Hegel always told us that if there was someone who understood nothing about the discourse of the Master, it was the Master.

Book idea for me: depressive critique of depressive reason. Maybe Adorno already wrote this however.

The necessary versus contingent conditions of my sitting here right now, who could ever sort them out?

Oh so it’s a sufficient condition of my sitting here right now that I’m sitting here right now? Very informative indeed.

Ricoeur Suave.

Philosophers always seem to have doctrines I’d like to see more of them who are undecided.

Are there any good contemporary (or near-contemporary) philosophical writings on guilt?

You familiarize yourself with a certain scholarly subfield and you realize it’s the same 20-30 people going on and on in the same way for 20-30 years. What else could it be though.

I find it annoying to write something good only to have it consigned to near-oblivion in an academic journal. I know such publications are the coin of the realm and all but even so.

Politics is hard work.

Modus dei 🥑 "Failure is an opportunity. If you blame someone else, there is no end to the blame. Therefore the Master fulfills her own obligations and corrects her own mistakes. She does what she needs to do and demands nothing of others." Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

Dialectic takes time.

Leider werde ich niemals deutsch können, aber ein Jungling kann träumen.

Etymology of “trauma.”

If you think the etymologies of words can’t teach us anything you’re wrong.

Englisch ist meine Muttersprache, aber Deutsch ist meine Herzsprache.