Channel Title: Actual Spirit Channel Description: Express Art. Explore Religion. Explicate Philosophy. 🎲🌹 "The eternal Idea, the Idea that is in and for itself, eternally remains active, engenders and enjoys itself as Absolute Spirit." - Hegel, Philosophy of Spirit. <video> Power & Knowledge (w/ Raven Connolly, Daniel Fraga, Owen Cox) Description: In this episode I'm joined by Raven Connolly, Daniel Fraga and Owen Cox. We discuss the topics of power, knowledge, the intellect and more. Technosocial (By Owen, Daniel and Raven): https://www.youtube.com/@technosocial3574 Daniel Fraga: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-fraga/?locale=en_US Be directed to all my content: https://bio.site/Actualspirit My Website: https://actualspirit.xyz/ My Substack: https://substack.com/@dimitricrooijmans </video> <video> Religion and Spirituality for the 21st Century w/ Layman Pascal, Daniel Garner and Cadell Last Description: In this podcast episode, I talk with Layman Pascal, Daniel Garner and Cadell Last on the humongous topics of religion and spirituality. What are religion and spirituality? How do these forms relate to the unconscious and meaning? What is the meaning of the collective nature of religion, and individual nature of spirituality, especially today, in our highly complex and global civilization? Layman Pascal's (The Integral Stage) channel: https://www.youtube.com/@UCaA4zkLRnR3lGm8Y7c5Tvdw Daniel Garner's (OG ROSE) channel: https://www.youtube.com/@theintegralstage8140 Cadell Last's (Philosophy Portal) channel: https://www.youtube.com/@UCCtCqYQFPhnU1OnHPveEnYw Be directed to all my content: https://bio.site/Actualspirit My Website: https://actualspirit.xyz/ My Substack: https://substack.com/@dimitricrooijmans </video> <video> The Birth of the Spirit Child Description: This video serves as an introduction to my paper in the recently published anthology Abyssal Arrows. My paper, The Birth of the Spirit Child, emphasizes the importance of working and educating Spirit to the becoming of the Spirit Child, it goes into the genesis, history and actuality of Spirit. It also tackles the questions of shame, pity and suffering in the becoming to the Spirit Child. The paper ends with a theoretical reflection on the homology between Hegel's Concept and Nietzsche's Spirit Child. From 28:14 to 31:18, the slides say the Hegel quotes are from the Lectures on Logic, but this is a mistake, since these quotes are from the Encyclopedic Logic. Get the book: https://philosophyportal.online/abyssal-arrows Listen to God's Love: https://open.spotify.com/track/6g8hRpmRHK5GOAGBESc628?si=96d3d93cc45a4ab8 Be directed to all my content: https://bio.site/Actualspirit My Website: https://actualspirit.xyz/ My Substack: https://substack.com/@dimitricrooijmans </video> <video> Falling Birth Rates & Pronatalism w/ @SimoneandMalcolm and @O.G.Rose.Michelle.and.Daniel Description: In this episode I speak with Malcolm of @SimoneandMalcolm and Michelle and Daniel of @O.G.Rose.Michelle.and.Daniel. We tackle the issues of Falling Birth Rates and Pronatalism. A Primer on the Risks of a Hard Landing on Demographic Collapse by pronatalist.org: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Wx6D3iFcB9eEE4EbQRogI9W-DunauGO3lj8SZDR6vYM/edit?usp=sharing Be directed to all my content: https://bio.site/Actualspirit My Website: https://actualspirit.xyz/ My Substack: https://substack.com/@dimitricrooijmans </video> <video> Philosophy of Right w/ Cadell Last Description: Philosophy of Right course: https://philosophyportal.online/philosophy-of-right Philosophy Portal: https://www.youtube.com/@PhilosophyPortal Actual Spirit: https://bio.site/Actualspirit https://substack.com/@dimitricrooijmans Aristotle, Metaphysics, XII, 7 Thinking that is in itself is of what is best in itself; and the highest thinking is of the highest object. The intellect thinks itself by communion in the thinkable. For the intellect becomes thinkable by touching and thinking. So intellect and thinkable are the same; for what is receptive of the thinkable and the essence is intellect. But when it has it, it is active. So the divine feature which the intellect seems to have is the former rather than the latter; and contemplation is the pleasantest and best. If therefore God does as well always, as we do sometimes, it is wonderful; but of he does better than we do, it is even more wonderful; and that is how it is. And life is present in him too. For the activity of intellect is life; but intellect is the activity; and activity that is in itself is the intellect's best and eternal life. We say that God is an eternal living thing, the best. So life and unceasing and eternal duration belong to God. For this is what God is. Goethe Der Rose Munterkeit soll mich erinnern, daß auch mir im Lebensgarten wie vordem noch manch holde Zierde blüht. </video> <video> ANNOUNCEMENT: Course on Jacques Lacan's Ecrits Description: Starting on the 3rd of September Philosophy Portal will have a new course on Jacques Lacan's Ecrits. This course will be led by Cadell Last who will present on the sections in the Ecrits. Andrew Flores and Nick Castelucci of the Vanishing Mediators will be co-leading the discussion spaces, and I will facilitate exegetical readings of the text. Besides the live-workshops, we'll also be having 4 quest teachers. Namely, Todd Mcgowan who will present on capitalist desire (in relation to lack/excess), Peter Rollins who will present on Pyrotheology (in relation to life/death), Isabel Millar who will present on Patipolitics (in relation to suffering/enjoyment) and Richard Boothby who will present on Das Ding (in relation to sex/religion). Besides the course providing a lot of different opportunities for studying the Ecrits, after the period of live workshops have ended, you will have the chance to to present on a conference and to write a paper for an anthology