Gravity: From the Latin gravitatem, ‘weight; heaviness; pressure’. According to Weil, gravity is the force governing human existence when and as we are directed by base virtues. It is characterised not only by attraction but also an intensity the closer one is to its source. Base virtues make it exceptionally more difficult for us to …
Read Professor James Williams’ paper from the inaugural workshop, titled Continental Philosophy? Oh, yes!
The Scottish Centre for Continental Philosophy (SCCP) marked its inauguration with an international workshop in which renowned philosophers discussed and debated new and exciting advances in their respective fields of research. Themes of discussion drew on such diverse fields as the philosophies of life, technology, and religion. Invited speakers included: Pierre Cassou-Nogues (Paris), Pascale Gillot …
Against the great error of thinking that our era (Europe) represents the highest human type. Instead: the men of the Renaissance were higher, as were the Greeks; in fact, perhaps we are at a rather low level: ‘understanding’ is not a sign of highest force but of thorough fatigue; moralisation itself is a ‘décadence’. Nietzsche, …
Nihilism: From the Latin nihil, meaning ‘nothing’. Nihilism is the radical negation of the meaning and value of life, its reduction to nothing. For many continental philosophers, following Nietzsche, nihilism signifies a state of crisis in contemporary European culture.