Philosophy
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Celebration Day I: January 1 2022 — Happy Birthday, Edmund Burke *1.1.1729
Edmund Burke, born January 1, [Old Style], 1729, in Dublin, Ireland, was statesman, parliamentary orator, and political thinker prominent in public life from 1765 to about 1795 and important in the history of political theory. He championed conservatism in opposition to Jacobinism in Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790). Early life Burke, the son…
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“The Human Crisis” — lecture by Albert Camus, in New York, on March 28 1946
Ladies and Gentlemen: when I was invited to give a series of lectures in the United States of America, I felt some doubt and hesitation. I am really not old enough to give lectures, and I am more at ease with the process of thinking than I am making categorical statements… since I don’t feel…
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“It is not your paintings I like, it is your painting.”*
My father, lovingly, forced me to think but I am not a philosopher. During my upbringing I was taught to trust, believe. I do but filled with questions because I believe in the intellect which dwells on beauty and the ugly alike — perhaps the fruit of thinking. I surrender increasingly to the vibrancy of…
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The Legacy of Edwin Fisher — a conversation with musicologist and philosopher Vlad Vexler
You are herewith welcome to join a conversation about the pianist, conductor Edwin Fisher. In celebration of his birth — October 6 1886 — we will speak about the essence of music, and the importance of interpretation. Come to the Pianos, Hammers and Keys Club, and join the conversation, on Clubhouse — October 6 at…
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Is joy the chicken or the egg? (A gentle reiteration on the question on a question)
“Life is suffering, and we spend our lives looking for happiness.” This was her expressed view during our conversation. Is it not fair to say that life is pleasure, happiness, joy, and we erroneously spend energy and passion in search of suffering? — Notes on a Clubhouse conversation
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Invitation to my new club on Clubhouse: Beauty & Confusion
Beauty & Confusion is the new club on Clubhouse — the place for global conversation. https://www.clubhouse.com/club/beauty-confusion
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A Philosophy Hour
That is the moment when peasants break bread with refined thinkers. They are all smiles, all hunger, all growing. An open table, buffet style — feasting that they are. All animals All noble
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Music and Philosophy
Music pushes us to listen. Philosophy pushes us to think.
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Philosophy, Music, and Food
Philosophy, music, and food, none of these are an industry. Yes, there are industries using thought, music and food to produce money, financial games, and imperial bodies. However, a sincere, talented and dedicated human who spends a good amount of energy dissecting thoughts, composing or interpreting music, or creating food of value, are merely contributing…
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There is a very thin line between music and philosophy
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What is Individual Life…
…what is existence, if one does not spend some moment every day, actively or innocently subconsciously, trying to digest or express something, somewhere, poetically and philosophical essential?
Sila Blume 