Loving a Façade: The Powerful Deception of Abuse

A human being is spirit. But what is spirit? Spirit is the self. But what is the self? The self is a relation that relates itself to itself or is the relation’s relating itself to itself in the relation; the self is not the relation but is the relation’s relating itself to itself. A humanContinue reading “Loving a Façade: The Powerful Deception of Abuse”

Leading the Pais (Child): A Discourse on Pedagogy

Pedagogy comes from two Greek words meaning “child” (pais) and “leader” (agōgos) from the verb “to lead” (agein). Thinker: Pedagogy.  Sophist: Say what?  Thinker: Pedagogy.  Sophist: I know, I know.  I heard you the first time.  What the hell is that? Thinker: Have you gone to school? Sophist: Well yea.  Can’t say that I likedContinue reading “Leading the Pais (Child): A Discourse on Pedagogy”

Overview of This Blog

Philosophy, theology, justice.  Has there ever been a time that these three topics have not been intertwined?  From its very inception, western philosophy has been interested in the religious and mythological claims of human beings.  From Thales to Heraclitus, from Plato to Aristotle and from Stoicism to Neo-Platonism, philosophers have entertained the notion of divinityContinue reading “Overview of This Blog”