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Category Archives: Philosophy
An open and closed case
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Posted in Cosmology, Philosophy, Religion, Uncategorized
Tagged books, death, Life, reading
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Hebrew prophet
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our Mission Statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 14 August 2018 “It is doubtful whether Homo sapiens will still be around a thousand years … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Canada, Cosmology, Europe, France, Germany, History, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philosophy, Religion, Saudi Arabia, Science, Turkey, UK, USA
Tagged “21 Lessons for the 21st Century” (2018), “Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow” (2016), “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind” (2014), Cosmology, Hebrew prophet, Yuval Noah Harari
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Attaboy! Sock it to ’em!
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our Mission Statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 13 August 2018 “When a thousand people believe some made-up story for a month – that’s … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Economics, Europe, France, Germany, History, Ireland, Israel, Italy, New Zealand, Pakistan, Palestine, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Saudi Arabia, Science, Turkey, USA
Tagged “21 Lessons for the 21st Century”, “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind”, fake news, Religion, Yuval Noah Harari
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The heart and soul of the party
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our Mission Statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 27 February 2018 DER UNENTBERHRLICHE Wirklich, er war unentbehrlich! Überall, wo was geschah Zu … Continue reading
Posted in Austria, Economics, Germany, Literature, Philosophy, UK, USA
Tagged movers and shakers, office life, Pindar, Pythian Odes, society, the life and soul of the party, Wilhelm Busch
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CONTRA UNIONEM EUROPAEAM
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Posted in Belgium, Economics, Europe, France, Germany, Globalisation, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Literature, Luxembourg, Military, Philosophy, Politics, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, UK, Ukraine, USA
Tagged Alexis Tsipras, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Big Bang, Brexit, Dostoevsky, F.R. Leavis, Henry V, J.G. Herder, Jeremy Corbyn, King Offa, Obama, Queen Elizabeth II, Rena Doulou, St George, Syriza, TISA, TTIP, UK Labour Party, William Shakespeare
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Big Bang only a Whimper
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 9 January 2015 As a conservative Steady Statist convinced that, like woman, the universe, while formally … Continue reading
What is the point of living?
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White horses and pink elephants
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Posted in China, Literature, Philosophy, Uncategorized
Tagged A white horse is not a horse, Anne Jellicoe, China, Kung-sun Lung, logic, Ming jia, pink elephants, sophistry, zebra
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Things haven’t changed much
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 30 November 2013 “I had much the same experience as many other young men. I expected, … Continue reading
Posted in Greece, Literature, Philosophy, Politics
Tagged Athens, Classical Greece, Committee of Thirty, homo politicus, Plato, Plato's Seventh Letter, Socrates
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