Interesting perspective, very artsy indeed. The casual Christian bible believer is taught that the beaten down Jesus on the cross is the devine son, is me in another dimension, so to speak.
On 4 Feb., 21:27, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > The 'beaten down' aspect comes from existentialism in general. This > misaprehension denies us of the divine. > > On Feb 4, 9:00 am, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I would add that one does not need to know what human emancipation is > > before trying to create it, or perhaps better, "go for it". I suspect > > most humans are actually so beaten down that they do not imagine a > > future as part of their present. > > > On 4 Feb, 16:55, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Yes Neil, when the focus is on words, true wisdom is missed. > > > Some do lean toward being practical, including analysis. Others > > > towards doing a comparison with the past. And, there exist the > > > empaths. We know all three and seldom know why we lean toward one over > > > the other. > > > > On Feb 3, 10:15 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > The answer is that Foucault couldn't reduce any anxiety and that > > > > Derrida has really only shown we should be less sure of more or less > > > > everything, which I do find reassuring. The warning in both is about > > > > totalising forms of thinking. My preference is for good old American > > > > pragmatism and practical scientific methods where we can apply them. > > > > Derrida can be read as asserting poetics and humour. There is a long > > > > history of aporia, which we might take as revelling in roads to > > > > nowhere, as in the song, or as despair in Wittgenstein that language > > > > bewitches us in making us ask the same old questions, rather than > > > > devise new ones. > > > > > On 1 Feb, 03:52, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Yeah, and when you get to where that road take you, > > > > > be sure to pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. > > > > > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWyCCJ6B2WE > > > > > > dj > > > > > > On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 11:09 AM, nominal9 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Hello Paul: > > > > > > I am "diametrically opposed" epistemologically to the Phenomenalist > > > > > > position. Nice to meet you, however.... > > > > > > "Does Merleau-Ponty 'fill in the gaps' that Heidegger left?".... > > > > > > Blind > > > > > > leading the Blind.... > > > > > > " Do Foucault or Derrida give you a path out of modern anxiety? > > > > > > ".....Follow the Yellow Brick Road..... > > > > > > > nominal9 > > > > > > > On Jan 30, 6:36 am, Paul Grieg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >> This is one of my favourite philosophy interviews: > > > > > > >>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaGk6S1qhz0&feature=related > > > > > > >> Can any of you answer these questions: > > > > > > >> Does Merleau-Ponty 'fill in the gaps' that Heidegger left? > > > > > > >> Do Foucault or Derrida give you a path out of modern anxiety?- > > > > > >> Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
