I’ve recently picked up Richard E. Palmer’s Hermeneutics: Interpretation Theory in Schleiermacher, Dilthey, Heidegger, and Gadamer.1 Aside from the shame I have for not being able to read German anymore – although I graduated with a German degree not three years ago – the book delightfully frames the basic issues of hermeneutics. Palmer published the book [...]
The quote comes from the great Kurt Cobain of Nirvana in the band’s song “Plateau.” Although I’m probably using this lyric out of context, I mean, who really ever knew what Nirvana was singing about anyway, I believe it not only illustrates a beautiful picture for writers and other artists but also sends an even [...]
My friend asked me to write a theological piece on this slogan. I will provide the disclaimer that Wal-Mart is not the only company to blame for local economic catastrophe; it just acts as the whipping boy in this piece. You could replace it with one of the many huge institution that ruin local economy. [...]
Martin Heidegger proclaimed that everything is temporal; in fact, he suggested that temporality fundamentally characterized being itself. To Heidegger, everything moved from death unto death. The past dies because it no longer occurs, and the ultimate destination of the future always leads to being no more. In other words, the past has passed away, and [...]
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