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Neha Zaidka

@NZaidka

Kierkegaard Enthusiast. Growing Fond of Aquinas. Intimidated by Hegel.

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Joined December 2012
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In English, Hegel’s writing looks like words strung together with awkward punctuation marks. I guess I must acquire a German edition of his text along with a German lexicon and grammar to understand Hegel. Hoping he is more comprehensible in German than English.
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Interestingly, Byung-Chul Han, following Levinas, emphasizes 'otherness' in love.
Neha Zaidka (@NZaidka) profile pictureNeha Zaidka@NZaidkaOct 28
Struggled with the likeness being cause of true friendship at first, example of ‘white men’ was also unhelpful. Now thinking that likeness and the lack of it can also be assumed/truly recognized. (1/2)
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Struggled with the likeness being cause of true friendship at first, example of ‘white men’ was also unhelpful. Now thinking that likeness and the lack of it can also be assumed/truly recognized. (1/2)
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If one assumes the shared similarity of being human, one could cultivate true friendship. If one assumes hierarchy of potentiality and actuality, friendship becomes means to an end. Still thinking about it. Any thoughts to understand this better are appreciated. (2/2)
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Doing chores and listening to Jean-Luc Marion's lectures. His joy for theology/philosophy is hard to surpass. Best company I could ask for. youtube.com/playlist?list=PL…
Jean- Luc Marion

Jean- Luc Marion

A collection of talks and panels featuring Jean-Luc Marion, a recipient of the 2020 Ratzinger Prize, and the Andrew Thomas Greeley and Grace McNichols Greele...

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Zena Hitz@zenahitzOct 24
Retweeted this nostalgically last week and got a few new takers! Kierkegaard readers of today, sign up for @CatherineProj . Also for anyone else who wants to read something else serious and good in their free time!
Zena Hitz (@zenahitz) profile pictureZena Hitz@zenahitz26 Oct 2020
Who wants to read Kierkegaard, Either/Or, with a group meeting Saturday evenings 7-9 pm? DM me if that's you.
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Zena Hitz@zenahitzOct 21
By far the best and most fruitful tweet I ever tweeted. 🥲
Zena Hitz (@zenahitz) profile pictureZena Hitz@zenahitz26 Oct 2020
Who wants to read Kierkegaard, Either/Or, with a group meeting Saturday evenings 7-9 pm? DM me if that's you.
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Aquinas is teaching me beautiful things like 'if love precedes desire or desire precedes love'
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Many reasons to join a @CatherineProj reading group, but the greatest of all is that it's a massive flex to whip out your copy of Plato's Republic on the plane.
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Zena Hitz@zenahitzOct 12
There should be more exams like this. Can you think about things? Can you write about them? That's the test.
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Today I learned about the All Souls examination, which is reputed to be the hardest exam in the world. To even be considered, you need to have a degree from, or be a current graduate student of Oxford. Hundreds of people sit and only two people pass every year. Attached is last year's general exam. Before I saw it, I wondered, how hard could it be. Well, it turns out…it's "Defend ghosting.", "Does a pope matter?", and "Is body language a language?" hard:
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I read and discussed Hegel’s preface of “Philosophy of Right” with a bunch of wonderful friends today! We had so much fun trying to figure out whatever little we could.
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Another year is flying by without having read Hegel!
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The Nobel Prize
@NobelPrizeOct 2
"There are many causes that I am prepared to die for but no causes that I am prepared to kill for." Remembering Mahatma Gandhi on the 157th anniversary of his birthday. Gandhi was nominated for the #NobelPeacePrize on 12 occasions. Read more: bit.ly/2Phsg2V
A black and white photograph of Mahatma Gandhi looking at the camera.

ALT A black and white photograph of Mahatma Gandhi looking at the camera.

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Reading Hegel on Gandhi Jayanti. That’s my kind of satyagraha!
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Zena Hitz@zenahitzSep 25
I wrote on Lust for @thelampmagazine thelampmagazine.com/issues/i…
The Long Dream

The Long Dream

On lust.

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On Agathon in The Symposium (and in Plutarch and Aristotle). Inspired by @zenahitz @CatherineProj @NZaidka digressionsimpressions.subst…
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Replying to @zenahitz @NZaidka @CatherineProj
Here's my report: On Agathon in The Symposium (and in Plutarch and Aristotle). digressionsimpressions.subst…
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"Why read Edith Stein today? She herself tells us why: 'What is, then, the great sickness of our time and people? There is an inner disunion, a complete deficiency of set convictions and strong principles, an aimless drifting,'" @zenahitz plough.com/articles/seeking-…
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Project Syndicate
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Beware of the large language model. It ultimately throws obstacles in the way of our continued growth in understanding. @zenahitz explains why. bit.ly/3T8m006
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Will be spending the next 3 months reading, researching, and writing about Aquinas' discussion of 'fruitio'. Already delighted! What a blessing to spend one's time thus!
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My wonderful thesis supervisor gifted me these German editions of Balthasar. I am cherishing them already, referring to them as I read the English editions. Thank you, Marcel!
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