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November 06, 2008 06:12 PM EST --
Imagine what the United States would be like if there was a constitutional amendment that allowed only potential voters from donating any money to any political party, political organization, or any . . .
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January 12, 2008 05:08 PM EST --
The traditional mapsthat sociologists have presented are that humanity has been shaped by twofactors: Nature and Nurture. Many, includingmyself, believe that it is important to realize that we are shaped . . .
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August 26, 2007 06:41 PM EDT --
The Emperor’s New Clothes
‘Any fundamentally new system involves new [‘Semantic Reaction’] s.r; and this is the main difficulty which besets us when we try to master a new system. . . .
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August 18, 2007 11:33 AM EDT --
"The value of philosophy is… to be sought largely in its very uncertainty. The man who has no tincture of philosophy goes through life imprisoned in the prejudices derived from common sense, . . .
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August 18, 2007 11:26 AM EDT --
The way of the Gnostics
Hans Jonas wrote: ‘the common secular culture was increasingly affected by a mental polarization in religious terms, leading finally to a breaking up of the former unity . . .
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June 10, 2007 02:05 PM EDT --
To see life as it is.
In the play Man of La Mancha by Dale Wasserman, Wasserman recounts the life of Miguel De Cervantes, who created and wrote Don Quixote. There is a moment when Cervantes, . . .
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March 18, 2007 02:15 PM EDT --
A ‘discussion’ I had with someone on Gather got me thinking and thus writing.
A question formed and that is the lead in to this brief essay: Which tribe has truth?
I am defining the word . . .
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February 03, 2007 01:44 PM EST --
[Jan 30 2007]
Let me begin with the premise that Immanuel Kant in his Critique of Pure Reason is basically right, the maps he in detailed described are correct. What does this mean?
First off Kant . . .
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January 28, 2007 03:12 PM EST --
Matt Lawrence in his book: Life a Splinter in Your Mind: The Philosophy Behind the Matirx Trilogy, wrote the following statement to summarize those movies.
" I'd say that these films . . .
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January 21, 2007 12:52 PM EST --
"Our age is, in especial degree, the age of criticism, and to criticism everything must submit. Religion through its sanctity, and law-giving through its majesty, may seek to exempt themselves . . .
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January 14, 2007 03:12 PM EST --
Attributed to Friedrich Nietzche on a greeting card created by Brush Dance a publishing company based out of San Rafael, CA.
"It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also having to remember . . .
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January 14, 2007 03:05 PM EST --
Attributed to A. A. Milne, the author of Winne - The Pooh, by Saturn Press a greeting card company based in Swan's Island Maine.
"One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly . . .
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January 06, 2007 01:32 AM EST --
By Gary Jaron, January 2007
One of the most famous paradigm shift in human history is commonly called the ‘Copernican revolution’.
“The Copernican principle is the . . .
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January 02, 2007 09:47 PM EST --
Source : From the Essential Writtings of Christian Msyticism: Benard Mc Ginn
Richard of St. Victor(died 1173 ) the Four Degrees of Violent Charity
"So, we now have the four degrees of . . .
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January 02, 2007 09:12 PM EST --
Mystics are found in all cultures and in all times. They are the Noble Prize winners of theology. The Da Vinci's and the Einstein's of relgious thought. They are the explorers . . .
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January 01, 2007 12:11 PM EST --
Source: The Essential Writings of Christian Mysticism edited with an introduction by Benard McGinn
From “The Life of Moses” by Gregory of Nyssa (circa 335 – 395) Christian . . .
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January 01, 2007 11:54 AM EST --
Source: The Essential Writngs of Christian Mysticism edited by Bernard Mc Ginn, 2006.
From “The Life of Moses” by Gregory of Nyssa (circa 335 – 395) Christian Mystic.
From Chapter II . . .
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December 27, 2006 04:31 PM EST --
The prophet Micah prophesied in the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, which is the years 739 – 693 BCE. His description of the end of days is similar to Isaiah but with a very significant . . .
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December 23, 2006 09:58 PM EST --
I am gong to describe an imaginary person who I will call Mr. Gray.
Mr. Gray is a scientist and believes in the utility of the scientific method to ascertain facts and truth.
Mr. Gray only believes that . . .
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December 17, 2006 02:35 PM EST --
Unexpected invitations are dancing lessons from the Divine.
Those words were inspired by Kurt Vonnegut’s phrase from his novel Cat’s Cradle:
Vonnegut’s original phrase was, “peculiar . . .
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