JORDAN PETERSON: WHEN YOU HAVE BEEN CHEATED


In Dante’s Inferno when he outlined the levels of Hell so Dante was trying to get to the bottom of what constituted evil really, in this representation so it’s a work of psychology and he was thinking well there there are various ways to behave reprehensibly but there’s a hierarchy of reprehensible behavior and there’s […]

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WHAT IS EGO DEATH?


A psychic death also called an ego, that’s what happens when someone who loves you betrays. You imagine that like the world is complicated beyond comprehension, when you only see a very little bit of it and the way you structure your understanding is you make assumptions about things and they’re simplifying assumptions. So if […]

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SOCIAL SPECTACLE


The Culmination of Separation The book is not, however, as difficult or abstract as it is reputed to be. It is not an ivory-tower academic or philosophical discourse. It is an effort to clarify the nature of the society in which we find ourselves and the advantages and drawbacks of various methods for changing it. […]

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On Individual and Cosmic Loneliness


One can experience loneliness in two ways: by feeling lonely in the world or by feeling the loneliness of the world. Individual loneliness is a personal drama; one can feel lonely even in the midst of great natural beauty. An outcast in the world, indifferent to its being dazzling or dismal, self-consumed with triumphs and […]

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Apocalypse


How I would love one day to see all people, young and old, sad or happy, men and women, married or not, serious or superficial leave their homes and their work places, relinquish their duties and responsibilities, gather in the streets and refuse to do anything anymore. At that moment, let slaves to senseless work, […]

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Arthur Schopenhauer (1788—1860)


Arthur Schopenhauer has been dubbed the artist’s philosopher on account of the inspiration his aesthetics has provided to artists of all stripes. He is also known as the philosopher of pessimism, as he articulated a worldview that challenges the value of existence. His elegant and muscular prose earn him a reputation as one the greatest […]

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ANTI – REALISM


Konsep realisme Kata ‘real’ berarti nyata berasal dari bahasa latin ‘res’ yang artinya pengertian terhadap sesuatu yang konkret dan abstrak. Para realis berpikir bahwa alam ini bisa dijelaskan oleh sebuah sains (ilmu/pengetahuan/metode/rumus). Para filsuf yang menganut realisme percaya bahwa kebenaran tercapai karena yakin akan kesesuaian pada kenyataan (realitas). Realisme sendiri merupakan paham yg terbagi dalam […]

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PAUL FEYERABEND


A Brief Chronology of Feyerabend’s Life and Work 1924 Born in Vienna. Son of a civil servant and a seamstress. 1940 Was inducted into the Arbeitsdienst (the work service introduced by the Nazis). 1942 Drafted into the Pioneer Corps of the German army. After basic training, volunteered for Officers’ School. 1943 Learned of his mother’s […]

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ETIKA KANT/KANTIAN ETHICS


Kant Ethics The Man – Immanuel Kant Kant rose every day at 5am, drank tea and smoked a pipe by the fire in his slippers. This 18th century philosopher (1724-1804) from Konigsberg, East Prussia, grew up belonging to a strong Protestant family. His father died just as he entered university, which meant that he tutored […]

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