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Occidental Ideas, Part 3: Aristotle
Plato inherited a world intellectually divided between Parmenides’ vision of the constancy and immutability of being and Heraclitus’ vision of the constancy of change. Plato’s vision of reality is a strait vertical line between these two points, the immutable Ideas, … Continue reading
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Occidental Ideas, Part 2: Plato
In the sixth century before Christ there takes place across a wide swath of the civilized world a coup de theatre, a dramatic turn in the human psyche; in the East enter Confucius and the Buddha, in the West the … Continue reading
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Occidental Ideas (on God and Soul from Plato to the present), Part 1:Protasis
I begin with a confession. I am ataxophobic. I like order. I like an orderly desk, orderly files, bookcases, ideas, events, liturgies, etc. I realize that puts be at odds with the tack of modern society. We spend a good … Continue reading
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Can a Christian be an atheist?
They that have been reading my publications[i] ought to be able to provide my answer to this question recently put to me. But, lest I have not been sufficiently explicit, allow me to review the issues anterior to the answer. … Continue reading
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on the Social Nature of Suicide
Allow me to first acknowledge that not all cases of suicide are directly resultant of social misconduct. There are some among us who suffer certain psychological dispositions toward negativity, depressions, and hallucinations. We, as a social species are in process, … Continue reading
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on Suicide
I have spoken earlier in my missive on Death that we, the living, experience the death of one near and dear as an abysmal tearing asunder, an amputation without benefit of anaesthetic, no matter that that death is expected or … Continue reading
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on Euthanasia
Euthanasia is not the right to die. The Greek word for death is thanatos, the prefix for good or proper is eu-. Euthanasia is the right to a good death, a right to die properly, well. There is no glory, … Continue reading
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