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… — Donald Phillip Verene Copy Share Image
Technological consciousness takes itself dead seriously; it has no sense of humor. The fool can play no role in it, for there is no… — Donald Phillip Verene Copy Share
The Book of Job is advice on how to live in terms of the absolute power of nature. Leviathan is advice on how to… — Donald Phillip Verene Copy Share
No new choices are introduced by raising the specter of disaster. These become opportunities for swearing new allegiance to technology. The solution is to… — Donald Phillip Verene Copy Share
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… — Donald Phillip Verene Copy Share
The media is the thought-form of the technological society, and it finds nothing it does to be laughable, a sure sign that it is… — Donald Phillip Verene Copy Share
The promise of technology is to remove the division between culture and nature. Whatever part of nature that is left over as an independent… — Donald Phillip Verene Copy Share
