“The authentic and pure values — truth, beauty and goodness — in the activity of a human being are the result of one and the same act, a certain application of the full attention to the object. Teaching should have no aim but to prepare, by training the attention, for the possibility of such an act.”
– Simone Weil, Gravity and Grace
Read the full article which is published on Philosophy Bits (external link)Foucault’s critique of power and knowledge shaped poststructuralism, yet its rejection of truth risks becoming its own orthodoxy. To remain...
This is Part 4 of a 4-part series on the academic, and specifically philosophical study of disagreement. In Part 1...
This is Part 3 of a 4-part series on the academic, and specifically philosophical study of disagreement. In Part 1...
This is Part 2 of a 4-part series on the academic, and specifically philosophical study of disagreement. In Part 1...
philosophybits: “The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is relatively an exception.” —...
“The authentic and pure values — truth, beauty and goodness — in the activity of a human being are the...
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That Plato was hostile to poets is dogma. But it is untrue. The consequences have been severe. Elaine Scarry explains
