The Symmetrical House of Form: Happiness and Joy (Part III)
If man were happy, he would be the more so, the less he was diverted, like the Saints and God. - Yes; but is it not to…
The Symmetrical House of Form: The Economics of Being and The Struggle for Existence in Prehistory (Part II)
Time present and time past Are both perhaps present in time future, And time future contained in time past. - T.S. Eliot Burnt Norton[1] Prologue In…
The Symmetrical House of Form (Part I)
Substantial Form and Existential Reflection The most profound discovery of ancient Greek philosophers and by implication Western civilization is the discovery of form. Plato’s thought is a…
Camus and the Order of Human Reality
"There are no deserts. There are no more islands. Yet there is a need for them. In order to understand the world, one has to turn away…
Philosophy as Existential Creative Act
When some people hear the words philosophy, philosophize and philosopher their immediate impression is that of an abstract discipline that is often also technical in makeup. These…
Perpectivism, Form, and Objective Reality in Mies van der Rohe’s Architecture and Ortega y Gasset’s Thought
From his humble childhood in Aachen, Germany, Mies van der Rohe learned to appreciate and respect the materials that the architect has to work with. His father…
Happiness, Subjectivism, and Subjectivity
Happiness can only be experienced by individuals. While happiness can affect groups of people, its basic quality as a human emotion springs from a person's engagement with…
Cultural Marxism, Antonio Gramsci, and The Frankfurt School
In Das Wesen des Christentums (The Essence of Christianity), Ludwig Feuerbach's 1841 scathing criticism of Christianity, the German anthropologist pontificates on the nature of divinity by attributing…
Voegelin on Plato’s Laws
Alfred North Whitehead, a formidable philosopher in his own right, captured the essence and vision of Plato's philosophy when he wrote in Process and Reality: An Essay…