on Lacan's Ecrits published by Philosophy Portal. Both the presentation and the paper will be great ways to develop your own ideas on this seminal text. For more information, and to sign up, head over to: https://philosophyportal.online/ecrits Check out the Vanishing Mediators: https://www.youtube.com/@UCLBUHAJogJsn9PgbWbK82Ww And Philosophy Portal: https://www.youtube.com/@UCCtCqYQFPhnU1OnHPveEnYw Be directed to all my content: https://bio.site/Actualspirit My Website: https://actualspirit.xyz/ My Substack: https://substack.com/@dimitricrooijmans </video> <video> To Live Philosophically Description: New year's reflections... Excerpt from the recent Philosophy Portal year in review, see whole video here: https://youtu.be/9wNMtg0CsdU </video> <video> Voyeurism and Exhibitionism on The Internet w/ Bara Kolenc Description: In this conversation with Slovenian philosopher Bara Kolenc, we talk about her paper ' Voyeurism and Exhibitionism on the Internet: The Libidinal Economy of the Spectacle of Instanternity'. We tackle the question of truth in psychoanalysis, the scopic drive, the non-relational dynamics of voyeurism and exhibitionism and more. You can download her paper for free here: https://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/filozofski-vestnik/article/view/12073 Bara Kolenc's website: https://www.barakolenc.com/ My Website: https://actualspirit.xyz/ My Substack: https://substack.com/profile/21143393... </video> <video> Introduction to Hegel: The Absolute Idea Description: In this lecture, I present my reading of first chapter in Hegel's 'Lectures on Logic. The Lectures on Logic is a transcript of the lectures gave throughout the years on his 'Encyclopedia of Philosophical Sciences', compiled by his 18 year old son and discussed with his father. The first chapter, called 'Preliminary General Concept of Our Subject Matter', Hegel introduces the audience to the difference between philosophy and empirical sciences apropos their object of study, the faculty of the Understanding, universality, particularity, singularity and the three positions of thought toward objectivity. All the quotes in the slides are from Hegel's Lectures on Logic, except if referred to differently. My Website: https://actualspirit.xyz </video> <video> Dante's Divine Comedy w/ Cleo Kearns & Daniel Garner Description: More from me: https://bio.site/Actualspirit https://substack.com/@dimitricrooijmans Daniel Garner's channel OG ROSE: https://www.youtube.com/@O.G.Rose.Michelle.and.Daniel/videos Cleo's substack: https://cleokearns.substack.com/ Recommended translation of the Divine Comedy: https://books.google.nl/books/about/The_Divine_Comedy.html?id=7I7_cvKw8xkC&redir_esc=y </video> <video> Christian Atheism w/ Cadell Last Description: Christian Atheism course: https://philosophyportal.online/christian-atheism Philosophy Portal: / @philosophyportal Actual Spirit: https://bio.site/Actualspirit https://substack.com/@dimitricrooijmans Rosy Cross conference: https://philosophyportal.online/rosy-cross </video> <video> Hegel on Psychedelics w/ Cadell Last Description: In this talk, I discuss the relationship between Hegel and psychedelics with Cadell Last of @PhilosophyPortal. Check out Philosophy Portal and the upcoming course on the Science of Logic: https://philosophyportal.online/ Cadell's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@UCCtCqYQFPhnU1OnHPveEnYw My Website: https://actualspirit.xyz My New Article on the relationship between Hegel and Mysticism: https://dimitricrooijmans.substack.com/p/the-mystical-is-rational </video> <video> What is Christianity? w/ Daniel Garner (O.G. Rose) Description: In this conversation I'm joined by Daniel Garner of @O.G.Rose.Michelle.and.Daniel. We attempt to answer the question 'What is Christianity', from our philosophical viewpoints, in an open-ended and speculative manner. O.G Rose's Website: https://www.og-rose.com/ O.G Rose's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@O.G.Rose.Michelle.and.Daniel My Website: https://actualspirit.xyz/ </video> <video> Hegel's Concept of True Infinity Description: In this lecture inspired by my reading of Hegel's Science of Logic, I explicate Hegel's concept of true infinity. According the Hegel, infinity suffices as a fresh definition of the Absolute, once we encounter this notion in the Doctrine of Being. Philosophy cannot take the finite to be absolute, for it has its 'in-itselfness', i.e. its constitutive identity, in its passing away. However, it turns out that bad infinity is conceptualised as a mere Beyond in an inaccessible distance to the finite, which is hence finitized by being in an alternation with the finite. For Hegel, comprehending true infinity entails an important step in one's becoming of a proper philosopher. My Website: https://actualspirit.xyz/ My Substack: https://substack.com/profile/21143393-dimitri-crooijmans #philosophy #hegel #dialectics #infinity #zizek #zupancic </video> <video> Hegel's Concept of Reconciliation: On Absolute Spirit w/ Dylan Shaul Description: In this Podcast I'm joined by Dylan Shaul. Dylan Shaul is a philosopher who recently defended his PhD dissertation called 'Hegel's Concept of Reconciliation: On Absolute Spirit'. The originality of his dissertation consists of a systematic reconstruction of Hegel's theory of Absolute Spirit, whereby Shaul aims to show the importance of the concept of reconciliation to artistic expression, religious prophecy and how both both lack the therapeutic and revolutionary aspects of a philosophical comprehension of the Absolute, specifically speculative reason. To find out more about Shaul's work, go to: https://www.dylanshaul.com/ Be directed to all my content: https://bio.site/Actualspirit My Website: https://actualspirit.xyz/ My Substack: https://substack.com/@dimitricrooijmans </video>

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