Most people tend to see nature as a sort of Pythagorean Disney film, the cosmos is human, its understandable, the sunset, tweeting of birds and whales are all that we need in our life in order to sleep well, knowing that tomorrow will be a good day. But we should not forget, nature is also […]
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20th Century roadmap diagram
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About fate, the incidental, accidental and life
In this article we talk (again) about life in the context of the 20th century mindset. Which road the culture take in the last 2500 years ? Where are we now ?
Joseph and his brothers : Introduction
In this article I provide a short introduction to one of the greatest novels of all time. Thomas Mann wrote a limitless piece which reflects his humanism and spirituality against the historical background of that time outside the novel of World War II.
David Hume and his influence over the 20th century
In this article we discuss Hume’s influence over the 20th century, the enlightenment and the fetishism of rationality, perception, quantity and qualia, necessity and contingency, causation and the soul, language and the world.
Antichrist (2009)
Antichrist of Lars von Trier can be understood if one is able of leaving all provocation aside, as should be the case with von Trier and dealing only with aesthetics, I will try to give some of my notes about the film. The film itself has a very clear structure and uses very specific means […]
Thoughts about time
Can time be thought about as non-linear ? We discuss Flux and Stasis, object and boundary, language and our indirect touch with the world as a basis for our fabricated reality.
Listening, Learning, Becoming
You can not lead people to what is good; you can only lead them to some place or other
What is reality ?
In this article we talk about our time and age, how did the concept of reality and truth changed through consumer capitalism and how does the hybrid of neo-marxism and post-structuralism help us with the diagnose
20th Century western culture : introduction
In this article we will talk about the cultural transition from 19th to the 20th century. Why was it so radical ? We will put the emphasis on philosophy and literature, the driving forces of though and its expression. These are seen as the pillars of the West around conceptualization