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The Stones Cry Out:
Cave Art & the Origin of the Human Spirit, Part 7

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7. The Aim of the Universe

I have argued that man’s nature is to be the mirror of nature, and that this begins in the European caves. As Aristotle and Pico have taught us, man is, in a way, nothing — and all. Read more …

Published: January 9, 2014 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged anthropology, Aristotle, art, articles, cave art, Cleary cave art, Collin Cleary, European prehistory, G. W. F. Hegel, Martin Heidegger, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, religion, teleology | 23 Responses

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The Stones Cry Out:
Cave Art & the Origin of the Human Spirit, Part 6

Man as microcosm

Man as microcosm

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6. All and Nothing

In my account of ekstasis, I have drawn principally on two philosophers: Heidegger and Schopenhauer. And Hegel has been peeping out at certain points in my discussion (he will have a much bigger role to play very soon). But the truth is that the ideas I have been expounding in this essay have deep roots in the Western tradition, and are much older even than Hegel.

Published: January 8, 2014 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged aesthetic experience, anthropology, Aristotle, art, Arthur Schopenhauer, articles, cave art, Cleary cave art, Collin Cleary, European prehistory, G. W. F. Hegel, Georges Bataille, human nature, Martin Heidegger, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, religion | Leave a comment

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The Stones Cry Out:
Cave Art & the Origin of the Human Spirit, Part 5

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5. Can Biology Explain Ekstasis?

I have already mentioned that scientists speculate that cave art (and religion, language, etc.) comes about as a result of some kind of genetic mutation, perhaps a “sudden, serendipitous, genetically-based brain reorganization.” Read more …

Published: January 7, 2014 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged aesthetic experience, anthropology, Aristophanes, art, Arthur Schopenhauer, articles, cave art, Cleary cave art, Collin Cleary, Darwinism, European prehistory, evolutionary psychology, Martin Heidegger, materialism, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, religion, Socrates, teleology | 2 Responses

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The Stones Cry Out:
Cave Art & the Origin of the Human Spirit, Part 4

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4. “To be human means to be a sayer”

The ability to perceive essences (“Ideas,” as Schopenhauer puts it) plays a role in other human activities besides art. Read more …

Published: January 6, 2014 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged aesthetic experience, anthropology, art, articles, cave art, Cleary cave art, Collin Cleary, European prehistory, language, Martin Heidegger, North American New Right, originals, philosophy | 2 Responses

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The Stones Cry Out:
Cave Art & the Origin of the Human Spirit, Part 3

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3. Art Begins in Wonder

My thesis, quite simply, is that art, religion, and language are all made possible by a mental or cognitive act which I have called elsewhere ekstasis.[1] To better understand what this consists in, I will ask the reader to consider a simple (or, perhaps, not so simple) question. Read more …

Published: January 3, 2014 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged aesthetic experience, anthropology, art, Arthur Schopenhauer, articles, cave art, Cleary cave art, Collin Cleary, European prehistory, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, shamanism | 4 Responses

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