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Ivan StravenskyThe Sacrifice of the SuitorsAs Odysseus sails in return to Ithaca, he encounters often fantastic temptations that require the victory of domestic duty over wild desire…Oct 23, 20172Oct 23, 20172
Ivan StravenskyDeath as PossibilityHeidegger describes death as the “possibility of the impossibility of any existence at all”. This is like describing transparency as the…Oct 16, 20172Oct 16, 20172
Ivan StravenskyTragic Sense in Bacchae“Nor canst thou prove thou art immortal, no, Nor yet that thou art mortal… For nothing worthy proving can be proven, Nor yet disproven…Oct 9, 2017Oct 9, 2017
Ivan StravenskyEducation and Free SocietyIn his Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Jean-Jacques Rousseau writes on the seeming impossibility of the invention of language. “I…Oct 1, 2017Oct 1, 2017