Syria's new constitutional declaration is said to be inspired by the 1950 Syrian Constitution. I wrote some belated thoughts on the different economic visions of these two documents and what that tells us. naderatassi.substack.com/p/the-spirit...

The Spirit of 1950?

Economic Aspects of Syria's New Constitutional Declaration

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My most partisan take is that the chapter on Aristotle in Hegel’s lectures is basically an overview of his own metaphysics.

This insight led Goethe to conclude that plants might provide an important clue for understanding life. For unlike animals, plants clearly and explicitly, and in every one of their parts, express their context. - Dalia Nassar

This year has left me feeling very Eduard von Hartmann