Academic(ish)
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Ha’Satan & Dualism: Manichaeism as a tool against uncertainty
Painting by Goya titled “ El Aquelarre” 1823 ( the actual painting is bigger than the one presented here) The rejection of phenomena which does not have a place in our empirical knowledge seems to be part of human nature, those things that are weird and we just simply do not know about. Of course,…
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Political Philosophy Basics: Mill on Individual Liberty
Welcome to a new series on the basics of political philosophy. Understanding political philosophy is essential to properly understand the way the world around us functions. From the way our governments are structured, how much authority they have over us as individuals to intra and interstate conflict, the centuries of thought encompassed in PolPhil is…
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If Aristotle & Plato Had Talked About Oranges
Last night I had a thought. In Spanish, there is a famous metaphor about love and oranges. It is said that when you find your person, your partner for life, you find your “media naranja” or half an orange. Your other half if you will. Now, it wasn’t until recently I started having problems with…
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Starship Troopers: The Image of the Republic of the Future or Fascist Society?
Starship Troopers novel. What a weird choice for an essay on political philosophy, right? According to some prominent thinkers like Hannah Arendt, politics is not just thoughts of the philosophers of higher standing and debates in parliaments. Politics is often created in the discussions in bars among friends. This way, political thought condenses into and…
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Völkisch Germanic Nationalism & the Belonging
When we talk about the creation, development or construction of the nation we have to take into consideration factors which are further away from the logical or concrete matters which build the nowadays legal & political bureaucratic-institutionalized structure that govern the contemporary societies. There are other factors which bound us as a group. But the…
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They Killed Cassandra First: A Feminist Analysis of Rousseau & Hegel
Throughout history, the female gaze has been silenced, repressed, and eliminated. Women who dared to think were disregarded, considered crazy, and even killed. Only a few women have walked the sands of time and left footprints so deep not even the patriarchal system could erase them. Mothers, fighters, queens, protectors, nurturers… victims of invisibility. One…