Year: 2020
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Crealectic Philosophy: Creation, Possibility, Joy and Health
It is a matter of fact that there is something called “analytic philosophy”. This is a social fact because of the vast amount of courses and philosophy departments in the Anglo-Saxon world that are denominated under this label. So-called “analytic philosophers” usually accept to be called analytic philosophers; many of them present themselves as such.…
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Being and Neonness, a Review by Professor Moulier-Boutang
The text below is a translation of the foreword that Yann Moulier-Boutang wrote for the French edition of Luis de Miranda’s book Being and Neonness, published by MIT Press in 2019. I didn’t know Luis de Miranda, I hadn’t read his books. It was through a few exchanges on the Internet that we became virtual…
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5 Optimistic Predictions on What Will Change For You After The 2020 Pandemic
The current global pandemic is a gigantic social experiment on humanity. There is already plenty of dramatising information, so my contribution here will be on the positive side. Here are 5 predictions/recommendations for a better post-Corona world. 1: A new paradigm of slow growth Few would disagree that the current events demonstrate, once more, the…
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Launch of the book Ensemblance
The launch of Ensemblance will be held on Tuesday the 10th of March at 18h at the French Institute of Edinburgh, in partnership with Edinburgh University Press. Free entrance.
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A Thousand Platoons – Open Access Introduction of the Book Ensemblance
Thanks to funding from the Örebro University Library, I am glad to offer the introduction of my new book Ensemblance as an open access resource. You can download the pdf here: Introduction: A Thousand Platoons – The Enduring Importance of Esprit de Corps Ensemblance_-_Luis_de_Miranda_-_Introduction_-_Open_Access
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The Loving Ring (a poem)
illustration by Brian Rea ______________ There was not countdown, there was no K.O. In the loving ring of what we felt, Without any gloves, we sensed a flow – Above and below the belt. The voices of time were our cornermen, Saying: “Counterpunch with a caress on the chin!” We tattooed the…
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Philosophical Care of the Self (Foucault)
Socrates advised Alcibiades to take advantage of his youth to take care of himself. […] The movement by which the soul turns to itself is a movement in which one’s gaze is drawn “aloft” – towards the divine element, towards essences and the supracelestial world in which they are visible. […] When applying oneself to…
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The Soulmate Parentheses (a poem)
Now he knows she is his soulmate (For lack of a better noun Designating the partner of fate With whom one is harmoniously bound). An equilibrium found and yet to conquer, Between freedom and the pre-established: (The paradox of destiny is to alter Determinism with the accomplished). Now she knows they are…
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