philosophy.html In other disciplines, you learn more and more about less and less, until you know everything about nothing. In philosophy, […] Continue reading →
Emily Dickinson and Antigone
Greg – As I was reading Antigone, I noticed several similar themes and motifs between Antigone and the work of the poet Emily Dickinson. Both Antigone and Emily Dickinson were women who countered their cultural traditions by not taking a husband. Their voices were dismissed because they were regarded as insane because they did not […]Continue reading →
Kant’s Idea on Motherhood
When reading and discussing Kant’s idea on motherhood this youtube video came to my mind. The idea I am referring to is his idea of the Garden of Eden representing being in the womb and how it is inevitable that … Continue reading →Continue reading →
Identity and Maturity
I’ve been noticing a recurring theme in the texts we’ve read so far. Generally speaking, the identity of the characters we read about has been defined by their profession.In Genesis, great significance lies in the names of the main characters, and name… Continue reading →
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“If Immanuel Kant, who can?” – what my grandpa used to say to arts students apparentlyContinue reading →
Inaugural post!
Oh, I’m in university now. Shit just got real. The buzz of first and second week having passed, we are now settled in our class routines (more or less), and my procrastination has already begun… though I’ve managed to keep it at bay for the most part. I have this thing where I’ll start studying/reading […] Continue reading →
The Faces of Eve
This week we are reading Kant’s interpretation of the first six chapters of Genesis. For more ways to approach the early chapters of Genesis, see this program from CBC’s Ideas back in May: http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/episodes/2013/05/27/the-faces-of-eve-2/Continue reading →
Tamar and Recognition
This week, I am going to breathe life into the myth of Judah and Tamar, as told in Genesis. Kant, in our other reading for this week, attempts to examine what the early chapters of the Genesis story have to … Continue reading →Continue reading →