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Mark Greif
oikos
(grk)
household
Periclean
(en)
of or relating to Pericles or to the period (Periclean Age) when Athens was intellectually, artistically, and materially preeminent
a society of public pursuits, like Periclean Athens
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a society of public pursuits, like Periclean Athens
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juvenescence
(en)
youth
And youth is becoming permanent, in the demand that adults keep up an outward show of juvenescence.
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And youth is becoming permanent, in the demand that adults keep up an outward show of juvenescence.
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Thanatos
(en)
(Greek mythology) the personification of death
Thanatos enters through the door opened by Eros
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Thanatos enters through the door opened by Eros
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phantasm
(en)
an apparition or specter
Having lived through the phantasm evidently does not diminish the phantasm.
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Having lived through the phantasm evidently does not diminish the phantasm.
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prurient
(en)
(adj) having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters
not only for prurient adults but for the collegians themselves
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not only for prurient adults but for the collegians themselves
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Herbert Marcuse
(en)
a German-American philosopher, sociologist, and political theorist, associated with the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory
what has passed as liberation has often been liberalization. (Marcuse used this distinction.)
referred to by last name only
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what has passed as liberation has often been liberalization. (Marcuse used this distinction.)
referred to by last name only
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dialectic
(en)
a discourse between two or more people holding different points of view about a subject but wishing to establish the truth through reasoned arguments
the "adaptive" and trend-spotting culture; a dialectic ultimately reproduced inside individuals who doubt
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the "adaptive" and trend-spotting culture; a dialectic ultimately reproduced inside individuals who doubt
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Holocene
(en)
the current geological epoch which started some 11,500 years ago when the glaciers began to retreat
it had been a basic condition for all human societies since the early Holocene
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it had been a basic condition for all human societies since the early Holocene
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apothegm
(en)
a concise saying or maxim; an aphorism
the frightening apothegm of one last health-food advertisement
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the frightening apothegm of one last health-food advertisement
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