Existentialism @ Rhodes

The idea that I have never ceased to develop is that in the end a man can
always make something out of what is made of him. --J.P. Sartre

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

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I feel like I should preface this post with an apology.  These thoughts came to me while I was in an exhausted and apparently abstract mood...

Interpreting individuals

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In Arthur Miller’s selection from the Death of a Salesman, a very interesting point is brought up that deals specifically with the interacti...
Monday, December 14, 2009

On the Conservation of Time

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Where does time go? Where seems an awkward qualifier to use in discussing time, considering that where deals with physical space and ti...

Student Film: "Present-at-Hand vs. Ready-to-Hand"

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by Erin, Ben, and Alex.
Sunday, December 13, 2009

Roth and Nietzsche

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I really liked reading the human stain, it reflected Nietzsche. It was a very at taking many of the existential ideas Nietzsche had and put ...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Choosing Temperament

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Merleau-Ponty's examination of freedom differs from Sartre's, but I wonder how these different formulations of human freedom affect ...
Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Rorty vids

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Seeing as how our last reading mentioned the American philosopher Richard Rorty (and given that at least 3 of us will probably be reading fo...
Monday, December 7, 2009

Student Film: "Little Freedoms"

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by Manali Kulkarni and Courtney Martin

Student Film: "s-candy-lous".

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a short film by brannen vick & sarah knowles: "hey..." "hi." "you seem like me." "How do you know?...

Student Film: "Saw XVII"

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Hey Y'all! I was not able to upload my video because the file was too large however, I did post it on to youtube. The Link for Youtube i...

Can we ever truly get our point across?

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The other day in class we began talking about Derrida’s idea of difference and differance. In French, difference can be define...
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Being John Malkovich - Holy Existential Batman!

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So, one of my favorite movies of all time, Being John Malkovich, is probably one of the most existential movies I've ever seen. Below i...
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Sunday, December 6, 2009

The Now

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I have always been told to “ live in the now” or to live in the moment. I never understood really what the “now” was and how to feasibly to ...
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Blog Finale.

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Last week we discussed The Human Stain by Roth. In it, Coleman and the janitor discuss the existence of God. To the janitor, meaning in her ...
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