Transcendentalese is the common yet uncommon language of the philosophical attitude. In every age there is recurring terminology that forms a basis for philosophical discourse. Some are ordinary words troped of their spatio-temporal reference, applied to the world or human condition as such. Others emerge as neologisms where ordinary language falls short, often better left untranslated. Together these constitute a vocabulary that aims to articulate the whole of reality (more)

Welcome to Recurring Pages! Great ides don't just come in books, they come on pages. Our philosophy of "less reading, more thinking" is explored in our official blog, Transcendentalese: The history of philosophy in its own words. A selection of "lesser-works," both ancient and modern, are brought together to highlight the recurring language that informs philosophical discourse across a vast and sometimes intimidating corpus.