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Posted 06/22/09 - 05:21 PM: Subject: Merleau-Ponty	#1
Hello, I'm writing a paper I intend to submit to a philosophy conference at my school. I'm new to philosophy and I love it, but I'm still pretty amateur and find that I learn best through dialogue. The paper is for a course in phenomenology, specifically on Merleau-Ponty's unfinished The Prose of the World, while also featuring basic references to Heidegger's Being and Time, and some--very little, actually-- reference to Husserl, namely the work: The Crisis of European Sciences and Transcendental Phenomenology. If there's anywhere out there with knowledge of ANY of these texts, or the concepts upon which they are based, I would love any help at all: summaries, links, discussions, ANYTHING. Thanks so much! M

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Posted 06/23/09 - 10:01 AM:	#2
Well don't be afraid to jump in the deep end when learning to swim! Stanford is my bible, and reference of first resort.
...most of our actions are the result of the past, or according to a future ideal. That's not action, that is just conformity. J Krishnamurti "Philosophy, to the Philistine, is an evolutionary process, watched over by some sort of brisk dynamic Providence, and culminating in the supreme insight of modern thought." John Cowper Powys

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Posted 06/23/09 - 10:35 AM:	#3
I've read all of those except for Husserl's Krisis, though not very recently. If you have any specific questions, I'd be happy to help if I can. I'm much more familiar with Heidegger than Merleau-Ponty. What's the topic of the paper?
For philosophy, Socrates, if pursued in moderation and at the proper age, is an elegant accomplishment, but too much philosophy is the ruin of human life. Even if a man has good parts, still, if he carries philosophy into later life, he is necessarily ignorant of all those things which a gentleman and a person of honour ought to know.

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