Posts Tagged: philosophy
Aristotle, Metaphysics book IV.
Excerpts from Book IV. Sections V-VII.
Deleuze & Spinoza
excerpt on Spinoza’s influence on Deleuze taken from the internet encylopedia of philosophy
Deleuze & Spinoza
excerpt on Spinoza’s influence on Deleuze taken from the internet encylopedia of philosophy
Portrait of Peter Sloterdijk
I was recently commissioned to paint a portrait of Peter Sloterdijk, a contemporary German philosopher, in the “Cage” space of one of my earlier paintings of Michel Foucault. I tried incorporating images and artwork that Sloterdijk uses in his writing
Portrait of Peter Sloterdijk
I was recently commissioned to paint a portrait of Peter Sloterdijk, a contemporary German philosopher, in the “Cage” space of one of my earlier paintings of Michel Foucault. I tried incorporating images and artwork that Sloterdijk uses in his writing
Instincts and Institutions – Gilles Deleuze
“What we call an instinct and what we call and institution essentially designate procedures of satisfaction.” (19 Deleuze) In one way, an organism operates by instinct; it reacts to external stimuli and outside forces. The organism extracts from the external
Instincts and Institutions – Gilles Deleuze
“What we call an instinct and what we call and institution essentially designate procedures of satisfaction.” (19 Deleuze) In one way, an organism operates by instinct; it reacts to external stimuli and outside forces. The organism extracts from the external
Peter Sloterdijk – Neither Sun Nor Death
“To conceive finitude and opening simultaneously: that is the matter at hand.” (190) Neither Sun Nor Death is a collection of interviews between Peter Sloterdijk and Hans-Jurgen Heinrichs. The structure of an interview happens to work incredibly well for a
Peter Sloterdijk – Neither Sun Nor Death
“To conceive finitude and opening simultaneously: that is the matter at hand.” (190) Neither Sun Nor Death is a collection of interviews between Peter Sloterdijk and Hans-Jurgen Heinrichs. The structure of an interview happens to work incredibly well for a
Michel Foucault – the duplicated body – History of Madness
Consequently a madman is not recognized as such because an illness has pushed him to the margins of normality, but because our culture situates him at the meeting point between social decree of confinement and the juridical knowledge that evaluates
Michel Foucault – the duplicated body – History of Madness
Consequently a madman is not recognized as such because an illness has pushed him to the margins of normality, but because our culture situates him at the meeting point between social decree of confinement and the juridical knowledge that evaluates
Friedrich Nietzsche – Mixed Opinions and Maxims (1879)
aphorism 201 “Philosophers’ error. – The philosopher supposes that the value of his philosophy lies in the whole, in the structure; but posterity finds its value in the stone which he used for building, and which is used many more times
Friedrich Nietzsche – Mixed Opinions and Maxims (1879)
aphorism 201 “Philosophers’ error. – The philosopher supposes that the value of his philosophy lies in the whole, in the structure; but posterity finds its value in the stone which he used for building, and which is used many more times
Michel Foucault – critical consciousness/tragic experience – History of Madness
“For madness unleashes its fury in the space of pure vision. Fantasies and threats, the fleeting fragments of dreams and the secret destiny of the world, where madness has a primitive, prophetic force, revealing that the dream-like is real and
Michel Foucault – critical consciousness/tragic experience – History of Madness
“For madness unleashes its fury in the space of pure vision. Fantasies and threats, the fleeting fragments of dreams and the secret destiny of the world, where madness has a primitive, prophetic force, revealing that the dream-like is real and
view from a burrow 