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The Human Condition.
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In some religious traditions, the myth of the ‘Fall from the Garden of Eden’ symbolizes the loss of the primordial state through the veiling of higher consciousness.Abstract:
Human beings are described by many spiritual traditions as ‘blind’ or ‘asleep’ or ‘in a dream.’ These terms refers to the limited attenuated state of consciousness of most human beings caught up in patterns of conditioned thought, feeling and perception, which prevent the development of our latent, higher spiritual possibilities. In the words of Idries Shah: “Man, like a sleepwalker who suddenly ‘comes to’ on some lonely road has in general no correct idea as to his origins or his destiny.” In some religious traditions, such as Christianity and Islam, the myth of the ‘Fall from the Garden of Eden’ symbolizes the loss of the primordial state through the veiling of higher consciousness. Other traditions use similar metaphors to describe the spiritual condition of humanity:read more
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Artifacts of Thinking: Reading Hannah Arendt's Denktagebuch
Roger Berkowitz,Ian Storey +1 more
TL;DR: The Denktagebuch of Hannah Arendt's thought diary as mentioned in this paper is a good starting point for a discussion of how to reconcile oneself to the impossibility of reconciliation in the context of poetry and body politic.
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Overcoming Bordering Practices Through the Arts: The Case of Young Syrian Refugees and their Danish Counterparts in Denmark
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The Figure of Knowledge : Conditioning Architectural Theory, 1960s - 1990s
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on institutional, geographical, rhetorical, and other conditioning factors that have become important in the recent history of architectural theory and how the resulting figure of knowledge sets the conditions for the actual arguments made.
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In search of space : Exploring the dynamic relation of person and place.
TL;DR: In this paper, the interplay between person and place, how it is understood, analysed, or indeed, constructed through art-making, addressing the importance of environment in everyday experience.
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Arendt on the Crime of Crimes
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