φύσις κρύπτεσθαι φιλεῖ
In this week’s Main Project article, Epilogue: On Shepherds and Shepherding, I make several references to the ancient Greek concept of the archē (Gr. Ἀρχή). It is hard to overstate the importance of understanding this concept for understanding how it is that the western philosophical tradition began, how the shift from polytheism to monotheism occurred,…
“The lord is my shepherd; I shall not want” Psalm 23 If you read the About This Project section you will know that I spent a great deal of time working with the late Peter Manchester. In Manchester’s works (Temporality and Trinity, Syntax of Time) he employs a ‘looking backwards’ method which, instead of…
Οὐκ ἐμοῦ, ἀλλὰ τοῦ Λόγου ἀκούσαντας, σοφὸν τὸ πάντ’ εἶναι ἕν. – Heraclitus “Listening not to me but to the logos, it is wisdom to recognize that all things are one” (translation mine). 1) Hermeneutics: The methodology of interpretation, especially of texts such as literature, religious scripture, legal documents or philosophical works. One uses hermeneutics…
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