Comments on: The Field of Being http://www.spinozablue.com/2010/02/3194/ An Eclectic Journal of the Arts Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:42:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Robert Mueller http://www.spinozablue.com/2010/02/3194/comment-page-1/#comment-697 Robert Mueller Tue, 23 Feb 2010 07:25:35 +0000 http://www.spinozablue.com/?p=3194#comment-697 I find it extraordinarily refreshing how in the introductory sections of Being and Time (Sein und Zeit) Heidegger goes on about how everybody thinks that the question of Being was settled by Plato and Aristotle, and how nothing could be farther from the truth. This is not Heidegger's only conclusion (or drift) here, but that is part of what I get out of it. Anyway, as the read goes further, it becomes more and even more refreshing, and I imagine few readers would disagree that reading Heidegger can be so delightful.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('697','Robert Mueller'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('697','Robert Mueller','I find it extraordinarily refreshing how in the introductory sections of Being and Time (Sein und Zeit) Heidegger goes on about how everybody thinks that the question of Being was settled by Plato and Aristotle, and how nothing could be farther from the truth. This is not Heidegger\'s only conclusion (or drift) here, but that is part of what I get out of it. Anyway, as the read goes further, it becomes more and even more refreshing, and I imagine few readers would disagree that reading Heidegger can be so delightful.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I find it extraordinarily refreshing how in the introductory sections of Being and Time (Sein und Zeit) Heidegger goes on about how everybody thinks that the question of Being was settled by Plato and Aristotle, and how nothing could be farther from the truth. This is not Heidegger’s only conclusion (or drift) here, but that is part of what I get out of it. Anyway, as the read goes further, it becomes more and even more refreshing, and I imagine few readers would disagree that reading Heidegger can be so delightful.
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]]> By: Cuchulain http://www.spinozablue.com/2010/02/3194/comment-page-1/#comment-695 Cuchulain Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:48:18 +0000 http://www.spinozablue.com/?p=3194#comment-695 Yes, am rereading <em>The Odyssey</em>. Almost finished. Odysseus is nearing his final battle with the suitors. It's the Fagles translation, with an excellent intro by Bernard Knox, one of the foremost scholars of Classical Greece. As for Barrett. Not sure if he's being taught today. My guess is he was left behind when they took the PoMod turn. Colleges are probably moving away from Derrida, Foucault, etc. but not sure what will replace them. I think a return to the Greeks would be very helpful, though with the lessons and increased understanding initiated by Nietzsche and subsequent to him. He showed there was a darkness to the Greeks, the Dionysian side, that had been ignored for centuries. His findings need to be incorporated, etc. I'll be adding some more posts on existentialism in the near future. Thanks for your comment.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('695','Cuchulain'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('695','Cuchulain','Yes, am rereading <em>The Odyssey<\/em>. Almost finished. Odysseus is nearing his final battle with the suitors. It\'s the Fagles translation, with an excellent intro by Bernard Knox, one of the foremost scholars of Classical Greece. \n\nAs for Barrett. Not sure if he\'s being taught today. My guess is he was left behind when they took the PoMod turn. Colleges are probably moving away from Derrida, Foucault, etc. but not sure what will replace them. I think a return to the Greeks would be very helpful, though with the lessons and increased understanding initiated by Nietzsche and subsequent to him. He showed there was a darkness to the Greeks, the Dionysian side, that had been ignored for centuries. His findings need to be incorporated, etc. \n\nI\'ll be adding some more posts on existentialism in the near future. \n\nThanks for your comment.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Yes, am rereading The Odyssey. Almost finished. Odysseus is nearing his final battle with the suitors. It’s the Fagles translation, with an excellent intro by Bernard Knox, one of the foremost scholars of Classical Greece.

As for Barrett. Not sure if he’s being taught today. My guess is he was left behind when they took the PoMod turn. Colleges are probably moving away from Derrida, Foucault, etc. but not sure what will replace them. I think a return to the Greeks would be very helpful, though with the lessons and increased understanding initiated by Nietzsche and subsequent to him. He showed there was a darkness to the Greeks, the Dionysian side, that had been ignored for centuries. His findings need to be incorporated, etc.

I’ll be adding some more posts on existentialism in the near future.

Thanks for your comment.

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]]> By: Ché Pasa http://www.spinozablue.com/2010/02/3194/comment-page-1/#comment-694 Ché Pasa Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:35:17 +0000 http://www.spinozablue.com/?p=3194#comment-694 This post really takes me back to heady-headstrong youth and college days... Did I see somewhere you're back with the Odyssey? Good. I can't praise or recommend the Greeks highly enough in our current state of unease and flux, partly because they were so clear-headed about their own muddled state of affairs. And sometimes they were just as incapable of correcting their course. Conclusion: Error is our natural state, muddled is our natural condition. Rejoice! As for Barrett, you know I can't imagine there would even have been undergraduate courses in Philosophy after about 1965 without him. What I wonder is what the hell are they teaching now? Nice post.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('694','Ché Pasa'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('694','Ché Pasa','This post really takes me back to heady-headstrong youth and college days...\r\n\r\nDid I see somewhere you\'re back with the Odyssey? Good. I can\'t praise or recommend the Greeks highly enough in our current state of unease and flux, partly because they were so clear-headed about their own muddled state of affairs. \r\n\r\nAnd sometimes they were just as incapable of correcting their course. \r\n\r\nConclusion: Error is our natural state, muddled is our natural condition. Rejoice!\r\n\r\nAs for Barrett, you know I can\'t imagine there would even have been undergraduate courses in Philosophy after about 1965 without him. What I wonder is what the hell are they teaching now?\r\n\r\nNice post.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> This post really takes me back to heady-headstrong youth and college days…

Did I see somewhere you’re back with the Odyssey? Good. I can’t praise or recommend the Greeks highly enough in our current state of unease and flux, partly because they were so clear-headed about their own muddled state of affairs.

And sometimes they were just as incapable of correcting their course.

Conclusion: Error is our natural state, muddled is our natural condition. Rejoice!

As for Barrett, you know I can’t imagine there would even have been undergraduate courses in Philosophy after about 1965 without him. What I wonder is what the hell are they teaching now?

Nice post.

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