“Contemporary philosophy illustrates Hegel's dictum that philosophy is its own time apprehended in thought, for in our age philosophy yields to the objectifying technical impulse and loses its ancient task of pursuing the Socratic ideal of the wisdom of the examined life.” PhilosophyAgeLosesIdealsTasksAncientContemporaryImpulseYieldHegelSocraticExamined LifeObjectifying Author:Donald Phillip Verene
“Shamanism is just show business and philosophy is just a branch of that vaudevillian impulse.” PhilosophyShowsImpulseBranchesShow BusinessShamanism Author:Terence McKenna