Monthly Archives: April 2017

On Not Talking to a Fellow Leftist Friend

Posted on April 29, 2017 by Vassilis Lambropoulos

Greek leftists will have many reasons to recall the 2010s with disappointment and bitterness but one of their most painful memories will be the breakdown of friendships everywhere inside and around them. Throughout this decade, directly or indirectly, leftists have … Continue reading →

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Τhe friend as internal condition of thought

Posted on April 19, 2017 by Vassilis Lambropoulos

The friend is not an external circumstance but an internal presupposition of all thought as such. This friend, the “other self,” is a philosophical and political condition of thought: He is not the second piano but the second pair of … Continue reading →

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The care of the self as care of the “other self”

Posted on April 3, 2017 by Vassilis Lambropoulos

What is the meaning of Aristotle’s notion of the friend as an “other self”? An etho-centric (as opposed to ego-centric) understanding of the notion, one centered on character, posits that the highest friendship is based on the friend’s valuable traits … Continue reading →

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