Hegel's Philosophy of Right is no big mystery, even wikipedia mostly gets the idea: The Philosophy of Right (as it is usually called) begins with a discussion of the concept of the free will and argues that the free will can only realize itself in the complicated social context of property rights a...

I've been reading a bunch of papers on arxiv. That lead me to a book called the The Dragon and The Eagle by Sunny Auyang. She is a physicist but the book is about the parallel Roman Empire (27 BCE - 476 CE) and Han Dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE). I also recently downloaded The Politics of Terrorism by ...

So, I'm not working (don't worry, I'm a lucky one) and my last semester of undergrad is basically cancelled. Gonna have a lot of free time. Any good recommendations?

P.S. Hope all is well on everyone's end.

In general, the more formalized something becomes (such as in math, which is my background) the less sitting and around and debating about the "meaning" of things there is... On that same basis, many of the "abstract ideas" you're referring fall into the category of "interesting to think about" mor...

I was jk, Pig. :]

I think he was just calling me stupid.

That's..a lot. It's really too much to deal with at once and I think a great deal of it ends up being rote, lip service, and sneaking in bits of the writer's own eccentricities. Albert shoudda read this book and saved him a bunch of time but he took to hanging with the wrong crowd. https://pictures...

kidoftheblackhole wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 05, 2020 7:55 pm

The context is that they've been backing Biden

You mean the website? I'm not familiar with the Root.

https://www.blackagendareport.com/fear-pervades-black-politics-and-makes-us-agents-our-own-oppression Here is BAR's take btw I think comparing black voters to "hispanics" on the basis of minority status is harsh and possibly unhelpful. The conditions that lead to "hispanic" life in America are uniq...

https://www.blackagendareport.com/fear-pervades-black-politics-and-makes-us-agents-our-own-oppression Here is BAR's take btw I think comparing black voters to "hispanics" on the basis of minority status is harsh and possibly unhelpful. The conditions that lead to "hispanic" life in America are uniq...