http://ezinearticles.com/?cat=Arts-and-Entertainment:Philosophy EzineArticles.com - Trusted By Millions as The Source For Quality Original Articles http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/ One of the toughest jobs that a government must face is striking the balance between social values and personal rights. Nearly all of the hot-button issues in politics concern this fundamental question. Let's take a look at some of the issues: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:56:38 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Personal-Rights-Vs-Social-Values&id=3909092 http://ezinearticles.com/?Personal-Rights-Vs-Social-Values&id=3909092 Reality as it is experienced is representational, existing in parallel with the cosmological existence of atoms, the reality we live from and gain our emergence from. That whether an individual's existence as a person is based on random emergence, throughout the known and unknown cosmos, when a consciousness having gene machine replicates itself, or because of choices made by an uncreated hyper intelligence are as parallel perceptions besides the point that sentient life itself exists in the magnificence of the cosmos, of whose future realities emerge constantly for it to live in through itself. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:43:58 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Representational-Sense-of-Reality-and-the-Emerging-Future-Realities&id=3903055 http://ezinearticles.com/?Representational-Sense-of-Reality-and-the-Emerging-Future-Realities&id=3903055 Whether or not human perfection is possible is a tough question to answer. The answer may depend on the question: is any type of perfection possible? Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:54:17 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Is-Human-Perfection-Possible?&id=3901587 http://ezinearticles.com/?Is-Human-Perfection-Possible?&id=3901587 In the United States, "justice" is a term that is often thrown around without much thought given to its meaning. Every day, millions of children recite the Pledge of Allegiance, which they conclude with the words "with liberty and justice for all". In front of many of our courtrooms, Lady Justice looms tall with a blindfold on and the scales of justice in her hands. But what is justice? This article will attempt to answer that question. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:43:02 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?What-is-Justice?&id=3900765 http://ezinearticles.com/?What-is-Justice?&id=3900765 Tolerance has always been a highly respected value, particularly in the Christian religion. Essentially, tolerance is the ability to accept something even though we might not agree with it. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:37:33 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?What-Good-is-Tolerance?&id=3900893 http://ezinearticles.com/?What-Good-is-Tolerance?&id=3900893 Self-reliance is a personal moral system that is often associated with the Transcendentalist movement of the 19th century. Both Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson were strict adherents of this philosophy. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:32:12 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Is-Self-Reliance-Really-a-Good-Philosophy?&id=3900826 http://ezinearticles.com/?Is-Self-Reliance-Really-a-Good-Philosophy?&id=3900826 Time for a mortal existence narrows the infinite amount of actions to be made in relativity with an immortal existence. Thus, as actions produce the history of an individual through the process of accumulation in nature, after the birth and emergence of individual's existence, through specialization the time relativistic limited potential can be focused to increase the procedural capacity within the areas of specialization. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:14:44 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Positive-Constructivism-and-Life-in-the-Threshold-of-Existence&id=3896467 http://ezinearticles.com/?Positive-Constructivism-and-Life-in-the-Threshold-of-Existence&id=3896467 Literature is one of the greatest creations of mankind. It has always shown the right path to the mankind. It flights without any prejudices crossing the boundaries of nations and continents. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:33:24 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Literature-An-Overview&id=3883830 http://ezinearticles.com/?Literature-An-Overview&id=3883830 Of course, the final response to the advocate of supernatural moral authoritarianism is that all believers fall short of their extravagant claims. It is false that morality can only come by way of transcendent authority. It is even doubtful anyone's moral beliefs are really based on the commands of a supernatural law-giver. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:46:08 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Does-Morality-Require-a-Transcendent-Order?&id=3885119 http://ezinearticles.com/?Does-Morality-Require-a-Transcendent-Order?&id=3885119 As civilizations are built over civilizations, development grow further from already developed platforms, the constancy of birth of new generations are born daily into a more developed world within the developed nations, for now comprehensible reasons the persistent existence of war still plagues humanity. When looking back to the history of mankind, the appearance of the ancient humans encapsulate something of a magical kind around them. In relativity with the scientific realism, the amount of fantasy included to the natural phenomena make the mystical hunting experts and survivalists in the past even more mysterious, with brains relatively the... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:39:22 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?How-Cultural-Continuums-Unlock-the-Mystery-of-War&id=3880663 http://ezinearticles.com/?How-Cultural-Continuums-Unlock-the-Mystery-of-War&id=3880663 It can be said, with good reason, that Western civilization has reached a major crisis or turning point in its history. Yet, we have always assumed that our culture, our way of life, could not fail to survive such challenges. We feel that our history clearly validates this belief as we examine the records of the past. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:16:17 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Crisis-of-Civilization-And-Cultural-Criticism&id=3876540 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Crisis-of-Civilization-And-Cultural-Criticism&id=3876540 Human life is information driven, whether we speak of it in the level of the mass mind or in individual level. Members of the same culture produce through their actions the a cumulating lineage of history, and intercausalities, whether an individual is working to feed his or her family, or being a part of mass movement such as voting or engaging war with another culture. Thus it is only a matter of the level of the scope where the same phenomenon of information driven continuums are investigated. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:13:57 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Definition-of-Information-Driven-Continuum-For-Cultural-And-Personal-Use&id=3869389 http://ezinearticles.com/?Definition-of-Information-Driven-Continuum-For-Cultural-And-Personal-Use&id=3869389 Who has the burden of "proving" his case? Is it the theist who claims that an extraordinary entity exists? (One example of an extraordinary entity is a supernatural being who relates in some ways to humanity and who is the ground for all reality,) Or is it the non-theist (atheist, agnostic, skeptic) who finds that there isn't any clear indication of such an entity? Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:42:08 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Spirits-and-Gods-Who-Has-the-Burden-of-Proof?&id=3870157 http://ezinearticles.com/?Spirits-and-Gods-Who-Has-the-Burden-of-Proof?&id=3870157 The briefness of existence is one of the founding truths in Buddhism, and the expected time for existence influences highly to the choices we make every day. In ethics, the influence of mortality can be perceived in that we do not want to cause unnecessary harm to another life form or we can simply state that you do not have time for the miseries that follow unethical conduct of actions. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:44:59 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Why-the-Harshness-of-Mortality-Gives-Meaning-For-the-Ethical-Emergence-of-Life-Too&id=3869365 http://ezinearticles.com/?Why-the-Harshness-of-Mortality-Gives-Meaning-For-the-Ethical-Emergence-of-Life-Too&id=3869365 It is difficult to define reality because reality is different from one person to another; it all depends on how we interpret things. But is it real or just a creation of the mind. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:58:38 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Is-Reality-Real?-Or-Are-We-Making-it-All-Up?&id=3865800 http://ezinearticles.com/?Is-Reality-Real?-Or-Are-We-Making-it-All-Up?&id=3865800 If you've done any surfing around the web lately, you have most likely noticed that there is a lot of hoopla surrounding Mayan calendar end times 2012. The Mayan Long Count Calendar is going to end on December 21, 2012, bringing the end of the world as we know it. At first glance this sounds a bit like the Y2K alarm ten years ago - there was a lot of concern about the effect on quality of life but it turned out to be a lot of fuss about an event barely worth notice. Will the Mayan calendar end times 2012 prophecy be the same? Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:53:08 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Mayan-Calendar-End-Times-2012-Prophecy-Is-This-Just-Another-Y2K-Scare?&id=3844343 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Mayan-Calendar-End-Times-2012-Prophecy-Is-This-Just-Another-Y2K-Scare?&id=3844343 Thales of Miletus, one of the seven wise men of Greece, is said to have been the first philosopher. Thales started what is called the Ionic school of philosophy about 600 B.C. This school gave it's attention to the problem, what is the world really made of? Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:00:15 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Greek-Philosophy&id=3843957 http://ezinearticles.com/?Greek-Philosophy&id=3843957 I recently enjoyed reading an excellent summary by a talented and free-thinking author, expressing the serious limitations imposed upon the thoughts and life style of millions of decent, ordinary people by a variety of organized religions and faith systems which stubbornly refuse to update their dogmas to accommodate the pressing needs and more advanced knowledge of today. I must say that I concur with most, possibly all of the sentiments expressed by this writer but may I raise one small voice in the defense of the religion into which I was born and which sustained and kept me safe through childhood, adolescence and early manhood... Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:49:05 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-First-Step-Away-From-Religion-Logic-and-Knowledge-Are-Greater-Than-Faith&id=3834616 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-First-Step-Away-From-Religion-Logic-and-Knowledge-Are-Greater-Than-Faith&id=3834616 Who am I? What is life all about? Is there purpose to life? Where am I in the scheme of the Cosmos? These and millions of similar questions are contained within man's search for meaning. An ant doesn't particularly care about its place in the scheme of things. It just is and does. Man is not like that; man is reflective in nature. We need to know so we ask. To me philosophy is the totality of man's yearning and searching, all his questions, all his processes, all his answers and conundrums. Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:35:45 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Metaphysics-101-Tickling-You-Awake-A-Ripple-Through-Your-Unconscious&id=3834903 http://ezinearticles.com/?Metaphysics-101-Tickling-You-Awake-A-Ripple-Through-Your-Unconscious&id=3834903 History teaches to us that throughout the history of mankind civilizations have been built over civilizations, and that the realisms in parallel with different cultures have been drastically different, most of when compared between the now existing technologically and scientifically developed nations. Knowledge has the tendency to develop, and the peaks of our understanding are merely the starting points of new generations. In this article, I will burst the bubble surrounding the sense that our developed realism is the ultimate one. Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:08:45 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Cosmological-Eon-and-the-Realms-of-Earth-How-Contemporary-Realisms-Are-Not-the-Ultimate-Ones&id=3828390 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Cosmological-Eon-and-the-Realms-of-Earth-How-Contemporary-Realisms-Are-Not-the-Ultimate-Ones&id=3828390 The emergence of truths is in most cases either caused by the properties of semantics or patterns of different causalities that are all together combined by the sub-conscious as representations to consciousness. Both of these phenomena belong to phenomenal world of consciousness, and thus, every type of consciousness that contain similar cognitive properties of finding truths from combined patterns and entities are, when the proper neural causalities exist, able to produce same truths from the universal representational space. Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:07:14 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Metaphysical-Existence-of-the-Truths-How-and-Why-Truths-Are-Universal&id=3828065 http://ezinearticles.com/?Metaphysical-Existence-of-the-Truths-How-and-Why-Truths-Are-Universal&id=3828065 Individuals are born in the condition that has both, innate information, and awareness of the environment that is a blank slate. In this article it is explained how the cultural heritage conditions our sense of reality, and how it differentiates perceptions between members of different cultures. Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:56:44 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Cultural-Heritage-of-the-Sense-of-Reality-What-it-is-and-How-it-Differentiates-Perceptions&id=3828409 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Cultural-Heritage-of-the-Sense-of-Reality-What-it-is-and-How-it-Differentiates-Perceptions&id=3828409 Clearly, morality belongs to a group behavior, as moral constrictions serve no purpose when for example an individual lives alone on a deserted island. Whether he or she then explores the realms of his other spirituality or conducts ethical behavior towards animals is a completely different thing. Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:13:09 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Judgmental-Realism-The-Benefits-and-Misconductions&id=3827914 http://ezinearticles.com/?Judgmental-Realism-The-Benefits-and-Misconductions&id=3827914 Today I remembered a phrase, rather concept of a movie which I had seen long time back, as a teenager, which said that God makes people in pairs. Whenever God makes a man he also makes the girl who is destined for him and vice versa. Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:18:51 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Someone,-Somewhere-is-Made-For-You&id=3812984 http://ezinearticles.com/?Someone,-Somewhere-is-Made-For-You&id=3812984 Lost ancient civilizations prophesied it, and it became the talking point of late 2009, Hollywood profited from it by producing a mainstream disaster Movie. Yet as the clock ticks ever closer, when our planet aligns for the first time for 26.000 years, and there could be eight very real events which take place on December 21st, 2012. Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:33:48 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?2012-the-Mayan-Calendar,-Our-Cosmic-Alignment,-and-the-Eight-Events-That-Could-Happen&id=3801968 http://ezinearticles.com/?2012-the-Mayan-Calendar,-Our-Cosmic-Alignment,-and-the-Eight-Events-That-Could-Happen&id=3801968 Yes I do feel existence of a little child right there within me. A tiny tot who wants to giggle at his full throttle... a sprouting sapling who longs to cry for his mom... an innocent toddler feeling pride in holding hand of his dad... and love to let everyone know whose offspring he is? Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:09:32 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Do-We-Have-a-Child-Within-Us?&id=3801744 http://ezinearticles.com/?Do-We-Have-a-Child-Within-Us?&id=3801744 The scent of cinnamon, windows steamed up by the burning oven, a little girl with hair as gold covered in flour and smiling at you. The yellow sun warming your neck, the smell of freshly cut grass and the twinkle in the eye of the eight year old boy in front of you holding up a painted egg. Holidays go well together with cosy family moments. Whether it's baking a cake for Mother's Day with your daughter or enjoying the neighborhood kids searching for Easter eggs in your backyard, these days are of special meaning to us. Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:56:31 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Modern-Philosophy-of-Religion-Ill-Have-a-Mocha-Easter-to-Go-Please&id=3783487 http://ezinearticles.com/?Modern-Philosophy-of-Religion-Ill-Have-a-Mocha-Easter-to-Go-Please&id=3783487 Consider Shakespeare's famous lines that the world is but a stage. Then it follows there must be a plot and starring roles for each of us as players. Look at the most popular plot of any era and any civilization, the one all people rave about and flock to star in. Sat, 20 Feb 2010 09:59:03 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?What-is-the-World-Plot?-Is-it-the-Same-As-the-Avatar-Movie?&id=3794009 http://ezinearticles.com/?What-is-the-World-Plot?-Is-it-the-Same-As-the-Avatar-Movie?&id=3794009 Mother Earth is like a great big schoolhouse. Think of that beautiful picture taken by our early astronauts of the gorgeous and multi-colored earth hanging in the blackness of outer space. Now perch a bright red schoolhouse roof atop that view of the Earth and you will see life and living as I see it. We reside in a school of life. Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:56:20 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Metaphysics-101-Asleep,-Awakening,-Awake-Where-Are-You?&id=3792356 http://ezinearticles.com/?Metaphysics-101-Asleep,-Awakening,-Awake-Where-Are-You?&id=3792356 Philosophy is very interesting in tracing back to the roots of where it all started with the Greeks, Romans, Christians and such. Even tracing back to before written words before Socrates. How philosophy had to passed to generation to generation. Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:24:52 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Divisions-of-Philosophy&id=3788461 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Divisions-of-Philosophy&id=3788461 Today we are going back to Rome, to the Palazzo Altemps, one of the palaces that houses the collections of the National Museum of Rome. As I said in my earlier articles, the Palazzo Altemps is the home of a wonderful selection of historic sculptures, many of which belong to the Boncompagni Ludovisi collection. Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:18:20 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Aggression-With-Intellect&id=3779861 http://ezinearticles.com/?Aggression-With-Intellect&id=3779861 The everyday is the ordinariness of what happens; the place where ambiguity, uncertainty, disorder take precedence. Micro-activities emerge against a socio-economic landscape which suppresses. Acts of shopping, cooking, walking, working can become more than passive routines. They become performances carried out without an audience, The everyday is that which evades any claim. Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:26:06 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Practice-of-Everyday-Life&id=3765596 http://ezinearticles.com/?Practice-of-Everyday-Life&id=3765596 Each age of time the philosopher gives new meanings of philosophy. However, there are many meaning of philosophy even from ancient times that remain the same. The meaning that have lasted the test of time. The materials of philosophy come from the sciences of man and nature. The philosopher studies the findings in these fields and tries to define what they mean, taken together for the life and the destiny of mankind. Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:24:55 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Philosophers-Love-of-Wisdom&id=3772448 http://ezinearticles.com/?Philosophers-Love-of-Wisdom&id=3772448 "Beggars, however, one should entirely do away with! It annoys one to give to them, and it annoys one not to give to them." ~Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra. Yes, I admit, I laughed out loud when Nietzsche said this. Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:08:20 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Is-There-Anything-Good-About-Beggars?&id=3756506 http://ezinearticles.com/?Is-There-Anything-Good-About-Beggars?&id=3756506 Every time I read this quote from Thoreau, I get goose bumps. I agree with him completely. I don't know if there is any better feeling on earth than having an "aha" moment. It is that moment when a concept or idea solidifies in our mind and connects with all the other information we already have. Sometimes it is called a "eureka" moment. Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:05:22 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?How-Important-to-You-is-Truth?&id=3745385 http://ezinearticles.com/?How-Important-to-You-is-Truth?&id=3745385 The Mayan Calendar predicts the end of the world in December 2012. More specifically on December 21, 2012. Why this date in particular? Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:08:57 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Survive-December-21,-2012-Is-the-End-of-the-World-Upon-Us?&id=3736733 http://ezinearticles.com/?Survive-December-21,-2012-Is-the-End-of-the-World-Upon-Us?