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

“We know next to nothing about the poetic truth of the tragic poetry of Aeschylus and Sophocles (Heidegger, Heraclitus 1944, 237)” “The human is the place of the truth of being, and this is why the human can, at the same time, also be the confusion of the madness of empty nothingness (Heidegger, Heraclitus 1944, … (21) CONCLUSION: Blogging Through Prof Martin Heidegger’s Interpretations of Greek Philosophy

The modern human is fascinated by this technological monstrosity of brightness; when it becomes too much, he uses the mountains or the sea as a palliative; he then ‘experiences’ ‘nature’  an experience that certainly can become boring already on the first morning of the trip, whereupon he just goes to the movies.  Ah, the totality … (20) Blogging Through Prof Martin Heidegger’s Interpretations of Greek Philosophy (Heraclitus Part 7)

“What are you gaping at, you scoundrels? Or is it not better to do this [Play with kids] than to work with you on behalf of the πόλις [city-state]?” (Heraclitus) The above statement reflects Heraclitus’s disdain for current affairs political involvement and his preference for philosophical contemplation or simpler, perhaps more authentic, pursuits like playing … (19) Blogging Through Prof Martin Heidegger’s Interpretations of Greek Philosophy (Heraclitus Part 6)

Heidegger notes regarding phusis that when we see the Van Gogh that “this is art” or the circling bird of prey “this is nature,” as though artness and natureness was present incarnate in the beings (Pa, phusis, 212).”  More to the point with Heraclitus, beingness emerges as the being conceals in its emergence, “the animal … (18) Blogging Through Prof Martin Heidegger’s Interpretations of Greek Philosophy (Heraclitus Part 5)

Thales is a step back from life, not caught up in the everyday and so falls in a well while thinking, and the Thracian slave girl laughs at him. Heidegger argues (FCM, 183) all creative action resides in a mood of melancholy, whether we are clearly aware of this fact or not, whether we speak … (17) Blogging Through Prof Martin Heidegger’s Interpretations of Greek Philosophy (Heraclitus Part 4)

We’ve been thinking about “to on,” the participle which is simultaneously the nominative/substantive “the being” and the verbal “being.”  We saw with Plato’s Gorgias that with the beautiful thing beauty is present as the usual Greek way to understand being.  This was then more fully shown as movement (Aristotle) or appearing, and so the mansion … (16) Blogging Through Prof Martin Heidegger’s Interpretations of Greek Philosophy (Heraclitus Part 3)

There are 2 famous stories about Heraclitus The first famous story about Heraclitus involves him at a stove or oven, where he is said to have been warming himself. According to Diogenes Laërtius in his “Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers,” some visitors came upon Heraclitus while he was at the stove: “They say that … (15) Blogging Through Prof Martin Heidegger’s Interpretations of Greek Philosophy (Heraclitus Part 2)