Philosophy

Death: The Elephant in the Room

It is the one great certainty in life – the shared inevitability for all humanity, and yet death and dying is rarely discussed. In the west and Christian countries more broadly it’s largely feared, pushed away until the body falls into fragility, the urge to rest becomes overwhelming and we’re no longer bothered. Then death becomes a blessing, a ‘merciful release’ as a dear friend use to say.
Loss and Grief

The Metaphysical Implications of Nominalist Economics

Jay Dyer
21st Century Wire
I recently opined in an interview that my analysis of the alteration of western thought’s views about essence/ousia, matter and form, should be focused on in the difference in Plato and Aristotle.  Eastern theologian and philosopher Dr. Philip Sherrard made this point when elucidating the transition from Platonic conceptions of methexis to Aristotelian hylomorphism

(Vid) Esoteric Mysteries of Aristotle’s Metaphysics & Western Tradition – Jay Dyer (Free Half)

Having explored a good bit of Plato, we move to his greatest student, Aristotle to understand his metaphysics, epistemology, ethics and civil polity. What about universals and particulars? Can we make use of Aristotle’s “god,” the unmoved mover? What are the flaws and problems in his thought? Are there dialectical tensions in Aristotle?  The full video and archives can be obtained by subscribing to JaysAnalysis at the PayPal links below.