Daily Archives: October 31, 2006
the self: another shift
“Sartre said, ‘Existence precedes essence.’ We make ourselves by what we choose to do. “ “For Nietzsche the only self worth living was the self of the …Overman, the one who has risen above the conventional herd and has fashioned … Continue reading
a pattern of shift in ethics
“premodern” theistic ethics based on the character of a transcendent God who is good and has revealed that goodness to “modern” ethics based on a notion of universal human reason and experience and the human ability to discern objective right … Continue reading
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knowledge
Sire quotes francis bacon: “Knowledge is power,” Sire contrasts postmodern thought: “With postmodernism, however, the situation is reversed. There is no purely objective knowledge, no truth of correspondence. Instead, there are only stories, stories which, when they are believed, give … Continue reading
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a new blog on postmodernity
I am reading about postmodernity… I have started a new blog which I will use to post quotes and thoughts i have about the issue… go to “serving in postmodern times”
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truth?
it seems that one of the names coming up in my reading is Nietzche… James Sire provides this by Nietzsche on “truth”… “What then is truth? a mobile army of metaphors, metonyms, and anthropomorphisms – in short, a sum of … Continue reading
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