#cassirer

[bocadosdefilosofia]

«Una utopía no es una descripción del mundo real o del orden político o social reales. No existe en ningún momento del tiempo ni en ningún punto del espacio; está "en ninguna parte". Pero, justamente, semejante concepción de "en ninguna parte" ha resistido la prueba y ha demostrado su fuerza en el desarrollo del mundo moderno. De la verdadera naturaleza y carácter del pensamiento ético se sigue que jamás puede descender a aceptar lo dado. El mundo ético nunca es "dado"; siempre se halla "haciéndose". "Vivir en el mundo ideal —dice Goethe—, consiste en tratar lo imposible como si fuera posible." Los grandes reformadores políticos y sociales se hallan constantemente bajo la necesidad de tratar lo imposible como si fuera posible.»

Ernst Cassirer: Antropología filosófica. Fondo de Cultura Económica, pág. 56. México, 1968.

TGO

@bocadosdefilosofia

@dias-de-la-ira-1

[weil-weil-lautre]

It is beyond the power of philosophy to destroy the political myths. A myth is in a sense invulnerable. It is impervious to rational arguments; it cannot be refuted by syllogisms. But philosophy can do us another important service. It can make us understand the adversary. In order to fight an enemy you must know him. That is one of the first principles of a sound strategy. To know him means not only to know his defects and weaknesses; it means to know his strength. All of us have been liable to understate this strength. When we first heard of the political myths we found them so absurd and incongruous, so fantastic and ludicrous that we could hardly be prevailed upon to take them seriously. By now it has become clear to all of us that this was a great mistake. We should not commit the same error a second time. We should carefully study the origin the structure, the methods, and the technique of the political myths. We should see the adversary face to ace in order to know how to combat him.

Ernst Cassirer, The Myth of the State, 296

[arkhesi-su]

İnsanı, kendisinin meydana getirdiği ve onun kendi elinden çıkan şeylerin hepsi, henüz kavranamayan bir sır gibi kuşatır. O kendi eserlerini dikkatle inceleyince, kendi kendini onların yaratıcısı olarak hissetmekten bir hayli uzaklaşır. Bu tabloda eserler insandan üstün konumdadır. Onlar sadece bireyin değil, aynı zamanda insan türünün başarabildiği her şeyin çok üzerinde kalır.” Kültür karşısında küçülen ve kendi değerinin farkına varamayan insanın, kültürü doğru değerlendirmesi de beklenemez. Bu nedenle kültürün neliği sorgulamasının insanın neliğine gelip dayanması kaçınılmazdır.

[psychologyhumor]

Clinical psychologists meanwhile I‘m explaining Psychology as a branch of Philosophy:

@we-kant-even

[anarchistunite]

[howard-philips-wintermute]

“Only a finite being, who stands in the possibility of death, can grasp the meaning of Being.”

Martin Heidegger, The Cassirer-Heidegger Debate

[rwpohl]

nachrichten vom großen krieg, alexander kluge 2019

[quotesoutofseason]

according to "nature" and in the original order of things all men are free and equal. "Omnes namque homines natura aequales sumus," said Gregory the Great. "Quod ad jus naturale attinet omnes homines aequales sunt," said Ulpian.