Tag: philosophy
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Where Did the Wise Men Come From?
from patheos.com: Where did the Magi come from? The usual answer is from Persia. They are identified with a caste of Zoroastrian astrologers and philosophers known to be active in Persia from the sixth century BC. The term “magi” is derived from the Greek magos which in turn was derived from the Persian term for…
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Is Atheism Irrational?
from bigquestionsonline.com: We know well atheistic attempts to explain religion away. Marx, for example, claims that religion is the opiate of the people. Religion, Nietzsche contends, is weakness lying itself into power. According to Freud religion is a defensive illusion created in the face of “the crushingly superior force of nature.” As influential as these…
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Leo Strauss’ Philosophy of Deception
from www.alternet.org: What would you do if you wanted to topple Saddam Hussein, but your intelligence agencies couldn’t find the evidence to justify a war? A follower of Leo Strauss may just hire the “right” kind of men to get the job done – people with the intellect, acuity, and, if necessary, the political commitment,…
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The Buddhist Conception of an Ecological Self
from westernbuddhistreview.com: Traditional Buddhist sources have little to say about Nature in the often abstract and romanticized sense in which we use the word today, and still less to say about ecology understood in contemporary scientific terms. Why then is there so much interest in Buddhism among environmental ethicists and activists? And why so much…
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The Pillars of Unbelief – Jean-Paul Sartre
from catholiceducation.org: Jean-Paul Sartre may be the most famous atheist of the 20th century. As such, he qualifies for anyone’s short list of “pillars of unbelief.” Yet he may have done more to drive fence-sitters toward the faith than most Christian apologists. For Sartre has made atheism such a demanding, almost unendurable, experience that…
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#CorbettReport: Episode245 – Slaying the Mythical Winged Unicorn Beast
We are enslaved in our minds by the most pernicious of creatures: one that doesn’t even exist. Join us today on The Corbett Report as we go in search of that mythical beast called government and imagine a world in which we simply stopped believing in it.
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Corbett Report: Episode239 – Logic Is Not Enough
Listen to @CorbettReport on @RBNlive Weeknights at 10 Eastern Time from corbett report: More and more people are learning about the importance of logical reasoning and the dangers of logical fallacies. But is logic sufficient for arriving at certainty? Today on The Corbett Report we tear apart the notions of the clockwork universe, the rationality…
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Peace Revolution: Episode062 – Philosophic Corruption of Reality
Thanks to @TragedyAndHope … Subscribe to Peace Revolution! Reference Map to Episode062: (0m-3m) The Solipsist – From the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Radio Series) by Douglas Adams (on YouTube) (3m-8m) Sample from David Harriman’s Philosophic Corruption of Physics Lecture (Reference) The Philosophic Corruption of Physics supplement pdf (Interview) David Harriman’s interviews with Jan Irvin…
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Peace Revolution: Episode061 –
Cybernetics, Technocracy and Agenda 21Thanks to @TragedyAndHope … Subscribe to Peace Revolution! Reference Map to Episode061: (minutes 0-2) Star Trek and Books (on YouTube) (2m-9m) Agenda 21’s Public-Private Partnership Strategy by Joan Veon (on YouTube) (9m-13m) Learned Helplessness (on YouTube) (13m-20m) Richard’s opening monologue (20m-1h) Technocracy by Patrick Wood (on YouTube) (1h-2h) Corbett Report # 230 Social Engineering by…




