Contemporary philosophy illustrates Hegel’s dictum that philosophy is its own time apprehended in thought, for in our age philosophy yields to the ob… - Donald Phillip Verene

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Contemporary philosophy illustrates Hegel’s dictum that philosophy is its own time apprehended in thought, for in our age philosophy yields to the objectifying technical impulse and loses its ancient task of pursuing the Socratic ideal of the wisdom of the examined life.

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About Donald Phillip Verene

Donald Phillip Verene (born 24 October, 1937) is Charles Howard Chandler Professor of Metaphysics and Moral Philosophy at Emory University.

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Alternative Names: Donald P. Verene
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The promise of technology is to remove the division between culture and nature. Whatever part of nature that is left over as an independent force is covered by the technological bluff, which refers it to the agenda of the future and disguises the deficiencies of the present.

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