&id=3736733 When you are studying a deep subject such as philosophy or the evolution of consciousness, any explanation that cuts to the heart of what you are studying and reduces it to simple terms is very welcome. I prefer to use analogy and/or metaphor. As we study this series on metaphysics I will continually refer to humanity as being asleep in matter within a Sea of Consciousness. Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:00:33 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Metaphysics-101-The-Sea-of-Consciousness&id=3749005 http://ezinearticles.com/?Metaphysics-101-The-Sea-of-Consciousness&id=3749005 Not too long ago, in The National Gallery, London, I came across a group of paintings I find fascinating and very relevant to our studies of the cards: The Four Elements by Joachim Beuckelaer, Dutch painter of the 16th century. As we know the four suits of the Tarot cards represent the four elements, each suit carrying within itself the essence of an element: earth, fire, air and water. Each element has its own soul, its own world within which its energies are alive and roaming around, finding ways to maximize their full potential. Thu, 11 Feb 2010 04:04:31 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Effortless-Abundance&id=3736682 http://ezinearticles.com/?Effortless-Abundance&id=3736682 Philosophy challenges assumed beliefs. It takes a subject which seems so obvious in nature to you as to not worth considering, and changes it into something complex, mind-freeing and totally different. Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:34:03 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?So,-What-Exactly-is-Philosophy?&id=3721816 http://ezinearticles.com/?So,-What-Exactly-is-Philosophy?&id=3721816 Have you ever heard of a phrase "No good deed goes unpunished"? I am beginning to think that is a part of Murphy's Law when it comes to me. It doesn't matter if you've heard of it, it certainly heard of you. That has been my motto for years apparently... NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED! Now what did I do wrong? Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:02:09 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?No-Good-Deed-Goes-Unpunished&id=3725787 http://ezinearticles.com/?No-Good-Deed-Goes-Unpunished&id=3725787 The range of scientific attainment is swiftly expanding before our eyes. Modern science has begun to research objects of a fundamentally new kind: super-complex, self-organizing systems. It has begun conducting complex, synthesized research of man using methods of different sciences. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:22:25 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Fundamental-Similarities-of-Concepts&id=3717536 http://ezinearticles.com/?Fundamental-Similarities-of-Concepts&id=3717536 Renaissance literally means rebirth. It refers to especially to the rebirth of learning that began in Italy in the fourteenth century, spread to the north including England by sixth century, and ended in the north in the mid-seventeenth century. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:07:47 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Characteristics-and-Great-Figures-of-British-Renaissance-Era&id=3712211 http://ezinearticles.com/?Characteristics-and-Great-Figures-of-British-Renaissance-Era&id=3712211 The "wheel of revolution" was created and "kept revolving to generate different colors" of civilization and infrastructures. Right from a very "beginning of the civilization", several well know thinkers have contributed remarkably like Plato (428/427 BC-348/347 BC), a Classical Greek philosopher, mathematician, writer of philosophical dialogues, founder of Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in Western world. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:51:03 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Thinking-is-Sinking&id=3714383 http://ezinearticles.com/?Thinking-is-Sinking&id=3714383 Setting aside religious myth as useless to science, Darwin took the hard path of working out an effective, scientific explanation for life in its great variety. He spent over twenty years observing relevant natural phenomena, collecting specimens, organizing his data, and developing an empirical theory (evolution by natural selection) that effectively explains all biological phenomena. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:22:43 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Pseudo-Explanation-and-the-Spirit-of-Darwin&id=3712301 http://ezinearticles.com/?Pseudo-Explanation-and-the-Spirit-of-Darwin&id=3712301 We've all heard about Nibiru, the mysterious Planet X that may be coming to destroy civilization as we know it - but where did the Sumerian Doomsday prophecy come from? In 1851 in Iraq archaeologists discovered a library with 22,000 scrolls - which is the earliest writing on Earth, dating back to over 6,000 years ago when the region was known as Mesopotamia, Sumer, and Babylon. Amongst them is a story which mirrors the book of Genesis in the Bible. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:08:40 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Sumerian-2012-Doomsday-Prophecy-What-is-the-Truth?&id=3680913 http://ezinearticles.com/?Sumerian-2012-Doomsday-Prophecy-What-is-the-Truth?&id=3680913 Nostradamus has accurately predicted everything from the rise and fall of Hitler to 9/11. He has also predicted a dramatic, cataclysmic event in 2012. What we now must do is decide whether to take it seriously of not! Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:08:30 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Nostradamus-2012-Prophecy-What-Will-Come-to-Pass?&id=3680888 http://ezinearticles.com/?Nostradamus-2012-Prophecy-What-Will-Come-to-Pass?&id=3680888 The Mayan Doomsday Prophecy refers to the end of time as we know it when there will be a massive upheaval, with destruction and chaos on a global scale, leading to the death of our current fatally flawed way of thinking and being. And after that a beautiful rebirth and a millennium of peace upon earth. A new time ripe with wonderful possibilities. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:08:23 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Mayan-2012-Doomsday-Prophecy-What-it-Means-For-You&id=3680861 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Mayan-2012-Doomsday-Prophecy-What-it-Means-For-You&id=3680861 Sometimes it's good to take a little trip down memory lane as long you don't forget to come back and you take something useful away from your visit. It was on Saturday morning just a few weeks ago that I drove the short distance to the small shopping center near my condo to pick up a furnace filter for my heat pump. Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:31:05 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?A-Trip-to-the-Old-Store&id=3700959 http://ezinearticles.com/?A-Trip-to-the-Old-Store&id=3700959 The study of metaphysics is a mystery to some, religious anathema (blasphemy) to some, a salvation or a way of life to some, or a path to personal growth and consciousness to others. I find it ironic that the word anathema in Greek originally meant 'something lifted up as an offering to the gods' and in modern times it means its equivalent opposite. Translation and continuing use of words through the centuries tends to do that. Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:32:22 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Metaphysics-101-Just-What-is-the-Study-of-Spirituality-and-Personal-Evolution?