'Why write?', or Blanchot's double paradox of writing, through Hegel's paradox of action

'Why write?' A critical analysis of an extract by Will Large, with support from Foucault, Arendt, and some preliminary analysis of Nietzsche's Zarathustra.

Paradox of the political - Benjamin Arditi

Today's paradox is to be found in Benjamin Arditi's view of the concept of the political (of Carl Schmitt that is):

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"It is worth noticing that the friend-enemy distinction bears the traces of a rather productive paradox with regard to political friendship. It is that the same oppositions that pit groups against each other also contribute to unite a collectivity."

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Descartes' dream paradox

Descartes dream paradox seems to have no solution, though it may help us understand some moral/political points of view.

A paradox of capitalism in form of a joke

Capitalist paradox through a well-known joke on fishing, some thoughts on misattribution of Marx, and Nietzsche's input.

The 'history repeats itself' paradox - part 1

Preliminary thoughts on the proverb history repeats itself, where different views are presented alongside each other.

Ship of Theseus, or Darth Vader’s Death Star, or Washington’s axe, or....

A take on Ship of Theseus (Death Star, Washington's axe) paradox, arguing for a solution to be sought in our view of identity through a Nietzschean eternal becoming.