Perplexity and Ultimacy: Metaphysical Thoughts from the MiddleDesmond writes about the metaphysical perplexity that cannot be identified with scientific or commonsense curiosity. This perplexity is in another dimension of thought, asking questions about what precedes and exceeds the determinate intelligibilities of science and common sense. Desmond explores what this perplexity is, especially in so far as it is shadowed by the question of ultimacy. This work complements Desmond's Being and the Between. |
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aesthetic agapeic mind agapeic origin ambiguity articulation becomes claim completely conception creation creative death deconstruction Descartes desire determinate dialectical dualistic dualistic opposition dynamism elemental enigma equivocal eros erotic absolute erotic mind eternity ethical evil evil genius excess extreme eyes finite finitude freedom give given ground Hegel Hegelian hence hermeneutics honesty Howl human ideal idiocy idiotic indeterminacy indeterminate intelligibility intimacy intimate Kant King Lear knowing lack Lear logical loss mean mediation metaphor metaphysical metaphysics of presence metaxological middle ness neutral never Nietzsche Nietzsche's nihilism objectified objective mind one's oneself ontological ontotheology ourselves Parmenides perhaps perplexity philosophical Plato plenitude plurality possible presence prior promise question radical rational reason relative seems self-insistence self-mediation self-relativity self-transcendence selfhood sense simply singularity skepticism Socrates teleology things thought thinking tion torture tragic transcendence transcendental transcendental ego truth ultimacy ultimate universal univocal