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Eric Voegelin teaches that, in ancient civilizations, such as Egypt and Mesopotamia, the idea of "truth" was identical to that of the current social o...
October 13, 2020 at 18:54
The only knowledge that is absolutely certain, apart from formal universal truths, is that of your direct experience that only you had. I cannot prove...
October 13, 2020 at 15:11
Anyone who sees the pictures of a beautiful woman at twenty and ninety immediately understands that Plato was right in saying that beauty is in form a...
October 13, 2020 at 02:46
If science proposes to be the free rational investigation of reality data, no conclusion that it offers about anything can be exempt from criticism an...
October 12, 2020 at 22:45
Nietzsche turns his own personal (neurotic) experiences into philosophical theories. So, we read some pathetic pages where Nietzsche expresses his mis...
October 12, 2020 at 16:59
Nietzsche sometimes has brilliant insights, but it is necessary to be a bit dazzled not to realize that his philosophy contains an equally remarkable ...
October 12, 2020 at 15:56