Tag: Metaphysics

• May 8, 2014

  A-problematizing the world

  I have been investigating what I have called ‘the problematization of the world,’ which is one key fixture of our modern metaphysic. To ‘problematize the world,’ I have claimed, is to transform any concrete something or other into a problem demanding to be solved. It is commonly said that ‘crime is a problem’ or that ‘diabetes is…
• May 1, 2014

  Humans as inquisitive creatures

  A few days ago, I wrote about the metaphysical-ethical picture, which claims that human beings are weak. I believe this picture is widely held today. I believe the picture is untrue. Below, I sketch a more accurate picture of human beings as inquisitive creatures. * Metaphysical-Ethical Picture 2: Human Beings are Inquisitive Creatures 1.) Human beings…
• December 17, 2013

  The second aspect of reality revisited

  I am thinking of radiance, thinking radiantly. So far, I have argued that reality consists of beings (finitude), being (totality), and non-being (infinity). I wish to revisit totality today. Before, I claimed that the feature we perceive in totality is wholeness. In terms of ethics, we would want our souls to be as whole as…
• December 14, 2013

  Ultimate stillness

  Quails honk at sunrise, stop honking, honk some more. / All sounds we hear come and go. All sounds ever heard or to be heard form a  storehouse of sound and temporary silence. / Then, what is not all-sound and all-silence? The source of all sound and soundlessness is the without-sound, the beyond-sound. Nameless, ultimate…
• December 13, 2013

  Orders of beauty: In accordance with nature (2)

  Let us remind ourselves of what we have said. 1. The best human life is one that is lived in accordance with nature. 2. To live in accordance with nature is to bring into harmony the good, the true, and the beautiful. 3. First metaphysics. Nature (or reality) reveals itself in its three aspects: finitude,…