Ludwig Wittgenstein: “In a conversation: one person throws a ball; the other does not know whether he is supposed to
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The Sea: A “Fluxus Eleatis” discourse
Archilochus: Look Glaucus! Already waves are disturbing the deep sea and a cloud stands straight round about the heights of Gyrae, a
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Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin: The word gastronomy has been revived from the Greek; it sounds sweetly in French ears, and although
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Michel Foucault: Discourse operates in four major ways. Discourse creates a world; discourse generates knowledge and “truth”; discourse says something
Continue readingKaoru Kakizakai: a modern Komuso (Zen Priest of Nothingness) plays Shakuhachi
Introduction I was blessed to attend a recital by Kaoru Kakizakai in the Onassis Cultural Center of Athens, Greece. Kaoru
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“The work presented at Venice is optimistic in its reflection on chance and destiny; the chance of birth against the
Continue readingReal Greece, Part III: Odysseus Elytis – Η πραγματικη Ελλαδα, Μερος ΙΙΙ: Οδυσσεας Ελυτης
“Εάν αποσυνδέσεις την Ελλάδα, στο τέλος θα δεις να σου απομένουν μια ελιά, ένα αμπέλι κι ένα καράβι. Που σημαίνει:
Continue readingHeidegger-Weg (Heidegger's Path) – Part II: The French Connection
It is now more than five months since I have posted the first part of my tribute to Heidegger, following
Continue readingExistentialism – Part I: Kierkegaard (Updated2: 27/3/11)
Introduction Today I want to write about “existentialism”. Existentialism is a mutli-faceted term. In this post, I refer to a
Continue readingAbyss – The Loss of the Face
“If you stare long enough into the abyss, the abyss will stare back at you” Friedrich Nietzsche …the face is
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