a history of meaninglessness in human history ?
50+. Thoughts, observations and insights with 4 decades with "religious studies", theology, philosophy, history...but intending less sub specie academiae, or sub specie scientiae, and rather sub specie aeternitatis. "Was du ererbt von deinen Vätern hast, erwirb es, um es zu besitzen", Goethe: Faust I, Nacht, Vers 682. [Photo from Mt. Scopus]
Monday, October 20, 2014
Thursday, October 16, 2014
National Geographic's apocalypses of human social psychology
The general title of these two National Geographic series is "Apocalypse" (http://natgeotv.com/asia/apocalypse-world-war-i; http://natgeotv.com/asia/apocalypse-the-second-world-war), by
which the creators mean terrible, dramatic events in human history (since not
the end of the world). But what the two series really are is an apocalypse, an
un-covering (Greek apokalupsis,
from apokaluptein ‘uncover, reveal,’ from apo- ‘un-’ + kaluptein ‘to cover.'), a revealing of the
human being, individually, socially and collectively.
These films can be
viewed more usefully as lessons in realistic social psychology than as just
past, if relevant, history.
Friday, October 10, 2014
meanings in the history of Greek philosophy
there is no one "answer", truth or understanding of the story of Greek philosophy; there is what and how one understands the meaning in the story.
Let there be Socrates.
perhaps Socrates' search for the permanent Good, Just, Beautiful,... was like saying: 'Let there be God, and there was God'?
Thursday, October 2, 2014
"...for they know not what they do"?
a dividing of judgements?
those who do, and those who don't...
Father, condemn them for they know what they do.
those who do, and those who don't...
Father, condemn them for they know what they do.
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