Tag Archives: kant

people insights

Posted on April 20, 2009 by twotreatises

[for my memory] “The heart is commonly reached not through reason, but through the imagination, by means of direct impressions, by the testimony of facts and events, by history, by description. Persons influence us, voices melt us, looks subdue us, … Continue reading →

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some philosophy phrases

Posted on October 27, 2008 by twotreatises

“always already“ toujours, déjà (French — Derrida) immer schon (German — Kant, Heidegger) it’s a bit dodgy to try to define, but basically (and not all-inclusively) what has not happened in the past is past; what has happened at present … Continue reading →

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