Monthly Archives: December 2019

Agamben’s Philosophy

One of key statements of philosophy last century came through the mouth of Heidegger (though it was obviously not merely his statement): “Higher than actuality stands possibility.” The statement overturns a long-standing bias that favors of ‘what is there’, ‘what … Continue reading

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Bucking the System

Any system can be devised, as long as it expels certain unwanted elements from itself. Through such exclusions, any sort of logic or maneuver can be put into action, justified. Any system can be imagined and instituted ‘simply’ by bracketing … Continue reading

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For the Love of Thought

Confusion in contemporary discourse about thinking: we ‘think too much’. Inclination to turn off the mind, escape. Importance of distinguishing distraction from meditation, annihilation of mind from clarification of mind. Krishnamurti: cessation of imagistic thought leads to awakening of intelligence. … Continue reading

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