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Art and social life | materialism, mysticism and art
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Materialism, mysticism and art. Thoughts on the world and its products in consciousness. Category Archives: Art and social life. August 23, 2016. Under Art and social life. Yesterday afternoon I listened to James Valentine on (the national broadcaster) ABC radio invite his listeners to call in with their ‘small dreams,’ which they happily did. He said we should dream small because small dreams are achievable – big dreams deserve only to be mocked – which he did with gusto. Click to share on Skype (Opens ...
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dialectical materialism | materialism, mysticism and art
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Materialism, mysticism and art. Thoughts on the world and its products in consciousness. Category Archives: dialectical materialism. The tremendous power of the negative. August 17, 2016. Plotinus (204/5-270), Anonymous, white marble, Ostiense Museum, Ostia Antica, Rome. Nicholas of Cusa (1401-1464), detail of relief ‘Cardinal Nicholas before St. Peter’ on his tomb by Andrea Bregno, church of St. Peter in Chains, Rome. As a materialist, as one who starts with the world in his thinking and not with what I...
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Australian shame | materialism, mysticism and art
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Materialism, mysticism and art. Thoughts on the world and its products in consciousness. Category Archives: Australian shame. August 23, 2016. Under Art and social life. Yesterday afternoon I listened to James Valentine on (the national broadcaster) ABC radio invite his listeners to call in with their ‘small dreams,’ which they happily did. He said we should dream small because small dreams are achievable – big dreams deserve only to be mocked – which he did with gusto. Click to share on Skype (Opens in ...
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Hegel’s historicism: the mystical unfolding of history | materialism, mysticism and art
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Materialism, mysticism and art. Thoughts on the world and its products in consciousness. War crime or war winner? The Truth about the Bomb. A madeleine and the vast structure of recollection →. Hegel’s historicism: the mystical unfolding of history. August 9, 2015. François Gérard, La bataille d’Austerlitz, 2 decembre 1805, oil on canvas, 1810, Galerie des Batailles, Versailles. To grasp history philosophically. Will be to grasp it from the perspective of world-history. Spirit, as world history will (be)...
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Aesthetics | materialism, mysticism and art
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Materialism, mysticism and art. Thoughts on the world and its products in consciousness. Hokusai paints to a gentle bossa. July 2, 2016. Art and social life. Hydrangea and Swallow, Katsushika Hokusai, n.d., Guimet Museum, Paris. Https:/ philipstanfielddotcom.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/gentle-bossa2.mp3. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window). Share on Facebook (Opens in new window). Click to share on Google (Opens in new window). July 2, 2016.
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Aesthetics of Self | materialism, mysticism and art
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Materialism, mysticism and art. Thoughts on the world and its products in consciousness. Category Archives: Aesthetics of Self. The battle for art – part five: the bourgeois art gallery, capital’s House of the Lord. March 12, 2015. Under Aesthetics of Self. Symbols for the two great approaches to God (as Self):. Floors of lacquered woodgrain – the pathway of contemplative (Romantic) spiritual activity. Walls of pure white – the surrounds of contemplative spiritual stillness. Think this a bit far-fetched?
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Hegel’s God: the Neoplatonic Self, and the world He creates within | materialism, mysticism and art
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Materialism, mysticism and art. Thoughts on the world and its products in consciousness. What happens when Anglo-Aussies try to play the ball and not the man. War crime or war winner? The Truth about the Bomb →. Hegel’s God: the Neoplatonic Self, and the world He creates within. August 7, 2015. Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Vitruvian Man, c. 1490. Pen, ink and wash on paper, Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia. GWFHegel, Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion,. Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window).
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China | materialism, mysticism and art
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Materialism, mysticism and art. Thoughts on the world and its products in consciousness. The use of Australians and their country to the US capitalist class. August 16, 2016. 8216;David C Gompert says US and Australian forces know how to work together an advantage in a war.’ Excuse me. Could you repeat the end of that? ABC The World Today 15.08.16, “Australia would play ‘consequential’ role in US-China war: intelligence advisor”. Here’s our defence reporter Andrew Greene. DAVID GOMPERT: There is a potent...
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Hegel: Neoplatonist, Hermeticist, prose poet, concealed priest – part 3 | materialism, mysticism and art
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Materialism, mysticism and art. Thoughts on the world and its products in consciousness. Hegel: Neoplatonist, Hermeticist, prose poet, concealed priest – part 2. What happens when Anglo-Aussies try to play the ball and not the man →. Hegel: Neoplatonist, Hermeticist, prose poet, concealed priest – part 3. August 6, 2015. The final paragraph of the Enneads. Is ‘This is the life of gods and of the godlike and blessed among men, liberation from the alien that besets us here, a life taking no pleasure in the...
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What happens when Anglo-Aussies try to play the ball and not the man | materialism, mysticism and art
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Materialism, mysticism and art. Thoughts on the world and its products in consciousness. Hegel: Neoplatonist, Hermeticist, prose poet, concealed priest – part 3. Hegel’s God: the Neoplatonic Self, and the world He creates within →. What happens when Anglo-Aussies try to play the ball and not the man. August 7, 2015. Australia vs England Ashes Test, Trent Bridge 2015. TIMELINE OF AUSSIES’ TERRIBLE BATTING. 1106am – Rogers out edging for zero. 1109am – Smith out edging for six. When I'm sledgin' I'm LIVIN'!