Derrida makes the distinction between the ‘who’ one loves – their singularity – and the ‘what’ – the specific qualities … More
Category: Western Philosophy
“Have you seen God?” (Or) The Disservice(?) That Ramakrishna Paramahansa Did to Swami Vivekananda
That Naredranath Dutta (later to become Swami Vivekananda) went around asking “Have you seen God?” is itself a problem, though … More
In 2 Years AI Will End Capitalism–Ex-Google Officer
Mohammad Gawdat (Mo Gawdat), former Chief Business Officer at Google X, warns that artificial intelligence is about to replace all … More
Rick Roderick on Derrida — The Ends of Man
Lecture Notes: I. Richard Rorty may be viewed as an “Americanization” of Derrida: widely considered the postmodern thinkers (perhaps wrongly). … More
My Own Take On Being
Man always is in the present where the “trace” (to use or misuse a word/concept that Derrida keeps hearkening back … More
6 great quotes by Karl Marx you might know since they are not about capitalism
“Experience praises the most happy the one who made the most people happy.” Marx believed that real joy comes from … More
“The personal is political.”
With apologies to Sartre and Camus, what is life for? — by B Maria Kumar
“All these clues suggest that Mother Nature itself has placed the responsibility for one’s existence and wellbeing not merely at … More
“The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies, but also to hate his friends.”–Nietszche
An enemy may hold an uncomfortable truth, while a friend may sometimes reinforce our weaknesses. Nietzsche therefore turns conventional thinking … More
Know Thyself, Everything Else is Noise
My Inner Guru to Me: Chalo, Sam, bahut hogaya ye poetry likhna aur cutely witty hona. Zara serious lo life … More
Know Thyself 