Ricoeur subscries to a cynical view of our social institutions which he argues suffer from a bureaucratic disease which prevents the spreading of the Christian imperative "Love thy neighbour". He criticises the fact that there can sometimes be ...

Hegelian Phenomenological  Philosophy  and Marxist sociology , focussing on "facts" such as the workers do not own the means of production have replaced the Aristotelian concentration on "First Principles and Kantian A Priori Truths. ...

The phenomenological pursuit of singularity verus Aristotelian and Kantian "Principles" and "First Philosophy". The mystery of the Body and Hegels Aboslute Spirit and methodology of "Negation". 

The legend of Icarus is a transcendental analogy with a message for humanity relating to the inherent hubris of man. Knowing oneself involves knowing ones limitations and  valuing ones mortality. Deus Absconditis , the "new men" and their ...

The History of World Mythology and Europes legacy of Ancient Greece, The Renaissance and the Enlightenment. Pelagius and the Free Will versus Original Sin. Loss of belief in the clergy, brutal burnings at the stake and the legacy of Romanticism...