https://youtu.be/-o9kuZcQMU8 Here's a chap literally preaching to the converted. He's not pursuing any sort of rational argument; you can tell that from his tone. But even if he were, there's two ways to shoot down his argument. First is that…
Category: philosophy
The three antigraces
Yesterday I wrote about the three wisdoms (or graces, in the Eastern tradition). These are the sources of knowledge: the intellect, the teacher, the texts.There is a fourth grace. The self. Nothing happens without your involvement.Today, the three anti-graces. These…
The three wisdoms
The philosophical school of thought I follow draws on many sources, and one of them is in the Eastern tradition. Sanskrit terms are used to create an abstract model of "the subtle realm". Navigation through this world is not through…
Where does truth lie?
It seems that I am not just sighing into the breeze. A recent post on not just your Mum's favourite website but mine as well - the unique and merry site Tehben.com - references some of my philosophical thoughts.Go, read…
Rugged
This jumped out at me recently. Not literally, but just the sheer visual impact of it. Raised my camera and snapped off a shot. What a ripper! It looks like something out of a science fiction film just standing there.…
The afterlife lottery
Lottery adverts are all much the same. For a trifling investment, a winning lottery ticket can catapult you into the ranks of the super-rich. Money worries are gone for good, you can tell the boss what you think of him,…
Killing time
Paul Nigh's 'TeamTimeCar.com' Back to the Future DeLorean Time Machine I would love to own a classic car. A 65 Mustang, an E-Type Jag, maybe a DeLorean. If I had a DeLorean, I’d treat it gently, keep it in a…
The gift of life
The Judeo-Christian-Islamic view of life is that some deity created all life - plant, animal, human - and set them to multiplying etc.Every culture has a more or less thrilling and entertaining creation story, but somehow, life began with an…
Happy, happy, happy
My view of the world includes distinctions between words others might regard as equivalent. Mind, brain, consciousness, intellect: all very different things to me in my perception.So too with the concepts of pleasure, happiness, and bliss.As a writer of erotica,…
Scratching the clouds
Looking back to Plato and Aristotle with their competing views of the cosmos, Aristotle reckoned that what we see is what we get; the universe is merely those things we may perceive.His teacher Plato thought that there was a framework…
