Eric
@ericdesq.bsky.social
spiritual kingdom aestheticism,
fin de siècle art and literature,
Die Lebenswelt
fin de siècle art and literature,
Die Lebenswelt
Are you pissed off at scientism? Not nearly pissed off enough!
November 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Are you pissed off at scientism? Not nearly pissed off enough!
Anyone read Conrad’s Under Western Eyes?
November 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Anyone read Conrad’s Under Western Eyes?
Norwegian artist Fritz Thaulow. - - “and what the picture is in reality is this spirit, that’s what a picture really is, neither matter nor soul but both parts at the same time and together they make up what I think of as spirit,[1/3]
November 18, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Norwegian artist Fritz Thaulow. - - “and what the picture is in reality is this spirit, that’s what a picture really is, neither matter nor soul but both parts at the same time and together they make up what I think of as spirit,[1/3]
From Guy Stagg’s The Crossway.
November 15, 2025 at 8:09 PM
From Guy Stagg’s The Crossway.
But, no; the boys want relajo.
November 14, 2025 at 11:53 PM
But, no; the boys want relajo.
I shall read Septology from Thanksgiving through Christmas. It has thus been recommended as a winter book.
November 14, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I shall read Septology from Thanksgiving through Christmas. It has thus been recommended as a winter book.
I love this book. The writing is really special.
November 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I love this book. The writing is really special.
The Half-Blood Prince had this book before me and he went crazy in this section.
November 6, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The Half-Blood Prince had this book before me and he went crazy in this section.
Instability in the exactness of the natural sciences; but not a problem for the science of the life world.
Sokolowski:
Sokolowski:
November 2, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Instability in the exactness of the natural sciences; but not a problem for the science of the life world.
Sokolowski:
Sokolowski:
Gadamer is ready-to-hand(…) for consultations.
November 2, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Gadamer is ready-to-hand(…) for consultations.
new book
I am catching up on Guy Stagg’s writings.
I am catching up on Guy Stagg’s writings.
October 30, 2025 at 11:37 PM
new book
I am catching up on Guy Stagg’s writings.
I am catching up on Guy Stagg’s writings.
Turns out I had a copy of Molière’s Bourgeois Gentleman all this time.
October 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Turns out I had a copy of Molière’s Bourgeois Gentleman all this time.
Phenomenology Friday
Reading:
Husserl: ~ The prepredicative is rooted in aisthēsis… such experience is the pure life-world before it is masked by a garb of ideas supplied by idealizations…
Husserl: prepredicative experience
Merleau-Ponty: primary perception
Transcendental Aesthetics
Reading:
Husserl: ~ The prepredicative is rooted in aisthēsis… such experience is the pure life-world before it is masked by a garb of ideas supplied by idealizations…
Husserl: prepredicative experience
Merleau-Ponty: primary perception
Transcendental Aesthetics
October 11, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Phenomenology Friday
Reading:
Husserl: ~ The prepredicative is rooted in aisthēsis… such experience is the pure life-world before it is masked by a garb of ideas supplied by idealizations…
Husserl: prepredicative experience
Merleau-Ponty: primary perception
Transcendental Aesthetics
Reading:
Husserl: ~ The prepredicative is rooted in aisthēsis… such experience is the pure life-world before it is masked by a garb of ideas supplied by idealizations…
Husserl: prepredicative experience
Merleau-Ponty: primary perception
Transcendental Aesthetics
Flaubert, I am going to like this guy.
September 10, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Flaubert, I am going to like this guy.
The Salmon of Knowledge
August 23, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The Salmon of Knowledge
I can’t say any of his books are a favorite since he can be quite frustrating to read… But I love and I am driven by his project as a whole. I would have been lost without Zahavi and Sokolowski, and others.
August 11, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I can’t say any of his books are a favorite since he can be quite frustrating to read… But I love and I am driven by his project as a whole. I would have been lost without Zahavi and Sokolowski, and others.
I thought of Charles Taylor immediately when I saw this sign.
August 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I thought of Charles Taylor immediately when I saw this sign.