Thief versus Lover: The Banality in Jean Genet’s Significance

A new tome of Jean Genet’s novels and poetry came out in 2021. Historically, most have had two versions: a Continue reading →

Platonic Friendship in the Epistles

1. Introduction: Plato’s Philosophy of Friendship The archetype of friendship is an underlying element of much of the Platonic corpus. Continue reading →

On Category: Socrates, Plato and Ryle vs. Gongsun Long and Darwin

What do we mean when we talk about categories? A category is a group of things that have common features; Continue reading →

Reclaiming Memory, Recapturing Attention, 2: Paying Attention as Taking Care

But how exactly do we go about doing this? What is the most effective way for us to improve our Continue reading →

Reclaiming Memory, Recapturing Attention, 1: Socrates and the Internet

‘“This invention, O king,” said Theuth, “will make the Egyptians wiser and will improve their memories; for it is an Continue reading →

The Third Industrial Revolution

The industrial revolution of the 19th Century has undoubtedly been one of the most significant economic and cultural developments in human Continue reading →

Gilbert Simondon – Two Lessons on Animal and Man, 1: Antiquity

Simondon Gilbert Simondon (1924 – 1989) was arguably one of the most original and innovative thinkers in contemporary French philosophy. Continue reading →

Stiegler and Derrida: The Technical History of Memory

Stiegler defines what he calls ‘grammatisation’ as the ‘technical history of memory, in which hypomnesic memory continually reintroduces the constitution Continue reading →