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Category Archives: Ontology
THE TRAP OF THE SELF, OR THE LIMITATIONS OF EXISTENCE, EPICTETUS SUBJECTIVE FREEDOM
“If life was a dream, then dying must be the moment when you woke up. It was so simple it must be true. You died, the dream was over, you woke up. That’s what people meant when they talked … Continue reading
Posted in Being, Counsciousness, Crisis of Values, Critical Thinking, Dreams, Ego, Epictetus, Freedom, Imagination, Inspiration, New Values, Ontology, Philosophy, Self, The Subjective, Uncategorized, Values, Virtue
Tagged Dreaming, Epictetus, Freedom, Illusion and Reality, Personal circumstances, Philosophy, Reality, The Self, The Unexamined life
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PROGRESS, HISTORICAL EVOLUTION, MYTHS, AND FALLACIES OF OUR TIME
Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable… Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals. Martin L. King It is common knowledge the idea that Humanity seem … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient Civilizations, Ancient Egypt, Being, Cosmogony, Counsciousness, Critical Thinking, Eschatology, Future, Gadamer, Globalization, Habermas, Historical Evolution, History, Human Nature, Impermanence, Inductive Knowledge, Materialism, Mysticism, Myth, Mythology, Ontology, Philosophy, Physics, Postmodernism, Progress, Quantum, Reality, Science, Science and Belief, Secular Society, Spirituality, Subjective, Uncategorized, Utopia, William Pfaff, Wisdom
Tagged Darwinism, Eschatology, Fallacies, Futuristic Scenarios, Gadamer, Habermas, Historical Evolution, Human Nature, Progress, Technological Singularity, Utopia, William Pfaff
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