Tag: irony

  • Hocus Pocus

    A Magical formula used in conjuring, 1630s, earlier Hocas Pocas, common name of a magician or juggler (1620s); a sham-Latin invocation used by jugglers, perhaps based on a perversion of the sacramental blessing from the Mass, Hoc est corpus meum “This is my body.” The first to make this speculation on its origin apparently was…

  • The Covert Sound Philosophy

    soundcloud.com/usertransspace/give-me-the-night Coming to mind near you. #keepitrealcsp.

  • Human Beings Act Too Late — Again

    xapple.news/ACn4OcaGKQymPAZFI-75NCw —- Just as a philosophical tidbit: Slavoj Zizek says that is the nature of the subject: it always acts to late. This is the symptom of modernity, not a result. Which goes to the question: What does it mean that “we” will have no viable future? We as in every last human being? Or,…

  • High Functioning Anxiety? Some philosophical notes of the modern Aria

    www.huffpost.com/entry/high-functioning-anxiety-signs_l_5cd42647e4b09f321bdcc6d0 I ponder why mental health as a topic has become so prominent in our experiential awareness, concern and vocabulary. From a philosophical perspective, it seems sensible. For, the prominent 20th century philosophy was existentialism, and thus is based in the preponderant existential anxiety. However, aside from the more obvious considerations where history makes sense…

  • Towing the Line

    The Covert Sound Philosophy. ( Testing out the Reverb Nation embed code. )

  • The philosophical/critical modern academic method

    Abstract: In this paper, I argue that people should think a certain way about things, and believe in the semantic content that such thinking portrays. I give examples that everyone should already understand, and hopefully provide a route to make sure they are not making a mistake about what they are understanding. I then further…

  • Confirm Humanity

    I just did a captcha. And, I’ve seen it before, but for some reason this morning it was phrased a little differently, the reason why we have to do those, and it just said “Confirm humanity”. 😎 I think it’s totally great and it’s totally funny at the same time. But this morning it just…

  • The Issue of Modern Philosophy and Mental Health: Disease as Ontologically Basic

    xo In modern philosophy, only one argument is Being formulated over and over; it is only the terms that change. The basic and fundamental issue concerns if this is noticed or not. If it is not, then we have a multiplicity of issues which arise out of the individual’s immanent communion with transcendence. If it…

  • The “End of History” and the Renegotiation of the Subject.

    With the deafening thunder of Napoleon’s canons filling the air at Jena, the romantic story goes that a middle-aged university professor and … Kojève, Herder, and the “End of History” —– I have not reas Kojeve or Herder, so the following goes off of only Heaiods essay. What we are seeing, what we are involve…

  • Mental health and Real Danger: Love, and yet Trump Promotes Political Violence

    Trump Promotes Political Violence In Defense Of Supporters Who Swarmed Biden Bus | HuffPost — Read on m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5f9f725ac5b6bef9f18eea22 —— We know of mental health that people who are very sick often respond to suggestions which question their reality with violence. We also know that narcissists and people with certain personality disorders likewise resort to physical…