tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post1066785688331319191..comments2024-03-28T19:49:43.203-04:00Comments on The Philosopher's Stone: A RESPONSE TO TONY COUTURERobert Paul Wolffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-74989827633521886292014-09-11T15:42:38.003-04:002014-09-11T15:42:38.003-04:00And then there is the small fact that Heidegger wa...And then there is the small fact that Heidegger was a Nazi. I mean, that ought to count for something, no?Robert Paul Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-78545756586537888412014-09-11T15:14:05.793-04:002014-09-11T15:14:05.793-04:00Interesting anecdote about the early 60's at U...Interesting anecdote about the early 60's at U of Chicago. I was born in 1960, so to some extent I am glad they recorded Professor Leo Strauss so that we can now listen to what was going on, and it helps keep the legend's feet on the ground somewhat to be able to actually hear Strauss pontificate as he lectures--no one is really questioning or arguing against this "star." I have read Moneybags must be so lucky and one impression I had was that your hermeneutics appeared similar to the Straussian way of reading texts with layers of meaning meant for different audiences. I don't know Strauss well and I am probably not interested much in what he has to say, though worried about all the money and effort being put into spreading his ideas by this institute (who funded it? The Koch Brothers?). I know you are not a Marxist mystic revealing the truth under Marx's surface to the astounded world, you don't share Strauss's ultimate values. Capital is not a sacred text but an eruption of philosophy in a new direction, with a new complexity, that you wish to analyse and understand, not be swept into the mystery. Maybe Strauss is your ultimate opposite, your antipode. I met H-G Gadamer at McMaster U in the late 1980's and he defended the Straussians by saying something like they really gave you an excellent education (they were good professors), but then he also told me Heidegger was a great professor who lectured to his students while staring out of the windows of the class instead of making eye contact with them. I think they mythologize good education. A prof who won't look students in the face and talk to them as human beings is missing that, and that is what worries me about podcasting and using the distance education software.Tony Couturehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05152011867765494204noreply@blogger.com