#shestov — Public Fediverse posts

Back when I produced a whole series on Lev Shestov's book All Things Are Possible, I didn't get around to this video on his views on positivism and metaphysics. I shot it last week, and here it is!

https://youtu.be/ogTz0pxSIKg
#Video #Shestov #Positivism #Philosophy #Metaphysics

Here's another short piece about an insight Lev Shestov provides in All Things Are Possible, about why philosophers should cultivate their imagination rather than sticking within the confines of "logical thinking"

https://medium.com/practical-rationality/lev-shestovs-insights-about-logical-thinking-philosophy-imagination-c62a12456ad9
#Shestov #Philosophy #Imagination #Logic

One of my favorite bits of Lev Shestov's book All Things Are Possible is what you can call the "parable of the pike". We've all got our own glass walls we've bumped up against, but are they still there?

https://medium.com/practical-rationality/lev-shestovs-insights-about-limits-in-his-parable-of-the-pike-86985cdc715e
#Philosophy #Shestov #Metaphor #Experience #Habit

Here's a short piece about Lev Shestov's insights into what the creative process is typically like, as opposed to the ideal people mistakenly represent it as

https://medium.com/practical-rationality/lev-shestovs-insights-about-the-creative-process-f0397daa919f
#Philosophy #Creativity #Shestov #Writing #Thinking #Originality #Innovation #Process #Insights