Preface Quentin Meillassoux's lucid text, After Finitude (2008), comes at a time when Continental philosophy finds itself engaging more closely with what might be called "poetico-religious" modes of thought. Rationality of the Cartesian sort has been thoroughly deconstructed, and no longer seems capable of providing what it once promised: a clear and distinct picture of [...]
"The safest general characterization of the philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato." —Alfred North Whitehead
