Old English Boethius, the Power of Différance and Translation
In order to appreciate this sordid-by-modern-standards translation of Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy, it was necessary for me to place it further into context within (1)...
Uncovering the Self: Stoic, Early Christian, and Foucauldian Self-Care through Self-Knowledge
In “Hermeneutics of the Self” Foucault writes of self-care as a form of self-governance, and therefore a self-governance that is coerced by those in power...
Graduate School: A Semantic Field
“Enlightenment is a man’s exit from his self-incurred minority. … If I have a book which provides meaning for me, a pastor who has conscience...
Presence, Absence and Retreat in Marcus Aurelius’s Meditations
Men seek retreats for themselves--in the country, by the sea, in the hills--and you yourself are particularly prone to this yearning. But all this is...
The Hermeneutics of Reading Foucault
“Maybe our problem is now to discover that the self is nothing else than the historical correlation of the technology built in our history.” --...