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by Diebert van Rhijn
Sun May 06, 2018 2:20 am
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: What now? Or ‘Nihilism as a Cure for Nihilism’.
Replies: 66
Views: 36142

Re: What now? Or ‘Nihilism as a Cure for Nihilism’.

... that the more that ‘the world’ is examined, the less possible (not the more possible) it becomes to understand it. This is perhaps the story of " techne ", the explicit, quantified, forever exposition which is only made possible through a certain type of thought. It doesn't seem that new but perhaps ...
by Diebert van Rhijn
Tue Jul 25, 2017 4:11 pm
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Return to body, substance & meaning
Replies: 75
Views: 30108

Re: Trumpism

... All fueled by scientific and industrial progress & process. This idea we can find causes, "internals" to understand the mechanics of something ("Techne") and then distill like chemistry the antidote, some anti-biotic, some penicillin. Very powerful but it should also be reviewed and understood ...
by Diebert van Rhijn
Wed Apr 05, 2017 2:19 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Statement about Solway and Trump
Replies: 757
Views: 160123

Re: Statement about Solway and Trump

... wrote: the perverse strategy of the object . You are trying to move from subject to object, and whole of modernity is doing this, like the whole techne thing, as ongoing revelation! But I 'm telling you that's a lost battle, even while it's necessary and certainly not meaningless. Here I tell ...
by Stuart-
Sun Sep 20, 2015 8:14 pm
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: On the Alienated Westerner Developing the Pagan Mindset
Replies: 19
Views: 11890

Re: On the Alienated Westerner Developing the Pagan Mindset

... our rapidly shifting and changing states of culture and consciousness which might form the right soil for "innovation" or the whole principle of techne. To use the soil analogy, we have rich soil, but we need both room to grow, which is greatly lacking, and the seeds, which is knowledge of the ...
by Diebert van Rhijn
Sun Sep 20, 2015 6:38 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: On the Alienated Westerner Developing the Pagan Mindset
Replies: 19
Views: 11890

Re: On the Alienated Westerner Developing the Pagan Mindset

... our rapidly shifting and changing states of culture and consciousness which might form the right soil for "innovation" or the whole principle of techne . Still, I'm not convinced this is connected to any highly developed sense of identity within any culture. All great examples I know of innovators ...
by Diebert van Rhijn
Mon Apr 20, 2015 6:07 pm
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: What is the fundamental question?
Replies: 24
Views: 11732

Re: What is the fundamental question?

... perhaps, but your "body", or whatever you call the immediate context of your mind, needs to know stuff too and most of the knowing ( techne ) happens beyond our philosophical moments. For example one needs to know how to be safe, if it's safe, how to expand without getting hurt too ...
by Alex T. Jacob
Sun Dec 23, 2012 8:29 am
Forum: GENIUS FORUM
Topic: Women, Freedom, Entrapment, Strategy
Replies: 617
Views: 45711

Re: Women, Freedom, Entrapment, Strategy

... /ˈmɛkəniː/; Greek: μηχανή, mēkhanē) or machine was a crane used in Greek theatre, especially in the 5th and 4th centuries BC. Mechanism, device. Techne : Techne is a Greek term that is often translated as craftsmanship, craft, or art. It is etymologically derived from the Greek word τέχνη Kerdos ...