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An Atopos Start: Reading the Opening Scene of the Phaedrus as a Dramatic Anticipation of the Dialogue
← NotebookNext entry → Plato & dialogue An Atopos Start: Reading the Opening Scene of the Phaedrus as a Dramatic Anticipation of the Dialogue By Hyder Husain Arastu…
The Shadow of the Good: On Morality Without Foundations
← NotebookNext entry → Ethics & selfhood The Shadow of the Good: On Morality Without Foundations By Hyder Husain Arastu · July 14 A recent curiosity of mine…
You Think You Believe—You Don’t!
← NotebookNext entry → Religion & metaphysics You Think You Believe—You Don’t! By Hyder Husain Arastu · April 5 I presented a paper on Nietzsche and Iqbal earlier…
Social Media and Nimrod of the Giganti
← NotebookNext entry → Vico & language Social Media and Nimrod of the Giganti By Hyder Husain Arastu · July 24 Since this is not meant to be…
Man’s First Word
← NotebookNext entry → Vico & language Man’s First Word By Hyder Husain Arastu · June 10 I present here a recollection of a section of a conversation.…
Parts, Wholes, and A Thing Greater Than Any That Can Be Conceived
← NotebookNext entry → Religion & metaphysics Parts, Wholes, and A Thing Greater Than Any That Can Be Conceived By Hyder Husain Arastu · February 23 There has…
Culture, Schizophrenia, and Madness
← NotebookNext entry → Ethics & selfhood Culture, Schizophrenia, and Madness By Hyder Husain Arastu · February 23 There exists a schism in culture as it is, resulting…
Encountering (the) I
← NotebookNext entry → Ethics & selfhood Encountering (the) I By Hyder Husain Arastu · February 17 The encounter with reality begets the I, the I exists only…