Edmund Husserl’s philosophy was based on insights that saw this problem of idealization and abstractionism in human reasoning. He saw this problem as the problem of worldview building. According to Gadamer, Husserl saw Weltanschauungphilosophie as a second danger equal to naive and unreflective naturalism. There is a similarity with Husserl’s existential imperative in phenomenology with Kierkegaard’s philosophy of indirection. Anyway, this is very interesting point about Blake and I looked forward to your book. I am reading another book of similar concern at the moment called “Lost in Ideology: Interpreting Modern Political Life”. But I am also reminded by your talk of Charles Taylor’s new book just out called “Cosmic Connections: Poetry in the Age of Disenchantment” which I am very much looking forward to.
Floating abstractions such as 'freedom' and 'responsibility' are rampant and serve to obfuscate actual circumstances and different types of freedom. Aristotle's distinction between quantitative exchange value and substantive use values seems to be related to this topic.
Those terms like freedom are a tool to covertly unify unalike bodies. It's similar to how large evangelical churches speak of "God" as a unified belief, yet they all have oppositional ideas of who God is. This is why our greatest weakness is actually discussing what these unifying terms mean, it exposes our contradictory ideas.
First time watching you and I enjoyed this video very much :) I would say that when quoting from Blake we should be careful with how we present his words. ‘I must create a system...’, at least in my understanding of the text, is said by Los; we don’t attribute Urizen’s words to Blake without further context so we shouldn’t for Los’. Although there is an argument to be made that more than any of his mythic characters the words of Los are in fact Blake’s own thoughts.
Really interesting stuff. I like Blake but have a lot of religious anxieties regarding his being labelled a Satanist, along with Shelley. It freaks me out a fair bit if I’m honest. Can I ask what you make of it?
Edmund Husserl’s philosophy was based on insights that saw this problem of idealization and abstractionism in human reasoning. He saw this problem as the problem of worldview building. According to Gadamer, Husserl saw Weltanschauungphilosophie as a second danger equal to naive and unreflective naturalism. There is a similarity with Husserl’s existential imperative in phenomenology with Kierkegaard’s philosophy of indirection. Anyway, this is very interesting point about Blake and I looked forward to your book. I am reading another book of similar concern at the moment called “Lost in Ideology: Interpreting Modern Political Life”. But I am also reminded by your talk of Charles Taylor’s new book just out called “Cosmic Connections: Poetry in the Age of Disenchantment” which I am very much looking forward to.
This is an impressive comment! Anything more you can share on Husserl is welcome. 👍
@@JohnnyTwoFingersyes please
Very well said sir.... 😁👍
Thank you so much, Mark! I'm watching all your videos. Blake is my guide too, thanks to you 🙏💫
Floating abstractions such as 'freedom' and 'responsibility' are rampant and serve to obfuscate actual circumstances and different types of freedom. Aristotle's distinction between quantitative exchange value and substantive use values seems to be related to this topic.
Those terms like freedom are a tool to covertly unify unalike bodies. It's similar to how large evangelical churches speak of "God" as a unified belief, yet they all have oppositional ideas of who God is.
This is why our greatest weakness is actually discussing what these unifying terms mean, it exposes our contradictory ideas.
@@QuixEnd interesting
Herding sheep is easy, and profitable!
Thank you Mark. Excellent video 🙏🙏
Looking forward to the new book! 😊
Thank you Mark 🙏🏼 I’m looking forward for your book on Blake 💯
Marvellous- many thanks
First time watching you and I enjoyed this video very much :) I would say that when quoting from Blake we should be careful with how we present his words. ‘I must create a system...’, at least in my understanding of the text, is said by Los; we don’t attribute Urizen’s words to Blake without further context so we shouldn’t for Los’. Although there is an argument to be made that more than any of his mythic characters the words of Los are in fact Blake’s own thoughts.
Don't disagree with that, yup.
I love your copy of Ernts Lehrs' Man or Matter over there 🙂. Planning to read it some time...
Really interesting stuff. I like Blake but have a lot of religious anxieties regarding his being labelled a Satanist, along with Shelley. It freaks me out a fair bit if I’m honest. Can I ask what you make of it?
Isn't Platonism all about contemplating abstractions and considering them to be more real than manifest reality?
No. It's better than that.
I think Plato would say it's precisely the other way round...
@@PlatosPodcasts Interesting. That's not the impression I've gotten listening to popular presentations of Plato. I'll take your word for it.
@@Oskar-ey6jb Don't. You're right.
Well, Blake's fans tend to be not of the world idiots.
Love CAN be bribery, but of course that's not desirable.
Point taken!
@@PlatosPodcasts Thank you for your confirmation. ☺ ❤
2:40 2:46 when a measure becomes a target, in fashion! 3:19 3:22 alienating - 3:30 3:32 a lie worth telling?
Technofeudalism as suggested by Yanis Varoufakis?
There must be a link.
Will(i)am (B)lake is one big ponderer.
am(i)will (B)lake is one big wonderer.
i(am)will (B)lake is one big sonder.
Have a laugh.
It does wonders to the mind.
Im sorry, but I dont think the title statement is idiotic even if it claims to be