philosophy
March 16, 2010
- The more we attempt to define and comprehend the profound meaning of life, we discover, at some point, it's not a serious as we had been programmed to believe.Interpreting our lives through the process of story-telling and analogy allows a clearer view of our journey as human beings, and is nothing more powerful to move our consciousness than a song?So if you can now compare your life to a song ...
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February 12, 2010
- The image of the Saint of Scholarly Seeking toiling away among moth-eaten books in silent libraries smelling of old wood was a romantic notion. Botulism and BabelJean-Baptiste Botul does not exist, but having been cited and sanctified by a real philosopher, Bernard-Henri Lévy, he has exposed the level of fictitiousness that exists beyond the imagination in the world of academia.Before we unravel ...
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February 10, 2010
- "It had become an universal and almost uncontroverted position in the several States, that the purposes of society do not require a surrender of all our rights to our ordinary governors; that there are certain portions of right not necessary to enable them to carry on an effective government, and which experience has nevertheless proved they will be constantly encroaching on, if submitted ...
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February 10, 2010
- Some may like to go through 1. MUSIC AND MYSTICISM 2. WHY DON'T PEOPLE GET IT? on http://freemystics.blogspot.com for getting a dose of That Which Is. Thanks.
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February 5, 2010
- I am given to periods of introspection. Anything; a casual comment, an observation, can send me into prolonged periods of self-examination and enquiry. I have always been this way, even as a child. This explains, perhaps, why in my adulthood, I adopted Buddhism as a personal philosophy. I was recently involved in two conversations that caused me to take another look at why a farm boy from ...
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January 22, 2010
- Many short stories succeed because they plunge us into the feeling and texture of another's life, showing us the dilemmas they face and their attempts to resolve them. The stories of Jorge Luis Borges are of another order altogether, at once mystical and philosophical. He creates some memorable characters , but his fascination is with infinity and eternity, imaged in recurring labyrinths, ...
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January 13, 2010
- The Samurai Ideal and the New SamuraiFrom the forthcoming book Hanshi Damashi, by Stephen F KaufmanWhat does it actually mean to be a samurai and to maintain the attendant bushido,“way of the warrior” mentality? It is certainly not an easy discipline. If it were simple, then it would have no value and could easily be obtained with a Ph.D. But to be a samurai is not an intellectual pursuit. ...
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January 10, 2010
January 8, 2010
- I didn’t set out to write a book – well, I did and do have three novels in various stages of completion, but what writer doesn’t. I was perfectly content to do free lance articles on a broad universe of subjects. It doesn’t pay as much as a bestselling book could, and you don’t get the same acclaim, but it was something I was good at. Then, a colleague suggested that I should ...
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January 7, 2010
- I am in the business of making philosophy sexy. Ok, maybe not sexy, but at least relevant, accessible, and something that engages even the (insert patronizing descriptor here) layperson. My first go-‘round—a novel about a young boy living in a dreamlike state all the while living out some of the most prominent philosophical ideals—achieved this to some extent. ...
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