Given the 3 previous background posts, I’ll now go ahead with Hölderlin as the main focus, particularly here in Part 1 with his “Germania.” We are looking at Hölderlin’s poetry as a clue to understanding the ancient Greeks in a new way.  Hölderlin spoke of the departure of the gods.  As I noted previously, Roberto … (Main Exposition Part 1) How Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin Helped Us Rethink Ancient Thought

Today I’d like to conclude my preliminary background thoughts with Aristotle and then transition to an initial take on Hölderlin. Naas cites an instructive passage from Heidegger’s Zur Frage nach der Bestimmung der Sache des Denkens, “Heidegger recalls a passage from the Odyssey (16. 161) in which Athene appears as a young woman to Odysseus … (Preliminary thoughts Part 3/3) How Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin Helped Us Rethink Ancient Thought

So, we are going through some preliminary remarks based on Heidegger’s 1926 lecture course on ancient philosophy to prepare for looking at Hölderlin’s interpretation of ancient thought. Last time I looked at Heraclitus and Parmenides, and today I’ll look at Plato and the “as” structure, something “as” something else: e.g., The table appearing “as” badly … (Preliminary thoughts Part 2) How Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin Helped Us Rethink Ancient Thought

Wiki: Hölderlin by Franz Carl Hiemer, 1792 So, I’m going to be looking at ancient thought as it was reimagined by the German poet Hölderlin.  As a brief introduction I’d like to make a few remarks about the presocratic philosophers Heraclitus and Parmenides. (1) Heraclitus/Euclid and the Rule of Opposites: “Something “as” Something Else” In … (Preliminary thoughts Part 1) How Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin Helped Us Rethink Ancient Thought

The stock market temporarily tanked today and the proposed tariffs are wildly unpopular in the states. So, the result of Trump terrorizing my fellow Canadians with tariff threats for the last little while is Canada and Mexico have been given probationary periods. This stay of execution was bought with Trump brokering deals (that had already … (Conclusion) Donald Trump has Officially Postponed Imposing Tariffs on Canada and Mexico

I mentioned last time it is foundational for Donald Trump to cite reasons such as fentanyl to justify large tariffs on Canada, because in the video I linked to of him this seems to be smoke and mirrors since in his words were he wants tariffs to make America “filthy rich.” Today he posted: We … (2/2) Donald Trump has Officially Imposed Tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China

Why would Trump do such a thing? Here is his official justification: As a Canadian this is scary because it threatens to put our economy into recession. Is Trump being honest, though? Here is an alternative answer: Greed. Trump has become convinced Tariffs will be a cash cow. Economists are saying America is shooting itself … Donald Trump has Officially Imposed Tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China