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Beauty That Is Also Repellent
Israeli artist Ori Gersht (b. 1967) says that one of the things he tends to aim for in his art is the foregrounding of beauty against a background of violence. In the video piece below, he sets up a traditional still … Continue reading
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Tagged Apollo, art, beauty, Dionysus, Kant, literature, philosophy, the sublime, violence
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Getting a Handle on Kant’s Distinction between the Beautiful and the Sublime
Contained in Immanuel Kant’s (1724-1804) Critique of the Powers of Judgment are his reflections on beauty and the sublime. Beauty, writes Kant, can be defined as something that is good in itself that pleases the eye; it is absent any utility … Continue reading
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Tagged beauty, Emily Dickinson, Kant, monsters, philosophy, psychology, sublime
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Meat Eating Combined with Running Makes You Smarter?
Well, not exactly. But according to Harvard scientist Dan Lieberman, it was a big factor in making you smart in the first place. Here’s his syllogism: Starting about two million years ago, our ancestors’s ever increasing ability to run long distances … Continue reading
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Tagged anthropology, biology, contingency, Dostoevsky, evolution, fitness, health, Kant, running, science, vegetarian, vegetarianism
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John Gray’s Phrase for Missionary Atheism: “Enlightenment Fundamentalism”
With all the “hoo-haw” back and forth on the Internet about whether there is such a thing as “fundamentalist atheism,” I noticed that the philosopher John Gray today used a curious phrase in an essay for New Statesman: Enlightenment fundamentalism. Below … Continue reading
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Tagged atheism, atheist, enlightenment, enlightenment fundamentalism, fundamentalism, ideology, John Gray, Kant, philosophy, psychology, religion
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Irony, Contingency, Solidarity: It’s Not Easy Being Green—Especially in Iran
Perhaps you’ve noticed that Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, was opposed in the recent election by a man with rather bold and outspoken followers who had a particular fondness for green. In fact, you may have observed that there’s a lot of … Continue reading
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Tagged Buddhism, Christianity, contingency, Dostoevsky, Hitler, Islam, Israel, Jesus, Kant, Mohammad, philosophy, Susan Neiman
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Prometheus Unbound 