&id=3705057 http://ezinearticles.com/?Metaphysics-101-Just-What-is-the-Study-of-Spirituality-and-Personal-Evolution?&id=3705057 The Devil in Greek translates to "The Accuser," also it can be translated to "A Traducer," or slander, a false accuser. The Devil and Satan is one of the same entities. Other names-and this entity have many: the temper (Matt 4); "The Evil One" (Matt. 13); "The Great Dragon and Serpent of old" (Rev 12). I think he has more names than the United States has states. Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:38:35 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Book-of-Understanding-the-Devil&id=3680424 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Book-of-Understanding-the-Devil&id=3680424 Fate or free will is a continuing conundrum in human society as is the philosophical rhetoric about evolution or creationism. I am going to tackle both in this article. Why? When studying a subject that has a prophetic nature, fate or free will is a central point. When studying the cosmos as your field of possibilities, it is natural to wonder how it all came about. Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:42:32 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Social-Conditioning-Can-Influence-Our-Personal-Perspectives&id=3664706 http://ezinearticles.com/?Social-Conditioning-Can-Influence-Our-Personal-Perspectives&id=3664706 In the opening years of the 19th century, Lord Elgin removed, stone by stone, an extraordinary quantity of Greece's history and shipped it to Britain, where it still resides and where it has been the victim of a series of attempts at cleaning with whichever corrosive solutions were fashionable at the time. Despite contemporary protest against Elgin, we are still, remarkably, debating whether or not he was right. Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:15:08 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Lord-Elgin,-the-British-Museum-and-the-Foro-Romano&id=3658733 http://ezinearticles.com/?Lord-Elgin,-the-British-Museum-and-the-Foro-Romano&id=3658733 In 1810, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe took issue with Newton and the scientific establishment. Not that Newton was not a brilliant man, but he was influenced by methods which tried too hard to define and did not stop to glance out of the corner of the eye, for this is how people are sometimes prone to do things. Fri, 29 Jan 2010 09:59:40 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Goethes-Theory-of-Colours&id=3658693 http://ezinearticles.com/?Goethes-Theory-of-Colours&id=3658693 Part One The Seeds of Cain We seen in book one "The Books behind Methuselah," an assortment of what reason is all about. And in book two, "The Origins of Reason," we see were reason has come from. And now in book three, "The Fondation of the Demonic World," we may find out where deception ferments, and the race that is in charge of it, and influence it on planet earth. All three books perhaps have one overall theme: the origin of existence of beings with reasoning that have lived and do live on planet earth. And how one influenced the other, or still does. Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:38:43 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Foundation-of-the-Demonic-World-(Book-Three)&id=3654367 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Foundation-of-the-Demonic-World-(Book-Three)&id=3654367 Ontological arguments attempt to prove the existence of God through reason. One of the most famous, and strongest, ontological arguments was offered by the famous medieval thinker St. Anselm. Does it hold water? Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:58:53 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?St-Anselms-Ontological-Argument-For-the-Existence-of-God&id=1231771 http://ezinearticles.com/?St-Anselms-Ontological-Argument-For-the-Existence-of-God&id=1231771 Ancient philosophical thought raised questions that brought the human race out of the blind and irrational world of myth, superstition, demons, and boogey men. Are the questions raised by the ancient philosophers any closer to being answered today than they were over 2000 years ago? Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:57:41 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Chicken,-the-Egg,-Or-Jim-Varney?&id=1249432 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Chicken,-the-Egg,-Or-Jim-Varney?&id=1249432 This is not about evolution, or primatology, or origins of the species, or great apes, or mammals, a simple look at a few encompassing elements of man, what circled him, a touch of anthropology, perhaps a little archeology, a tinge of linguistics, and genetics. No more. I call this Part Two: the Origins of Reason (Part one being: The Books Behind Methuselah"), because those things we are talking about: books, Demons and Races, talk and can reason, write things down, and have genetic disorders, or genetic fiber that make them who they are. We don't need any big scientific stuff here-although we may look at some to prove a point, we just need common sense (which is not so common anymore), an open mind, curiosity, and not be a born again atheist, agnostics are fine. Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:30:47 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Origins-of-Reason-(Books,-Demons-and-Races)-(Book-Two)&id=3652602 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Origins-of-Reason-(Books,-Demons-and-Races)-(Book-Two)&id=3652602 The right side of your brain uses what is called today intuitive intelligence. This side does not analyze, does not question anything it just sees, or better, it perceives things. Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:35:08 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Prepare-Your-Brain&id=3637319 http://ezinearticles.com/?Prepare-Your-Brain&id=3637319 He, Enoch, pleased God. By faith, and never saw death, and was never found (although there is more to this story, which I'll get to it later on). Consequently, without faith it is impossible to please God. Hence, he ascended to heaven without dying (one of two biblical patriarchs that have done that). Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:30:33 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Books-Behind-Methuselah-(A-Commentary-on-the-Ancient-Watchers-and-the-Giants)&id=3645014 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Books-Behind-Methuselah-(A-Commentary-on-the-Ancient-Watchers-and-the-Giants)&id=3645014 Color is more than just something to make our lives become really great and different, but there is a philosophy behind such a matter. Do you know well about the color philosophy? The following explanation will tell you more about what lies beneath the colors. You will finally find the fact that color has a certain symbol and sometimes becomes a representation of something. We can also use it to recognize the personality. What color is your life? Many people find that learning more about color is very interesting idea. Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:24:00 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Learning-More-About-Color-Philosophy&id=3634567 http://ezinearticles.com/?Learning-More-About-Color-Philosophy&id=3634567 Men of character - one from the past and one from the present - unite in agreement - "The unexamined life is not worth living." If you have ever pondered this concept read on. Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:47:46 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Socrates-Shakes-Hands-With-Deepak-Chopra&id=979377 http://ezinearticles.com/?Socrates-Shakes-Hands-With-Deepak-Chopra&id=979377 It is the creation and beginning of a brand new world, a brand new life, a life that as not seen hate, shame and pain... A journey that starts from a world of obscurity, a journey that thrives and develops under the influence of either love or lust, it all begins when two different souls exchange powerful passion, love and lust in secrecy... This passion plants a divine but mortal seed in a fertile and beautiful land... Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:34:48 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Mystery-Behind-Birth-and-Death&id=3630691 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Mystery-Behind-Birth-and-Death&id=3630691 For many hours, I researched the Universe with my 'Adviser' (subconscious mind) via a pendulum and discovered the following. Scientist 'Albert Einstein' - said, " The Universe could be repeating itself ". He was right, it is repeating itself. Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:00:05 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Universe&id=3475367 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Universe&id=3475367 Aristotle's idea of virtue lies in what he calls the "Golden Mean". This basically means the avoidance of extremes. If we have a set consisting of: {1,2,3}, then {2} would be the mean. Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:15:22 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Problem-With-Aristotles-Golden-Mean&id=1531965 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Problem-With-Aristotles-Golden-Mean&id=1531965 Most of us feel that "terrorism" has put some serious constraints upon our freedom here in the "homeland." But what it may have done is inadvertently expose the pretense of freedom under which we have been laboring for these many years, perhaps centuries. Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:48:10 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Full-Metal-Jacket&id=3601520 http://ezinearticles.com/?Full-Metal-Jacket&id=3601520 Plato's Ideal City is divided into three parts: the Guardians, the auxiliaries, and the craftsment. Now, Plato divides a man into three similar parts. Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:23:10 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Platos-Ideal-City-Part-2-Three-Parts-of-the-Soul&id=1645308 http://ezinearticles.com/?Platos-Ideal-City-Part-2-Three-Parts-of-the-Soul&id=1645308 Plato criticizes the democratic city because, he says, under this type of leadership, everyone is free to do as he likes with no real respect for authority. Consequently, this unbalances the stability of the Ideal State and makes it worse. Plato goes on to say that the leaders in a democratic city are not required to have any training at all. Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:22:56 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Platos-Ideal-City-Part-3-The-Problem-With-Democracy&id=1645326 http://ezinearticles.com/?Platos-Ideal-City-Part-3-The-Problem-With-Democracy&id=1645326 The Guardians in Plato's Ideal city serve as the protectors and leaders. They are the soldiers and the rulers. In fact, Plato divides the Guardians into two groups: the Rulers and the Auxiliaries. Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:22:44 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Platos-Ideal-City&id=1645296 http://ezinearticles.com/?Platos-Ideal-City&id=1645296 Socrates gives three arguments to show that the just man leads a happier life than the unjust man. In the first argument, he asserts that in an unjust man, the better parts of his soul will be enslaved by the lesser parts. Therefore, a man who is a slave to his lower impulses cannot be truly happy. Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:52:19 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Happiest-Person&id=2326262 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Happiest-Person&id=2326262 There is a Native Aboriginal story I heard many, many years ago, and the elders would tell it to the children...perhaps like a bedtime story. Quickly, it goes something like this... Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:14:11 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Fountain-of-Youth-Or-the-Energizer-Bunny?&id=3571598 http://ezinearticles.com/?Fountain-of-Youth-Or-the-Energizer-Bunny?&id=3571598 The unique phenomenon of Athenian democracy, and its development as an viable institution during the fifth century BC, is a fascinating field for study, essential for our understanding of the emergence of our own modern political systems. In fact it may well be said to be the true yardstick against which all subsequent so-called "free systems" of governance should be gauged. The current task is to examine how the structures of state worked in practice and to what extent were these structures subject to manipulation or influence by powerful groups. Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:35:42 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Greek-Democracy-Was-it-a-Myth?&id=3305694 http://ezinearticles.com/?Greek-Democracy-Was-it-a-Myth?&id=3305694 There are many ways of masking oneself. One is to put on a mask, another one is to laugh, sob or lament when one feels the opposite of what these characteristic outbursts normally indicate. To laugh diabolically is another kind of laughter than the happy, boisterous Santa-laughter that comes from deep down and is supposed to be a genuine expression of merriment. However, that too may be fake: Maybe it's nothing but a mask like with the clown who often is supposed to cry behind his mask of merriment. Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:57:50 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Mask-and-the-Masking-Laughter&id=3540027 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Mask-and-the-Masking-Laughter&id=3540027 There are many ways of masking oneself. One is to put on a mask, another one is to laugh, sob or lament when one feels the opposite of what these characteristic outbursts normally indicate. To laugh diabolically is another kind of laughter than the happy, boisterous Santa-laughter that comes from deep down and is supposed to be a genuine expression of merriment. However, that too may be fake: Maybe it's nothing but a mask like with the clown who often is supposed to cry behind his mask of merriment. Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:54:58 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Mask-and-the-Masking-Laughter&id=3540027 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Mask-and-the-Masking-Laughter&id=3540027 Stress, it seems, is inevitable. Even by merely sitting on a chair isn't what I call relaxation. And life is passing slowly in front of me with nothing but void existences of follies brought about by me sitting still-or even standing in one place. Being bounded by many worries makes life dull and change being so depressing. Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:18:57 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Behold-The-Unseen&id=3528651 http://ezinearticles.com/?Behold-The-Unseen&id=3528651 As we all battle through life we choose the path that least restrains us. The philosophy we live by isn't easily attributable to a single label. We all select different parts. Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:53:18 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?A-Bit-of-Everything-Philosophically-Speaking&id=3509562 http://ezinearticles.com/?A-Bit-of-Everything-Philosophically-Speaking&id=3509562 This article is nothing fancy or even well thought out, it is more spontaneous (after seeing on the internet, a request by the public for me to write something, anything about 'The Essence of Love'), I wish to say what I got to say, and bring it to the bare bone facts, and then be on my way. The very core, fundamental nature, spirit, is to give, and not to expect-this is the essence of love. There are several kinds of love, but love in all several divisions is basically the same (or at least it is to me), it demands everything, and is willing to receive nothing. Some people call this Unconditional Love. Meaning, if you ask for something back in return, then it is an exchange, not real love. Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:23:38 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Essence-of-Love-(Requested-by-the-Public)&id=3520072 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Essence-of-Love-(Requested-by-the-Public)&id=3520072 In his attempt to think beyond metaphysics, Heidegger uses the notion of Dasein as a point of departure for the reflection about the human existence as a given condition. Da-sein means literally "being-there": human being is the "there" of the Being. Dasein is the human existence. Sat, 02 Jan 2010 16:39:56 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Understanding-Heideggers-Notion-of-Dasein-Part-2&id=3410633 http://ezinearticles.com/?Understanding-Heideggers-Notion-of-Dasein-Part-2&id=3410633 Have you ever wonder how moles are related to you? Or why some moles are good to have for certain people. Check out the following secret of moles... Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:36:28 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Decoding-the-Ancient-Wisdom-of-the-Secret-of-Moles-and-Their-Meaning&id=1465317 http://ezinearticles.com/?Decoding-the-Ancient-Wisdom-of-the-Secret-of-Moles-and-Their-Meaning&id=1465317 One of the biggest questions in modern philosophy concerns the notion of 'identity.' Famous academics such as Bertrand Russell, John Locke, and Sam Miller have long pondered upon what it is that makes someone unique, and the qualities that go along to build up the 'soul' and the mind. "Who Am I," is a question that has troubled philosophers for centuries. Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:13:00 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Philosophical-Question-of-Identity&id=3494973 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Philosophical-Question-of-Identity&id=3494973 Most people will tell you that art is supposed to express emotion, but this is not the case. Art expresses much more than emotion, and it is important to hold it to this standard. Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:27:59 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Should-Art-Express-Emotion?&id=3483979 http://ezinearticles.com/?Should-Art-Express-Emotion?&id=3483979 It was a Saturday and my wife was absolutely stir crazy to just get out of the house and go somewhere. I shared her anxiety; we'd not been out to do anything fun for over two weeks. Between colds that wouldn't go away, three demanding children, and the never-ending quest to find the magic formula that'll make all our money concerns disappear, my wife and I had become isolated prisoners. Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:51:01 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?A-Profitable-Mistake&id=2109918 http://ezinearticles.com/?A-Profitable-Mistake&id=2109918 Over the last centuries the utopia shadow had covered the whole world with the aim to renovate society: a new golden age politically correct. The effect of this project is still deep around many nations. Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:40:11 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Utopia-and-Utopias&id=3460855 http://ezinearticles.com/?Utopia-and-Utopias&id=3460855 One of the defining freedoms of humanity is the freedom to choose one's own fate. In self-deterministic viewpoint, fate is composed of all the choices, actions and cognitions made during the individuals life, and thus by studying how specialization and learning in general extends the procedural capacity of cognition, the a priori choices determining the paths of fate become remotely possible. Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:35:11 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Freedom-of-Cognition-Reframing-the-Freedom-of-Choosing-Fate-to-Cognitive-Tasks&id=3492165 http://ezinearticles.com/?Freedom-of-Cognition-Reframing-the-Freedom-of-Choosing-Fate-to-Cognitive-Tasks&id=3492165 There have been few philosophers throughout time that have had such a profound influence as Rene Descartes. His writings on the subjects of consciousness, knowledge, dreaming and the mind are still some of the most discussed in universities and colleges around the world. His masterwork, Meditations on First Philosophy, has been claimed as one of the most important pieces of literature ever constructed. Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:54:50 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?A-Primer-on-Philosopher-Rene-Descartes&id=3490369 http://ezinearticles.com/?A-Primer-on-Philosopher-Rene-Descartes&id=3490369 For many hours, I researched the Universe with my 'Adviser' (subconscious mind) via a pendulum and discovered the following. Scientist 'Albert Einstein' - said, " The Universe could be repeating itself ". He was right, it is repeating itself. Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:00:38 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Universe&id=3475367 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Universe&id=3475367 This is my first of a series on "Philosophy and Creativity." Much of the quality science fiction and fantasy is deeply indebted to philosophical ideas. My goal is to help would-be science fiction/fantasy writers (whether their mediums be television, webcomics, books etc) to understand and see the value of philosophy in their creative projects. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:05:51 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Philosophy-and-Your-Creativity-Battle-Star-Galactica&id=3426115 http://ezinearticles.com/?Philosophy-and-Your-Creativity-Battle-Star-Galactica&id=3426115 Have you ever stopped to think about the movies we watch and their relation to our world? When the idea of a movie is conceived, where does it come from, fact or fiction? Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:12:41 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Science-Revolution-Fact-Or-Fiction?&id=3413662 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Science-Revolution-Fact-Or-Fiction?&id=3413662 Ever since the time memorial man always wanted to know if having a relationship with another being can and will prevent one from achieving the ultimate supreme spot in the heart of God. Ever since I was a child, I knew there was something a little different about me. I love God. Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:09:15 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?How-to-Experience-Loving-Intimacy-With-a-Dreamy-Partner-While-on-the-Passage-to-Enlightenment&id=3417184 http://ezinearticles.com/?How-to-Experience-Loving-Intimacy-With-a-Dreamy-Partner-While-on-the-Passage-to-Enlightenment&id=3417184 Philosophy and philosophers have been abused many a times and in many different ways in the past. Some have dubbed philosophy to be as useless as chess, as obscure as ignorance and as stagnant as content. "There is nothing so absurd", says Cierco, "but that it may be found in the books of the philosophers". Doubtless some philosophers have had all sorts of wisdom except common sense, but each philosopher has some lessons for us, if we approach him properly. Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:19:32 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Relevance-of-Philosophy-in-the-Contemporary-World&id=3411922 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Relevance-of-Philosophy-in-the-Contemporary-World&id=3411922 The things that music and the arts do to the mind and heart are tremendously blessed things. They conform our experience to places we'd never seen, and we reminisce on that which seems weirdly external and hardly real, yet we've a taste of it in such "visibly" tangible ways. Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:44:38 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Dreamy-Wonder-of-Existential-Creations-Music&id=3412537 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Dreamy-Wonder-of-Existential-Creations-Music&id=3412537 For Heidegger, the central mystery is not the knowledge, but the Being, the existence. So that, he emphasizes the importance of understanding what is "to be" in the world and not "to know" it. Heidegger was mainly interested in the question that has escaped the consideration of philosophers throughout history, to know: what is Being? Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:31:31 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Understanding-Heideggers-Notion-of-Dasein-Part-1&id=3410535 http://ezinearticles.com/?Understanding-Heideggers-Notion-of-Dasein-Part-1&id=3410535 I often used to wonder why the great artists of the past - the ones I have been drawn to for the most part - found it so hard to remain in their homeland. Only by wandering the countries of central and southern Europe and by mixing their languages into a burst of colour could James Joyce project a coherent image of his native Ireland. Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:54:55 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?A-Justification-For-Restlessness-and-Self-Imposed-Exile&id=3411490 http://ezinearticles.com/?A-Justification-For-Restlessness-and-Self-Imposed-Exile&id=3411490 It is necessary to examine and define the ideas underlying the problem of knowledge. Knowledge, being a primary fact of experience, like 'seeing,' 'hearing,' etc., is incapable of an exact definition. 'Knowing' is simply a matter of experience and consciousness. Three elements enter into knowledge: subject, object, and the act of knowing. Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:09:52 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Epistemology-Attitudes-of-the-Mind-Towards-Knowledge&id=3392275 http://ezinearticles.com/?Epistemology-Attitudes-of-the-Mind-Towards-Knowledge&id=3392275 Throughout history, dragons have symbolized power and depending on the culture, good or bad. Eastern culture has traditionally seen dragons as wise and beneficial, good fortune, and a sign of a spiritual or personal quest. Western culture, on the other hand, has presented dragons as bringers of hardships and destruction, guardians of treasure, and representations of greed. So does the regional symbolism apply to dreams? Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:08:05 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Dragons-in-Dreams&id=3381956 http://ezinearticles.com/?Dragons-in-Dreams&id=3381956 The present article, which appeared in the international journal Folia Humanistica, Ciencias - Artes - Letras (Barcelona, Tomo XXI, Num 245, Junio 1983), edited by Linus Pauling, appeared in translation of the original English into Spanish. It concerns the primary unsolved problem of modern political systems, first accurately identified by Hegel: what social class or institution is capable of acting universally within any given state to redress social and economic inequality, in a word, poverty? Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:23:32 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Seeing-God-in-Leviathan-The-Riddle-of-Hegels-State-Theory&id=3228793 http://ezinearticles.com/?Seeing-God-in-Leviathan-The-Riddle-of-Hegels-State-Theory&id=3228793 Are humans really a species of loving and caring? Many past period philosophers have stated that human empathy separates us from wild animals, and yet, their philosophical opponents claim that if you strip away all the modern amenities, all that's left is an animal, albeit one with lots of dexterity and walking upright on two legs. So, who is right and who is wrong in this argument? Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:46:25 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Layers-of-Anger-and-the-Real-Human-Psyche-Considered&id=3379542 http://ezinearticles.com/?Layers-of-Anger-and-the-Real-Human-Psyche-Considered&id=3379542 Have you ever volunteered to beta test a software product? In other words, you get the use of a certain software, which hopefully will be revolutionary, but you also get it first, thus, with all the bugs in it, and although it is a semi-completed project, you still get it for free. Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:57:54 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Is-Life-a-Beta-Test?-A-Philosophical-Thought&id=3377405 http://ezinearticles.com/?Is-Life-a-Beta-Test?-A-Philosophical-Thought&id=3377405 Can we prove the existence of God? How about the non existence of God? What test or experiment do you propose? Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:33:47 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Does-God-Exist?-Proof&id=3141969 http://ezinearticles.com/?Does-God-Exist?-Proof&id=3141969 This article paves the new way to get rid of slavery of logic and reason. The nature has put a bar to the efforts to know the ultimate truth. The sciences feel helpless to trace it, so the new methods are to be explored. This article is a step forward. Only daring ones need read it. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:18:00 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Mediocre-Minds-Plead-Reason,-Higher-Ones-Transcend-it&id=979003 http://ezinearticles.com/?Mediocre-Minds-Plead-Reason,-Higher-Ones-Transcend-it&id=979003 Do you know anyone that has a PhD in philosophy? Oh, they can talk your ear off, they can lead you into conversations and circular arguments for which there is no escape. And as you reason with them and travel through the muddy waters, they are constantly pointing out what dead white men who previously was attributed to that thought. In fact every argument you come up with they will attribute to some past period philosopher who had already made that statement, as if yours means nothing. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:40:00 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?A-Degree-in-Philosophy-and-No-Achievement-to-Your-Name-What-Gives?&id=3371496 http://ezinearticles.com/?A-Degree-in-Philosophy-and-No-Achievement-to-Your-Name-What-Gives?&id=3371496 Copyright 2010 EzineArticles.com - All Rights Reserved.