Pulvis' Philosophical Diary
Ars Moriendi Death is an inevitable reality of human existence that has perplexed philosophers for centuries. Philosophy is an unique intellectual discipline in which we look death in the eye, we understand eternal death in the process we call life....
“Our body are only wilted leaves on the tree of life” - Albert Einstein
The death is an inevitable part of life, and as humans, we have been trying to make sense of it for centuries. From the ancient civilization building elaborate tombs and pyramids to modern-day-traditions such as funerals and cremations, our relationship...
Roland Barthes (1915-1980) is still one of the central figures in contemporary philosophy and critical theory for his contributions to semiotics, linguistics and literary theory are essential to anyone working within those fields of knowledge. However, it is Barthes’ more...
In this third short essay, dedicated to Giorgio Agamben, the thought of the Italian philosopher is directed towards humanity’s never-ending confrontation with finitude or more precisely – towards humanity’s own consciousness of mortality, this unbearable knowledge that is one’s constant shadowy companion in the adventure of life.
If Eros and adventure are often intimately entwined, this is not because love gives meaning and legitimacy to adventure, but, on the contrary, because only a life that has the form of adventure can truly find love.G. Agamben, Adventure ...
This is a first of three essays on Giorgio Agamben, that are going to be shared on our newly found blog section.
Agamben is one of the greatest living philosophers, whose thoughts touch upon some of the fundamental beginnings of culture, religion, and politics, and weaves them with rare finesse in a narrative that lays bare the fragile yet infinite potential of human creativity and desire for meaning.