TIme, History, History of Ideas, Western Philosophy

Though there is nothing new under the sun, as the saying goes, and "time is not a factor within the universe, but the real universe itself", I am going to have to contend with history, dialectically at least.

In order to understand the Kant's Copernican turn, and by implication, modern philosophy, one has to contend with early modern philosophy on its own terms. By this I mean I will immerse myself in the pre-Newtonian, or Aristotelian worldview, insofar as this is possible while working through the primary scientific and philosophical texts.

Odd to consider that though history may not be a transcendent ding an sich, but rather a dialectical tool or construction, it should not be considered unreal. Insofar as ideas exert their force on reality, they are as real as "turning the head" as Dogen said. So too with the history of ideas. Woo time doesn't simply fly away as Dogen said, does it? I am enjoying this eddy.