The colonial period of U.S. history contains a variety of interesting lessons. One of these pertains to the concept of a "virtuoso." The virtuoso was primarily characterized by curiosity. Rather than being overly specialized, the virtuoso explored a wide range of interests. The study of nature, art, literature, and theology all would have been pursuits common to this stereotype. This blog aspires to take this early category and use it as a point of departure for exploration and reflection.
Tuesday, July 5, 2016
Merleau-Ponty on the Relationship Between Life and Ideas
"A discussion is not an exchange or a confrontation of ideas, as if each formed his own, showed them to others, looked at theirs, and returned to correct them with his own... Whether he speaks up or hardily whispers, each one speaks with all that he is, with his 'ideas', but also with his obsessions, his secret history."
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