Philosophy Journal Entry

Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil.

-Plato

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I hope everybody had a good winter break. Welcome back and prepare to work hard.

phil journal 7

Journal # 7

Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow. ~Aesop

Phil Journal 6

6: There is some negativity in deconstruction. I wouldn't deny this. You have to criticize, to ask questions, to challenge and sometimes to oppose. What I have said is that in the final instance, deconstruction is not negative although negativity is no doubt at work. – Jacques Derrida

Phil Journal #5

5. “Postmodernity is said to be a culture of fragmentary sensations, eclectic nostalgia, disposable simulacra, and promiscuous superficiality, in which the traditionally valued qualities of depth, coherence, meaning, originality, and authenticity are evacuated or dissolved amid the random swirl of empty signals.”
― Jean Baudrillard

Phil Journal #4

4. “Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies”.

-Nietzsche

Philosophy Class Prompt #2

Writing Prompt 2.

 

The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.

-Friedrich Nietzsche