a most excellent piece! I’ve been trying to make sense of the american contempt of tradition and the tendency to think in abstractions rather than historically, if that makes sense (your points about historicity). I’ve been (trying) to come at the issue via the later Heidegger (his Hölderin lectures) but the way you’ve done it with Descartes is awesome.
Very honored to be read by someone with similar degree of understanding of the subject as the author that brings it up for discussion. Tocquville and Descartes are the key to disclosing what the American Mind holds, and yet they are often ignored or only resorted to as historical reference. I write for readers like yourself.
a most excellent piece! I’ve been trying to make sense of the american contempt of tradition and the tendency to think in abstractions rather than historically, if that makes sense (your points about historicity). I’ve been (trying) to come at the issue via the later Heidegger (his Hölderin lectures) but the way you’ve done it with Descartes is awesome.
Very honored to be read by someone with similar degree of understanding of the subject as the author that brings it up for discussion. Tocquville and Descartes are the key to disclosing what the American Mind holds, and yet they are often ignored or only resorted to as historical reference. I write for readers like yourself.
Brilliant analysis!