Viewed from the perspective of practical philosophy, the world really is nothing more than what Fichte once described as "the material of our duty made sensible," which is precisely the viewpoint adopted by the morally engaged, practically striving subject.
And yet, it is anything but dry due to its rhythmic tone (at times calling to mind the propulsive chug-a-chug-a-chug-a of a train) and illustrations so engaging you practically have to shake the sepia-toned dust out of your hair at the end of the ride.
When memory loss associated with ECT is presented as a discrete, abstract possibility (e.g. memory loss only inhibiting the ability to recall some information), it is taken for granted that side effects are, first and foremost, lived by a body-subject who is engaged and practically directed towards the world.
Perfume samples aside, I'll engage in practically any compulsive behavior to escape the depression I forget that I have: sexting, internet attention-seeking, dating apps, food restriction, food rituals, and in the old days, drugs and alcohol.
She never married, though at one time she was "practically engaged".
The monkeys engage in rubdowns practically en masse, passing a single millipede from one to another.
In 1929, she was "practically engaged" to one man, and suggested to him that it might be difficult being married to a woman who could not hear well.
"Being a child when the state was practically engaged in making children healthy and literate was a support against my own circumstances," she writes.
Which way it goes is to some extent in our hands, but only if we understand the new global politics and engage positively and practically.
Ms. Hepburn was 28 at the time, practically engaged to the agent Leland Hayward but reported to be seeing Charles Boyer and getting along very well (eventually) with George Stevens, who directed -- Sunday at 8 a.m. on TCM.
