philocom Philosophische Praxis
 
 
  Detlef Staude

philocom: Philosophy and communication

   "philocom"? - a technical term, refers to two bases of philosophical dialogue: on the one hand the friendship (philos), the affectionately engaged basic attitude of the search and devotion; on the other hand communication, the discussion, the dialogue, the discourse, the speech, the Logos, from which all reason results (com). And finally still another word is hidden in "philocom", i.e. "loc", which refers to the word for place in Latin. My philosophical practice philocom wants to be thus a place, which promotes this connecting effect of philosophy in its different forms of dialogue about fundamental questions and so leads to clarity and wisdom.

Logo: Olive!

The olive, symbol of peace, life and wisdom, originates from the Mediterranean area - like occidental philosophy. It was devoted in antique Greece to the goddess Athene, the goddess of intelligence and in the original mythology daughter of the Metis, the archaic wisdom goddess. The philosophers called themselves lovers of Sophia, the wisdom.

Philosophize has to do since ever also with benefit. To realize connections is its enjoyment, and it is nutritious and strong, not in the way like sweeties are, but in the taste near to olives.

Everything needs its time

  Both with the olives and with philosophy one must leave oneself time. The olivetree carries at the earliest after 20 years first fruits, is able however to outlast for centuries, in exceptional cases even up to two millenia. It seems similar to me with philosophizing: it requires leisure, and its fruits enrich, the longer one stays with it. Also in our cultural history philosophical ideas often found only after long time entrance into general thinking. Let us present the history of philosophy with their thinking figures like a grove of olivetrees, in which we can walk around, between all these age-old, knobby trees, some of it with breath-robbing forms and giving us shade, which invites for staying! Here inspirations can be found well and thoughts deepened.