Introduction In this essay, I aim to present a comparison of Jacques Lacan’s and Julia Kristeva’s accounts of the subject’s entrance into the Symbolic order, mainly focusing on Lacan’s concept of the mirror stage and Kristeva’s distinction between the Semiotic and the Symbolic. I elaborate on the Kristevan theoretical framework, structured around her pivotal concepts …
Introduction This essay argues that while Plato’s anamnesis emphasizes transcendental, intuitive truths, and Aristotle’s reasoning prioritizes empirical observation, their integration provides a holistic understanding of knowledge that bridges the gap between subjective insight and objective reasoning. Through modern perspectives such as Kuhn’s paradigm shifts and phenomenological insights, it becomes evident that intuition and empirical observation …
Part 1: Huntington’s Framework for Political Order Samuel P. Huntington’s contributions to political science remain foundational in understanding the development and stability of political systems. His book Political Order in Changing Societies challenges the assumption that economic modernization automatically leads to stable democracies. Instead, Huntington argues that modernization can cause instability, disorder, and even political …
In one of the more memorable anecdotes from Wyndham Lewis’s first autobiography, Blasting and Bombardiering, the Vorticist recounts meeting his Futurist counterpart, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, in a lavatory (Marinetti had gone to wash after a particularly energetic lecture during which had "drenched himself in sweat"). With characteristically thrasonic gusto, the Italian declares that Lewis is …
Introduction The Current State of Greek Tragedy Interpretation: Navigating Cross-Cultural and Cross-Temporal Challenges Much contemporary scholarship on ancient Greek tragedy has grappled with the challenges of cross-cultural and cross-temporal interpretation (Meineck, 2012). As a legacy of Western academic traditions, the prevailing view has long been that concepts and philosophical ideas can be easily translated and …
1. Introduction to Transhumanism and its Goals Transhumanism is a movement—popular with and sponsored by tech elites and others in the global superclass—that advocates the technological “enhancement” of human beings, largely through biotechnology and AI. The stated goal of the movement is to engineer the posthuman, a super-enhanced organism or species that can no longer …
When we are born, we enter the world as pure beings, unburdened by societal expectations or the complexities of morality. As children, we embody a primal spirit—a raw, untamed energy that exists in the eternal present. This spirit knows no fear, only spontaneous reaction. It perceives an iron wall but does not recognize it as …
This is part two in a two-part series. Homo Bulla and The Philosophies of Magic Sit tibi terra levis – May the ground be light on you "Man is a bubble (Homo Bulla), they say;" writes Varro, the greatest scholar of ancient Rome, in his book on 'On farming', “in which case the …
A name is to be given to an attitude that does not cavort politically or philosophically on the spectral shores of left or right-wing interests, and which is also standing at a distance, with a quiet smile, from the hustle and bustle of the centre stream. Touched by the pathos of distance, she sees herself …
This will be the first in a series covering the Victorian age thinker and proto-social scientist Herbert Spencer. Introduction Every so often a philosopher emerges who has a long-lasting effect on the ideas and concepts of experts and common people alike. Herbert Spencer is one of those rare individuals who contributed groundbreaking ideas during his …
