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We live in a world deeply wounded by polarization. Again and again, reality is reduced to opposing camps: right or wrong, you or me, us or them, this or that. But what if opposites are not independent extremes?
Drawing on the ancient Greek philosopher Anaximander, this reflection considers another vision of the cosmic order. One in which opposites arise not as mutually exclusive realities, but from a common ground.
Life and death, appearance and disappearance: seemingly opposed, yet belonging to the same whole.
Applications for Ralston’s MA in the Humanities open September 15. Learn more at www.ralston.ac/apply.
We live in a world deeply wounded by polarization. Again and again, reality is reduced to opposing camps: right or wrong, you or me, us or them, this or that. But what if opposites are not independent extremes?
Drawing on the ancient Greek philosopher Anaximander, this reflection considers another vision of the cosmic order. One in which opposites arise not as mutually exclusive realities, but from a common ground.
Life and death, appearance and disappearance: seemingly opposed, yet belonging to the same whole.
Applications for Ralston’s MA in the Humanities open September 15. Learn more at www.ralston.ac/apply.










