i’m not a religious person but it is fascinating to dive into the mind of someone who seemed to be so ahead of the curve of agnosticism and faith. so much of this book is scientifically and mathematically dense that it is mindboggling to think this guy wrote it in the 1400’s. a supremely difficult but greatly intriguing read.
“Not-other is not other; nor is it other than other; nor is it other in an other. [These points are true] for no other reason than that [Not-other is] Not-other, which cannot in any way be an other— as if something were lacking to it, as to an other. Because other is other than something, it lacks that than which it is other. But because Not-other is not other than anything, it does not lack anything, nor can anything exist outside of it. Hence, without Not-other no thing can be spoken of or thought of, because it would not be spoken of or thought of through that without which, since it precedes all things, no thing can exist or be known. Accordingly, in itself Not-other is seen antecedently and as absolutely no other than itself; and in an other it is seen as not other than this other.”
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i could see this, though i was kind of hoping i would get more Nietzche
"A great scientist and a great philosopher, Kant aimed to fuse the writings of Newton with the philosophy of his day. For Kant, the human mind contains the faculties that appear to us to be woven into the physical universe (such as quantity, causality, totality existence, etc.). These faculties interact with reality as it exists in itself, creating a synthesis that appears to us as “objectively true” while being, in fact, only true according to the synthesis between the rational categories of the human mind and the raw “stuff” of reality which is unknowable to us in its unsynthesized form. Kant was also a notable thinker in the domain of ethics, where he developed the rules-based approach to ethics and summed up his teaching in the categorical imperative: An action can only be ethical if it can be followed as a general principle by all members of society, in all similar situations"
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not even in a true believer way but to read it evolve from centuries ago is so cool
Jan 26, 2024
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this is kant using the book of genesis to anchor his theory of history. this is react content of the enlightenment that my internet broken brain demands to make sense of a confusing world
short and accessible and far and away my favorite of his writings. sadly will always be overlooked for his boring works on metaphysics (nerds literally screaming crying throwing up)
Nov 7, 2023
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your future isn’t going to start itself, be confident!
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Feb 6, 2025
Noble Cellar in syracuse. market price chef’s pasta: sweet potato gnocchi with brown butter and sage on a sweet potato foam.
simple and popular dish but oh my goodness i had it a month ago and i still reminisce. you might think you’ve had good gnocchi, but you haven’t had this one. unbelievable stuff.
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Feb 5, 2025