tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11069576.post3003933086004878367..comments2023-10-08T08:37:34.499-07:00Comments on All Intensive Purposes: Outbreaks of the Hegelian mania.t.s.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02474050291507723178noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11069576.post-30506527026566442832007-05-07T23:27:00.000-07:002007-05-07T23:27:00.000-07:00Photo, anyone? Could someone please (ahem) post a...Photo, anyone? Could someone please (ahem) post a photo of one of these posten? I'm dying to see one, and it's likely to be a very long while before I get to that part of the world. (Google image search turned up nothing, needless to say.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11069576.post-23774341287253830822007-03-19T05:32:00.000-07:002007-03-19T05:32:00.000-07:00I googled this word, seeing the same reference in ...I googled this word, seeing the same reference in the Times. Yours was the only hit! Thanks for the information. An odd thing, these Dialektischenpfosten.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11069576.post-70144288121487878002007-01-10T09:21:00.000-08:002007-01-10T09:21:00.000-08:00I live in Westchester and would LOVE to see one of...I live in Westchester and would LOVE to see one of these things - would be most grateful if anyone could give an exact location for one!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11069576.post-14730973032496595542007-01-09T05:09:00.000-08:002007-01-09T05:09:00.000-08:00You had best hurry. Thanks to the plague of "McMan...You had best hurry. Thanks to the plague of "McMansions," these historic (and unprotected!) monuments to Hegelian idealism are being toppled at an alarming rate. That is why I'm proud to be vice chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee to Preserve the Dialektischenpfosten of Westchester County.Jim Holthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16823279916541067420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11069576.post-42101748455401929412007-01-08T20:11:00.000-08:002007-01-08T20:11:00.000-08:00"Coyly suggestive"? Sweet. I'll have to look for..."Coyly suggestive"? Sweet. I'll have to look for them on my next trip to Westchester.t.s.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02474050291507723178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11069576.post-36397616289561046342007-01-08T10:36:00.000-08:002007-01-08T10:36:00.000-08:00A "dialectical post" looks like a sort of abstract...A "dialectical post" looks like a sort of abstract totem pole, with three segments (thesis, antithesis, synthesis) and an overall form coyly suggestive of Absolute Spirit. In the late 19th century they were frequently erected, usually in rural areas, by (often ill-informed) followers of Hegel.Jim Holthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16823279916541067420noreply@blogger.com