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Showing posts with label aristotle. Show all posts
27 Feb 2026

Reflections on Simon Critchley's Philosophical Short Cuts (Part 2)

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Simon Critchley:  Bald   (Yale University Press, 2021) Part 1 of this post can be read by clicking here .   All page numbers given below ref...
6 Apr 2025

From Sardines to Anchovies

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I.    I've nothing against the humble sardine; that small, oily fish in the herring family, which some people refer to as pilchards and ...
14 May 2024

Ad Hominem à la Friedrich Nietzsche

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Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900) Master of the argumentum ad hominem   I.   Academic philosophers, who like to take a serious and professio...
3 Jul 2022

Yes, Jordan, We Remember When Pride Was a Sin

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Jordan Peterson on YouTube (1 July 2022)     I.    The Canadian psychologist, author, and cultural commentator Jordan Peterson has had his T...
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7 Nov 2021

Reflections on The Burnout Society by Byung-Chul Han (Part 2: From The Pedagogy of Seeing to Burnout Society)

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Byung-Chul Han in the documentary film Müdigkeitsgesellschaft -  Byung-Chul Han in Seoul/Berlin (dir. Isabella Gresser, 2015)  Click here ...
11 Aug 2021

Notes on The Life of Plants by Emanuele Coccia

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(Polity, 2018)   I.    As torpedohiles will be aware, I'm a big fan of plants and trees. And interested also in the latest philosophical...
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24 Jul 2021

Götzen-Dämmerung: Notes on Wandering Wombs, Spontaneous Generation, Bodily Humours and the Ancient Greek Soul

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Sounding out idols of the mind since 1888    I.    It's easy (and thus tempting) to look back on humanity's past and smile at some ...