In Arthur Schopenhauer's essay “On Thinking for Oneself” (1851), he writes that there are few people who possess a natural love of learning and that they will only learn from others if they find something that triggers an innate interest inside themselves. Thinking must be kindled, like a fire by a draught; it must be sustained by some interest in the matter in hand. This Continue Reading …
What’s at stake in the Heidegger/Nazism debate?
So I have been established, or established myself, as the Heidegger 'guy' on this blog/podcast. Why? I read a bunch of his stuff in grad school, studied with one of his students (at the time a professor) in Germany, and wrote my Master's thesis on "Ereignis". Wes just sent me a link to this review at The Time Higher Education of a new book by Emmanuel Faye on Heidegger Continue Reading …