When Jean Baudrillard published his classic text, The Gulf War Did Not Take Place, in 1995, it still seemed like a relatively novel idea. Common-sense notions of war such as friend and enemy were still current and reportage was confined to large media corporations. (more…)
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December 1, 2016 Greg Johnson
Вспоминая Мартина Хайдеггера:
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Peter Thiel
Zero to One: Notes on Startups, Or How to Build the Future
New York: Crown Business, 2014Peter Thiel, founder of Paypal, Palantir, and the first investor in Facebook shocked Silicon Valley with his early endorsement of Donald J. Trump and his role in the subsequent destruction of Gawker. (more…)
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Martin Heidegger is one of the giants of twentieth-century philosophy, both in terms of the depth and originality of his ideas and the breadth of his influence in philosophy, theology, the human sciences, and culture in general.
Heidegger was born on September 26, 1889, in the town of Meßkirch in the district of Sigmaringen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He died on May 26, 1976 in Freiburg and was buried in Meßkirch. (more…)
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Part 3 of 3
Trans. G. A. Malvicini from L’Arco e la Clava [The Bow and the Club] (Milan: Scheiwiller, 1968)
We will end these observations by examining the original content of three ancient Roman notions, those of fatum, felicitas, and fortuna.
15. Fatum. According to the most common modern usage, “fate” is a blind power that hangs over men, (more…)
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January 17, 2016 Greg Johnson
Recordando a Martin Heidegger:
26 de septiembre de 1889–26 de mayo de 19761,669 words
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Martin Heidegger es uno de los gigantes de la filosofía del siglo veinte, tanto en términos de profundidad y originalidad de sus ideas, y en el aliento de su influencia en la filosofía, teología, ciencias humanas, y la cultura en general.
Heidegger nació el 26 de septiembre de 1889, en la ciudad de Meßkirch en el distrito de Sigmarignen en Baden-Württemberg, Alemania. Murió el 26 de mayo de 1976 en Friburgo y fue enterrado en Meßkirch. (more…)
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Martin Heidegger je jeden z gigantov filozofie 20. storočia, a to ako z hľadiska hĺbky a originality jeho myšlienok, tak i rozsahu jeho vplyvu na filozofiu, teológiu, humanitné vedy a kultúru vo všeobecnosti.
Heidegger sa narodil 26. septembra 1889 v mestečku Meßkirch v okrese Sigmaringen v spolkovej krajine Bádensko-Württembersko, Nemecko. (more…)
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1,622 words
Translations: Slovak, Spanish, Ukrainian
Martin Heidegger is one of the giants of twentieth-century philosophy, both in terms of the depth and originality of his ideas and the breadth of his influence in philosophy, theology, the human sciences, and culture in general.
Heidegger was born on September 26, 1889, in the town of Meßkirch in the district of Sigmaringen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He died on May 26, 1976 in Freiburg and was buried in Meßkirch. (more…)
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September 23, 2015 Greg Johnson
Notes sur le nihilisme
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On dit souvent que le nihilisme est l’une des principales caractéristiques de l’âge moderne, mais qu’est-ce que le nihilisme ? Le nihilisme signifie quelque chose comme la « mort » de Dieu, la négation du sens et de la valeur objectifs, l’effacement des distinctions morales et des hiérarchies, la dissolution d’un monde commun en perspectives individuelles, et la dissolution d’une culture commune en « préférences données » subjectives. (more…)
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In the popular video game Half-Life 2 and its sequels, the players fight against the Combine Empire. This empire may be fictional, but it has many aspects that are all too real. The universe of Half-Life 2 has been created with patience and a lot of work, as one can guess from the number of tryouts for designing one of the game’s most important buildings. The result is a very well-thought, sometimes subtle universe that goes often unseen because players are more concerned with solving a particular riddle or fighting a particular battle. (more…)
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A half-forgotten German philosopher’s profound analysis of the United States
When the German philosopher Count Hermann Keyserling, the centennial of whose birth was celebrated last year by a very small but dedicated band of followers, made a four-month lecture tour of the United States in 1928, it was his second visit to the country. (more…)
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Editor’s Note:
The following is an excerpt from chapter 16 of Savitri Devi’s The Lightning and the Sun. The title is editorial.