Edmund Husserl was born on this date in 1859. How do we honor a philosopher? By re-enacting his thoughts, sympathetically, yet critically. Amicus Plato sed magis amica veritas.
Ich muss meinen Weg gehen so sicher, so fest entschlossen und so ernst wie Duerers Ritter, Tod und Teufel.
"I must go my way as surely, as seriously, and as resolutely as the knight in Duerer's Knight, Death, and Devil."
Edmund Husserl, Persönliche Aufzeichnungen, tr. MavPhil
Note the castle on the hill, the hour glass in the devil's hand, the serpents entwined in his headpiece, and the human skull on the road.
Time is running out, death awaits, and a mighty task wants completion. An Adversary stands in the way with temptations galore.
Husserl, like Ludwig Wittgenstein, was a serious man. I have no time for the unserious. Something is at stake in life, difficult as it is to say what it is. Related: What I Like About Wittgenstein.
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