Ryan Haecker

I read Pico De Mirandola's 'Oration on the Dignity of Man' for the Wojtyla Night of the Cathedral Young Adults (CYA) at Saint Mary Cathedral, in Austin, TX. youtu.be/T6IYHLc92T8

Jacques Derrida, Plato's Pharmacy, p.446

"[Platonism is] both the general rehearsal of this family scene [of a parricidal drama of the good-sun-father], and the most powerful effort to master it, to prevent anyone's ever hearing of it, to conceal it by drawing the curtains over the dawning of the West." - J. Derrida

if you are looking for a book that will give you a massive headache, may I recommend "Kant" by Kojeve?

Odysseus at Troy King of Ithaca — Achaean || Mycenaean Culture [Late Bronze Age, c. 13th century BC]

The 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐔𝐫𝐬 𝐯𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐫, 𝐀𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐩𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐞 translation project is now resuming. I will share more on this in September.

The first six minutes of Konchalovsky’s 1997 TV Odyssey, four screenshots: • Odysseus exulting in his homeland, holding his newborn son. • The fleet in the Aegean, in a perfect Mediterranean landscape. • Odysseus praying before a statue of Athena in his home. • The nuptial chamber with the olive-tree bed. The budget and production values of this made-for-TV adaptation are nowhere near Nolan’s, but from the very beginning you can feel the Mediterranean, its landscapes, fauna and flora, the closeness of gods and family, the interweaving of myth and real life, and the tension between the raw and the ideal. And COLORS!

In The Odyssey (1997), Vanessa Williams plays the mesmerizing sea nymph Calypso, with Frederick Stuart as Hermes. A reminder of one of television's most ambitious mythological miniseries. Made with a record-breaking budget of over $40 million.

@RyanHaecker Hegelian eGirls are forever finding new misunderstandings to overcome in their eternal struggle toward the ultimate Weltanschuuang.

The 1954 version of The Odyssey is wild to look back on now 🤯🎬

No Hollywood slop for "modern audiences": Michael Cacoyannis' "Iphigenia" (1977), based on the play by Euripides. Link to the full movie in the reply.

“He was trapped on an island with a beautiful goddess?”

I had fun with the 2026 #TheOdyssey but I will say, the BIG scene with the suitors absolutely DID NOT top the 97 version as far as dialogue went AND this reveal. Listen to the PROMO Odysseus cuts on these bastards. (Careful for spoilers if you dont know the story)

"My Emperor, our age of Napoleonic is collapsing"

Rome (2005–2007) was meant to run for five seasons, but HBO’s soaring production costs cut it short after two. Even with a rushed ending, it remains one of the richest and most immersive historical dramas television has ever produced.

“You either die at sea… or you live long enough to see yourself become the Sea People”

Reminds me of this passage (from Lars Gustafsson, “Dr. Nietzsche’s Office Hours Are Between 10 and 12 A.M.,” in Solomon and Higgins, eds., Reading Nietzsche, p. 183)

@Piryme Dimes Square, mostly.

@RyanHaecker Where can I find these Hegelian e girls to do the sexor synthesis with

Fall 2026 Term Card for the @MethexisATX 'Forbidden Books' Reading Group