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Season 14 · 5 May 2026The foundations of the Platonic and Aristotelian distinction

1:05:16Relation between two concepts ("the lion is a mammal"); Aristotle works out judgment, Plato naming.

Series · 29 Sept 2023Kleist "On the Marionette Theatre" - Pagani - Readings on the Spot

14:14In Descartes, one believes one sees when in fact one judges: one sees coats and hats and judges that there are men.

Season 11 · 13 Nov 2022Dialectics of hesitation and decision

39:05Naming is the concept; judging is uniting a subject and a predicate through the copula. Aristotle studies judgment, Plato naming.
53:20We do not see that the wax is the same, we judge it: it is the power of judging of the mind, not the eyes.