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Notes on Philosophical Dialectic

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Socrates

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The concept of philosophical dialectic is quite mysterious and intimidating. Even among professional philosophers, dialectic often has connotations of mysticism, obscurantism, and slight of hand. I wish to dispel this aura. I will lay out the elements of philosophical dialectic by looking at specific arguments in Plato’s Republic[1] and Hegel’s Philosophy of Right[2] and then employ Heidegger’s account of the hermeneutic circle Being and Time and Husserl’s account of the logic of parts and wholes in his Logical Investigations to clarify the dialectical process. Read more …

Published: December 26, 2016 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, dialectic, free will, freedom, G. W. F. Hegel, Greg Johnson, justice, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, Philosophy of Right, Plato, political philosophy, The Republic | 4 Responses

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The Pursuit of Happiness
Pleasure, Part 1: Plato’s Gorgias

Greg Johnson

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Beginning in August of 1999, I gave a series of eight lectures on “The Pursuit of Happiness: Philosophies East and West,” Read more …

Published: February 26, 2016 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Callicles, Counter-Currents Radio, ethics, Gorgias, Greg Johnson, hedonism, living well, philosophy, Plato, Pleasure, podcasts, The Pursuit of Happiness | Comments closed

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Znaczenie filozofii dla zmiany politycznej

Greg Johnson

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Tytuł tego eseju jest poniekąd mylący, ponieważ zamierzam dowodzić, że filozofia ma znaczenie dla wszelkiej ludzkiej aktywności, nie tylko dla polityki. Filozofia jest nie tylko metapolityczna, ale „meta-wszystko”[1]. Ale wiem, że moi czytelnicy zainteresowani są zmianą polityczną, zatem był to mój wybieg, aby zachęcić Was do lektury. Co więcej, twierdzę, że filozofia nie jedynie znacząca dla życia, ale jest sprawą najwyższej wagi. Read more …

Published: July 31, 2015 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Aristotle, articles, ethics, Greg Johnson, in Polish, in translation, morality, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, Plato, political philosophy, Stoicism, wisdom | Comments closed

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La filosofía como una Forma de Vida

Greg Johnson

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Pierre Hadot
Philosophy as a Way of Life: Spiritual Exercises from Socrates to Foucault
Ed. Arnold I. Davidson, trans. Michael Chase
Malden, Mass.: Blackwell, 1995

El tema de Pierre Hadot es extenso. Él presenta una nueva forma de entender la naturaleza de la filosofía antigua y cómo deberíamos leerla. Read more …

Published: June 13, 2015 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged book reviews, Epictetus, Greg Johnson, in Spanish, in translation, living well, Marcus Aurelius, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, Philosophy as a Way of Life, Pierre Hadot, Plato, Plotinus, Stoicism | Comments closed

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Philosophy as a Way of Life

Greg Johnson

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Pierre Hadot
Philosophy as a Way of Life: Spiritual Exercises from Socrates to Foucault
Ed. Arnold I. Davidson, trans. Michael Chase
Malden, Mass.: Blackwell, 1995

Pierre Hadot’s topic is sweeping. He presents a new understanding of the nature of ancient philosophy and how we should read it. Read more …

Published: June 9, 2015 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged book reviews, Epictetus, Greg Johnson, living well, Marcus Aurelius, North American New Right, philosophy, Philosophy as a Way of Life, Pierre Hadot, Plato, Plotinus, reprints, Stoicism | Comments closed

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La pertinence de la philosophie pour le changement politique

Greg Johnson

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Le titre de cet essai est quelque peu trompeur, puisque je vais arguer que la philosophie est pertinente pour tous les efforts humains, pas seulement la politique [1]. La philosophie n’est pas seulement métapolitique, mais méta-tout [2]. Mais je sais que vous vous intéressez au changement politique, donc c’était mon hameçon pour vous faire lire. Read more …

Published: March 18, 2015 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Aristotle, articles, ethics, Greg Johnson, in French, in translation, morality, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, Plato, political philosophy, Stoicism, wisdom | Comments closed

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The Myths of Plato, Part 2

Greg Johnson

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Socrates in Raphael’s The School of Athens with Hermocrates, Critias, and Timaeus

Author’s Note:

The following text is based on a transcript by V. S. of Part 2 of my lecture on “The Myths of Plato.” As usual, I have edited his transcript to remove excessive wordiness and corrected small mistakes. To focus this transcript on the Timaeus and Critias, I moved all extraneous material to the transcript of Part 1.

The Myths of Plato, Part 1

Greg Johnson

Table 3 in Johnannes Kepler's Mysterium Cosmographicum, with his model illustrating the intercalation of the five regular solids between the imaginary spheres of the planets

Table 3 in Johannes Kepler’s Mysterium Cosmographicum, with his model illustrating the intercalation of the five regular solids between the imaginary spheres of the planets

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Author’s Note:

The following text is based on a transcript by V. S. of the introductory lecture of a course on Plato’s Timaeus and Critias. As usual, I have edited his transcript to remove excessive wordiness. Beyond that, I have incorporated here some materials from the transcript of part 2 of this lecture so that all the general material on myth in Plato appears in this text. All material specific to the Timaeus and Critias will appear in the transcript of part 2. Read more …

Published: June 19, 2014 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Greg Johnson, myth, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, Plato, pragmatism, religion, William James | Comments closed

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Introduction to Plato’s Republic, Part 2

Greg Johnson

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Part 2 of 2

Author’s Note:

The following text is based on a transcript by V. S. of a lecture on Plato’s Republic. As usual, I have edited his transcript to remove excessive wordiness and corrected a couple of small mistakes.

Plato writes in his seventh letter that he never set forth his own philosophy in any of his writings. Read more …

Published: May 16, 2014 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Alfarabi, Allan Bloom, Aristotle, articles, esotericism, Greg Johnson, hermeneutics, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Leo Strauss, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, Plato, The Republic, thumos | Comments closed

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Introduction to Plato’s Republic, Part 1

Greg Johnson

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Part 1 of 2

Author’s Note:

The following text is based on a transcript by V. S. of a lecture on Plato’s Republic. As usual, I have edited his transcript to remove excessive wordiness. Read more …