La Filosofia è la vita

La Filosofia è la vita: il ponte tra pensiero e azione. Philosophy is life: bridging thought and action.

The Socratic Illusions

The Socratic Illusion “This illusion consists in the imperturbable belief that, with the clue of logic, thinking can reach to the nethermost depths of being, and that thinking can not only perceive being but even modify it. This sublime metaphysical illusion is added as an instinct to science and again and again leads the latter to its limits, where it must change into art; which is really the end to be attained by this mechanism.” F. Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy, p.53, 1955, Dover Publications, NY

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Some Observations about Reality

by Maurizio Bisogno My first line, then, will be a question about reality and sense perception. Without making any erudite reference, I should phrase it as it follows: is what I call reality given to me by my perception? (I do not mean only external perception, but internal perception as well). What I see, what I hear, what I touch, what I smell, what I taste, what I feel, what I remember, what I know: all those aspects contributes to my idea of what is real. And in this sense, the idea of reality can be subjective or relative to

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La Filosofia nell’Arte: il Domenicano

I monaci erano di fatto gli intellettuali del medioevo e le questioni filosofico/teologiche che essi discutevano e studiano non erano certo per i poveri di spirito: Il discorso di Aristotele sulla potenza e l’atto rischia di offuscare il senso in cui Dio come uno e trino? Forse che esiste un modo di pensare la forma e la materia così da chiarire la trasformazione del pane e del vino nel corpo e sangue di Cristo durante l’Eucarestia?  

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