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Reflections: Brief review of Professor Bartlett's on-line course: "Masters of Greek Thought: Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle"

amelo14 wrote 1 month ago: Review of: Masters of Greek Thought: Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle (Taught by Robert C. Bartlett, T … more →

Tags: on Aristotle, on Leo Strauss, on Plato, Socrates, on Xenophon, Philosophical topics, Reviews, amelo14, andresmelo

Reflections: Indicaciones para la justicia política en Platón: contra el Platón de la izquierda, Response to “El Tiempo” columns 8: Comentario al candidato presidencial Carlos Gaviria ”Colombia y la república platónica”, agosto 29 de 2009. (Spanish)

amelo14 wrote 2 months ago: “Lo vital es lo irracional, Lo antivital es lo racional.” Chávez  (Documental canadiense titulado Re … more →

Tags: On Justice, on Plato, On Politics, Socrates, Philosophical topics, amelo14, andresmelo, Carlos Gaviria, classical political philosophy

Carta a mi madre / Letter to my mother (Spanish)

amelo14 wrote 5 months ago: “Nadie enciende una luz para después cubrirla con una vasija, ni la pone debajo de la cama, sino que … more →

Tags: On Politics, on Aristotle, On Feminism, on giving, on Nicomachean Ethics, on Pangle, On Friendship, Political Rhetoric, rarefaction

Reflections: Elementos para una Educación Política Clásica, Response to “El Tiempo” columns 7: Comentario a Francisco Cajiao: “Educar para la Política”

amelo14 wrote 9 months ago: Reflections: Response to “El Tiempo” columns 7: Comentario a Francisco Cajiao: “Educar para la Polít … more →

Tags: on agoristic philosophy, on Leo Strauss, on liberal education, on Nicomachean Ethics, on Pangle, On Politics, on prudential questioning, Philosophical topics, Response to "EL Tiempo" columns

Reflections: Tentative Medical Questionnaire, (On Illness 20)

amelo14 wrote 10 months ago: Reflections: Tentative Medical Questionnaire , (On illness 20) 1. Primary Question: Have you been se … more →

Tags: On Health, on illness ( short), on pain, on questions, Philosophical topics, The Yellow Wallpaper, amelo14, andresmelo, health

Reflections: Abraham Lincoln y la esclavitud, Response to “El Tiempo” columns 5: Comentario a Daniel Samper Pizano “Lincoln, un racista lleno de gloria” (Spanish)

amelo14 wrote 10 months ago: Abraham Lincoln y la esclavitud, Response to “El Tiempo” columns 5: Comentario a Daniel Samper Pizan … more →

Tags: on Aristotle, on ethics, on liberal education, on prudence, on prudential questioning, On Slavery, Philosophical topics, Response to "EL Tiempo" columns, Slavery

Reflections: On Rarefactions a year later; final post (?)

amelo14 wrote 11 months ago: Reflections: On Rarefactions a year later; final post (?) It has been over a year since the Rarefact … more →

Tags: on illness ( short), On Politics, on Aristotle, on Charles Taylor, Letters, letter to my father, on agoristic philosophy, on academic philosophy, writing

Reflections: Some very tentative questions regarding brotherhood in the Bible

amelo14 wrote 1 year ago: Three biblical stories, two in the Old Testament ——specifically in Genesis—— … more →

Tags: Socrates, on philosophy (short), on the family (long), on Plato, on ethics, on Xenophon, On Justice, Philosophical topics, on anger

Reflections: A Sketch of Van Gogh’s Cypresses2 comments

amelo14 wrote 2 years ago: Reflections: A Sketch of Van Gogh’s Cypresses “The cypresses are always occupying my thoughts, … more →

Tags: On Religion, on Charles Taylor, on Heidegger, Art, Van Gogh, Cypresses, on trees, Vincent, Reflection

Reflections: Considerations as to why Socrates wrote nothing

amelo14 wrote 2 years ago: Almost everyone knows Socrates did not write anything. But knowing this fact makes it even more diff … more →

Tags: Socrates, on Xenophon, writing, ergon, logos, Reflection, rarefaction, amelo14, andresmelo

Reflections: Carta desarrollo doctorado (Spanish)

amelo14 wrote 3 years ago: Toronto, Septiembre 8 de 2006 Estimado Profesor Sierra, Reciba un cordial saludo desde Canadá. Esta … more →

Tags: on illness ( short), on Aristotle, on Charles Taylor, PhD thesis, Letters, on Pangle, on Leo Strauss, PhD Letter, Phd. Plan!

Reflections: Humans, the giving animals

amelo14 wrote 3 years ago: Humans: the giving animals “Unwittingly noble. A man’s behavior is unwittingly noble if … more →

Tags: On Politics, on Aristotle, on ethics, on giving, on liberality, on Nietzsche, on liberal education, Reflection, rarefaction

Reflections: On the desire to read 1 comment

amelo14 wrote 3 years ago: On the desire to read: a tribute to the books that have transformed my life This simple photograph i … more →

Tags: on thought itself, on eros, On Poetry, On Reading, Reflection, rarefaction, amelo14, andresmelo, Philosophy

Reflections: On Space, Western Architecture and 9/11

amelo14 wrote 4 years ago: (Note: FOR AN ALMOST IDENTICAL PRESENTATION WHICH INCLUDES SOME PHOTOS, PLEASE SEE THE FOLLOWING: li … more →

Tags: On Religion, On Art, On Politics, on ecology, on Heidegger, on architecture, on space, on 9/11, on maps

Reflections: On the City, Graffiti and Property

amelo14 wrote 4 years ago: (Note: FOR AN ALMOST IDENTICAL  PRESENTATION WHICH INCLUDES SOME PHOTOS, PLEASE SEE THE FOLLOWING: l … more →

Tags: On Art, on graffiti, On Poetry, On Politics, amelo14, andresmelo, Law, Painting, Politics

Reflections: Taylor y los argumentos transcendentales (Spanish)

amelo14 wrote 7 years ago: PhD Seminar Introducción El ensayo de Taylor titulado “The Validity of Transcendental Arguments” (TV … more →

Tags: on Charles Taylor, on Kant, on transcendental arguments, Reflection, rarefaction, amelo14, andresmelo, Philosophy, Taylor

Reflections: Loving Taylor (Spanish)

amelo14 wrote 7 years ago:    LOVING TAYLOR: una posible interpretación animal de “Self-Interpreting Animals”   I. Introdu … more →

Tags: On Art, on eros, on Charles Taylor, on ethics

Reflections: Espacialidad en Heidegger, una reconstrucción (Spanish)

amelo14 wrote 7 years ago: RECONSTRUCCIÓN   DE LA ESPACIALIDAD DENTRO DE LA ARQUITECTURA GENERAL   DE SER Y TIEMPO … more →

Tags: On Art, on Heidegger, on architecture, on space, Reflection, rarefaction, amelo14, andresmelo, Philosophy

Reflections: Spanish Translation of Hösle, Vittorio. "The Third World as a Philosophical Problem“

amelo14 wrote 7 years ago: Hösle, Vittorio. “The Third World as a Philosophical Problem,” Social Research 59 (Summe … more →

Tags: On Politics, Philosophical topics, amelo14, andresmelo, Philosophy, translation, third world, hosle vittorio


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