May 2017
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Antigone, defiant and intimate (7/7. Love)
Part 7 and final part: Love. Antigone's desire is familial; she does not want to leave her brother unburied. Creon, on the other hand, desires to assert himself as king and demonstrate his power. Antigone prioritizes family ties, which embody love and reveal a person's true nature. Creon consolidates his power by signing a law that must… Continue reading
Antigone , stupidity , counter-revolution , ethics , history , intimacy , forgiveness , political correctness , religion , totalitarianism , tradition -
Essay on Exoticism
Only those with a strong individuality can perceive Difference. By virtue of the law that every thinking subject presupposes an object, we must posit that the notion of Difference immediately implies an individual starting point. Those who will fully experience the wondrous sensation will feel what they are and what they are not… Continue reading
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Man and Animals According to Aristotle
From this stems the obvious conclusion that the State is a fact of nature, that man is by nature a social being, and that he who remains savage by nature, and not by chance, is certainly either a degraded being or a being superior to the human species. It is indeed to him that this reproach could be addressed… Continue reading