{Part 1 – 15/02/2017} This is a pilot-trial to discuss avatar vectors, letter exemplification (and otiyot based synthetic apriori etymology), and an ethos [a doubt-plagued strategy] “Vayishma Yitro kohen midyan…” Vayishma contains the letters “shema” of shema yisrael‘. Letters inform their words, and words inform each other. Shema plus yud is like Shiloh...
Constellations in Hebrew
{Part 1 – 26/10/2016} There are 22 Hebrew letters, plus 5 final variants. They are given numerical values. I don’t know if this is commonly thought by those who are better studied. This isn’t a proof, it’s a thought trail, followed by some demonstrations. Why are there only 4 letters in the 100’s order? There are 10 sefirot, but how would they fit? First thought: The...
Hegel, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy, and Kabbalah
Begin by an illustration of Kant’s synthesis of empiricism and idealism. Continue by illustrating Hegel’s using synthesis to bootstrap human consciousness to itself Pause to explain the phenotype of BPD[I] esp black/white thinking. Pause to describe the rise of cog-behavioural therapies and their rise out of mindfulness. Describe the addition of D of DBT[II] into the CBT[III] mix. Elaborate using...
Contextualizing Hegel’s Philosophy
Experiencing the history of philosophy Reading “Hegel” by Charles Taylor, about the ideas, beliefs, opinions and motivations that flowed and ebbed in western Europe between the time of the Enlightenment and Hegel’s philosophical career. As I read Taylor, and my mind emulates and empathizes with the various zeitgeists, I discover that this in itself is a peculiar and personally...
Hamann
Biography 1730-1788 (58) Born and studied (although without completing) university in Königsberg. Took a job with a friend (Berens), but failed at some mission, which after living a high life was left impoverished, alone and lonely. In this state, in a rented attic, depressed, he read the Bible and had a conversion. He returned to Berens, was forgiven but forbidden to marry Berens’...
Kant’s Third Critique
Contents: Some scribblings Per IEP article. Per SEP article. Per NDPR: The Kantian Sublime and the Revelation of Freedom. Some Scribblings… It’s not a priori obvious why Kant should concern himself with beauty, especially not with the regard and the significance with which he describes it within his overall architectonic. There are of course historical reasons for his focus (esp...
A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful #2
Editorial notes: This Essay was found as a ‘draft’ entry in Everything2. It seems to be a continuation of the thought process recorded a few days earlier in A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful and it ends with a number of points for future consideration. It is published here with minor changes. I had first considered illustrating the...
A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful
Editorial notes: This Essay[I] was found as a ‘draft’ entry in Everything2 and it is not clear whether it was complete and ready for publication. It is published here with minor changes. A follow-up draft was recorded a number of days later, containing further thoughts on this matter. Beauty. The grandest of human values is beauty. It is the experience of the beautiful that brings...
Friday November 29, 2013
I woke up from a passing loss of conscious motor control. I had dreamt, which is one thing I have severely preferred to avoid. Oh my, how time does pass me by as I stare off into the dreamless horizons, which promise stagnant vistas and microcosm by which one could lose themselves for sheer anonymity (viz. the anonymous nature of those who do nothing, aim for nothing, and by heaven’s grace...
Friday November 15, 2013
Contents: Philosopher Briefs: Christian Wolff Dear Diary and Focus of Journaling “What is this,” asked Mr. Self-Referential. Philosopher Briefs: Christian Wolff – Take 2 (In which I write a little bit about my previous [mis]understanding of Wolff, and lead into a discussion of his relationship with Leibniz) Yesterday I had initiated my intention. Today I hope to overcome these...