I recently had the pleasure of attending a lecture by Dr. Kai Rugenstein. A not insignificant part of the lecture dealt with the development of the subconscious according to Laplanche. Dr. Rugenstein impressed me not only with his incredible specialist knowledge, but also with his eloquence and humor - after all, it is not easy to explain such a complex topic with such...
Dualism, the philosophical concept that postulates the existence of two fundamentally different principles or substances, has been studied in various cultural and philosophical contexts. If we compare the dualism of Anaxagoras with ancient Chinese philosophy, in particular the I-Ching (Yijing) and Daoism, we come across opposing views on the nature of reality, the relationship between the two...
At a time when self-optimization is preached and praised everywhere, I would like to share a little thought of my own. I am well aware that most of us have some character traits that are not worth keeping. However, the problem in my opinion is that we don't stop when we are at a good point...
Dualism, the philosophical concept that asserts the existence of two fundamentally different substances or principles, is a recurring theme in the history of philosophy. Anaxagoras, a pre-Socratic thinker, proposed a form of dualism that differed markedly from other philosophical dualisms of his time and those that emerged in the centuries that followed. By...
In the annals of ancient philosophy, one luminary stands out as a pioneer of cosmological research: Anaximander. Anaximander was born around 610 BC in Miletus, a flourishing Greek colony in what is now Turkey, and laid the foundations for the Western tradition of rational research with his philosophical research. His ideas, which were revolutionary at the time,...
In the vast landscape of ancient Greek philosophy, Anaximenes is a key figure whose ideas laid the foundations for a radically different understanding of the universe. Born in Miletus, a thriving center of intellectual activity in the 6th century BC, Anaximenes became one of the most important pre-Socratic philosophers, following in the footsteps of his predecessors Thales and Anaximander....
Anaxagoras, a key figure in the history of philosophy, is considered one of the earliest pre-Socratic thinkers whose ideas laid the foundation for the development of Western thought. Anaxagoras was born around 500 BC in Clazomenae, a Greek colony in Anatolia, and revolutionized ancient philosophy with his bold theories on the fundamental nature of the universe...
We as individuals are not in a position to change the objective world, i.e. the world as it is. What we can change, however, is the subjective world, i.e. the world as we see it. This may sound like a sad compromise, but it is a much more powerful gift than we might think. Because...
Few threads in the vast tapestry of philosophical thought are as dynamically woven as those of Heraclitus and Hegel. Both philosophers delved deeply into the nature of reality and put forward theories that emphasized change, flux and movement. Although they lived centuries apart, their ideas have endured over time and continue to shape our lives.
The ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus and Daoism, a philosophical and religious tradition originating in ancient China, have remarkable philosophical parallels despite their different cultural and historical contexts. The core of these parallels is the emphasis on opposites and the dynamic nature of the universe. Ancient Western philosophy, represented by thinkers such as...
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