Immanuel Kant, an 18th century German philosopher, had trouble writing things that people could relate to. He said towards the end of his life: “I have come a century too soon with my writings. After a hundred years, people will first correctly understand me. And then study my books anew and admit them.” Maybe Heidegger […]
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But the present? That’s another story
We live in the past. We imagine the future. But the present? That’s another story. Of course, people can understand why regret, for example, is a retrospective attitude and why wishful thinking is tied to the future. What might be a bit more difficult to grasp is the fact that we live most of our […]
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