
History of Western Philosophy

Cette relation millénaire entre le religieux et le politique a été interrompu par la naissance de la philosophie il y a deux mille cinq cents ans environ. Comme nous l’avons vu, les philosophes grecs des VIe et Ve siècles avant Jésus-Christ ont défié le chamanisme en proposant des arguments rationnels plus convaincants sur des phénomènes comme l’éc
... See moreJules Evans • La philo, c'est la vie ! (Poche) (French Edition)
Had Plato and Pythagoras and Aristotle stood for an instant in the light that came out of that little cave, they would have known that their own light was not universal. It is far from certain, indeed, that they did not know it already. Philosophy also, like mythology, had very much the air of a search.
G K. Chesterton • The Everlasting Man (with linked TOC)

I believe the influence of Kierkegaard on Camus is underestimated. I believe Dennis Gabor may very well have been the Antichrist. I believe Hobbes is just Rousseau in a dark mirror. I believe, with Hegel, that transcendence is absorption.