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Mental Imagery, Tantric Practice, and the Drama of the Imagination. Davey K. Tomlinson (Villanova) 5:30 pm
Mental Imagery, Tantric Practice, and the Drama of the Imagination. Davey K. Tomlinson (Villanova) @ Columbia Religion
Feb 2 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
How does the imagination change us? Why should picturing ourselves a certain way have any real effect on what we are? These questions are central to debates in Buddhist tantric literature regarding the generation stage (utpattikrama), wherein practitioners visualize themselves as buddhas ensconsed in magnificent mandala-palaces. For some, this practice is what sets Buddhist tantra apart: through this “yoga of the imagination,” as David Shulman puts it, a practitioner can achieve buddhahood in a single[...]
Nietzsche and Music 6:00 pm
Nietzsche and Music @ Arnold Hall rm i400
Feb 2 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Nietzsche (1844-1900) is one of the few philosophers who have an intimate connection to music. This connection has much to do with his early music education. His contemporaries testify that he was a good pianist. His musical ambition, or his musical daimon, urged him to compose music, although he had no training in this area. Most of his compositions are from his late teens; his earliest inspirations are Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn, Schubert, Schumann and Wagner.[...]
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Nietzsche and the Politics of the Historical Dead. Christopher Myers (Fordham) 5:30 pm
Nietzsche and the Politics of the Historical Dead. Christopher Myers (Fordham) @ Fordham Lincoln Center
Feb 6 @ 5:30 pm – 6:45 pm
Fordham Workshop in Social and Political Philosophy February 6 – Christopher Myers (Fordham) – “Nietzsche and the Politics of the Historical Dead” March 12 – Tracy Llanera (UConn) April 16 – Ashley Bohrer (Notre Dame)
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Conference on Nonviolences
Conference on Nonviolences @ Center for Cultural Analysis
Feb 16 all-day
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