@re_tractor57 the penguin edition is a revised version of max mΓΌller's translation of the first edition. mΓΌller was the only native german speaker to translate it into english. i actually want to get a copy myself.
Albert Einsteinβs Philosophical Views and the #Theory of Relativity by D. P. Gribanov
presents the first integral treatment of the philosophical views of Albert #Einstein, their influence on the #origin and #interpretation of #relativity#soviet#physics
https://t.co/lsBNPrRuzj
only death truly is the door to the other side of the phenomena, but even right at the threshold we don't know what, if anything, we will encounter beyond that threshold. even our noumena are really just a type of phenomena, not of the senses, but of the mind: mental phenomena. this is noumena in the positive sense, because when we are observing our own thinking we are still doing so under the condition of time. the unknown on the other side of time, the "real" noumena, noumena in the negative sense, we cannot think at all, except as a purely negative concept signifying nothingβββexcept its opposition to your first person lived experience in this living body here and nowβin other words, death.
kant ruined "out of body" experiences for me. only a lazarus could ever really answer the kant of the paralogisms of pure reasonββand after his return lazarus never spoke a word.
esoteric meaning belonging to an inner circle, philosophy is esoteric in the same sense as any specialized group is that requires long periods of learning and training to become an accepted member of the group.
"The soul is the first actuality of a natural body having life potentiallty. Hence those are right who suppose that the soul cannot exist without a body, although it is not itself a body; for it is not a body, but something belonging to a body.β
- Aristotle