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• Diving Headlong into the Murky Waters of Thought

  
  The Soul of Japan — Authority: 120
  ( Depth of Knowledge Strength of Knowledge and the Pillars of Truth ) Philosophy is the science of wisdom, if you can classify it as such. Actually, the literal meaning of philosophy is love of wisdom, love meaning “philo” wisdom “sophy.” But why I chose philosophy as a precursor for this discussion is ...
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• You’re not lonely

  
  Exper Chaotic Flow — Authority: 123
  We’re all driven into the same cosmic motion!Thereafter, I showed how the greatest part of the matter of this chaos must, in accordance with these laws, dispose and arrange itself in such a way as to present the appearance of heavens; how in the meantime some of its parts must compose an earth and some [...]
  3 days ago

• Waar die argument my lei (7 van y) – die siel

  
  A Different View of Reality — Authority: 116
  Soos in die verlede is daar vandag honderde miljoene mense wat glo dat daar iets soos ‘n siel of siele is. Christene, Jode, Moslems, Hindu’s, Sikh’s, Taoïste, Jains – om dan...
  3 days ago

• The Eighth Meditation, Philosophos – The Inescapable Philosophy of Philosophy

  
  Eternity in an Hour — Authority: 129
  Minerva, Goddess of Wisdom~ Our meeting today, my dear reader, is not one of coincidence, luck or blind chance. That we have met today means that we were meant to meet and our meeting could not have happened in any other way. It is inevitable that the past must be as it has been before [...]
  3 days ago

• Duck Face Hotel

  
  Rocketboom — Authority: 423
  Molly reports on duck faces, space hotels and more. Story links: Rene Descartes , Meditations on First Philosophy , Historic Tale Construction Site , Harbin, Heilongjiang, China , China plans for humanoid Olympics , MANOI GO やるならやらねば！真打バージョン , Scientists ’cause’ Beijing snow ...
  5 days ago

• November 10 in history

  
  Homepaddock — Authority: 550
  On November 10: 1483 Martin Luther , German Protestant reformer, was born. 1619   René Descartes had the dreams that inspire his Meditations on First Philosophy . 1697 – William Hogarth , English artist, was born. William Hogarth, self-portrait, 1745   1728  – Oliver ...
  6 days ago

• Brain and Awareness – The Secret of You (Horizon)

  
  BioethicsBytes — Authority: 99
  Mathematician Marcus du Sautoy is becoming an increasingly regular front-man for the BBC science documentary Horizon and, to date, his contributions have always been satisfyingly informative. The recent episode The Secret You is no exception. In his quest to discover the underlying biochemistry and physiology of ...
  1 week ago

• Constraint propagation: Nobel chemists insight begins to explain the soul

  
  Ambigamy — Authority: 106
  Its not true about the 21 grams. That was an error in measurement back in 1907 when Duncan McDougall claimed to have weighed a soul. Theres no weight loss with death, which is fine with most people because weve long assumed the soul was a weightless, sizeless, timeless substance anyway. Still, weightless, size-less, ...
  1 week ago

• Constraint propagation: A completely new take on souls

  
  Ambigamy — Authority: 106
  Its not true about the 21 grams. That was an error in measurement back in 1907 when Duncan McDougall claimed to have weighed a soul. Theres no weight loss with death, which is fine with most people because weve long assumed the soul was a weightless, sizeless, timeless substance anyway. Still, weightless, size-less, ...
  1 week ago

• Descartes’ Ambivalent Relationship with Tradition

  
  Per Caritatem — Authority: 103
  Descartes is often referred to as the “father” of modern philosophy and for good reasons.  In several of his works, Descartes speaks openly of his frustrations with his philosophical predecessors, highlighting the various ways that they contradict themselves and leave one in a state of skepticism and despair.  ...
  1 week ago

• Why the West ignored mental silence

  
  Meditation Research — Authority: 124
  The conceptualisation of meditation as involving mental silence is virtually absent in Western scientific discussion. Why has this important notion been ignored? How did contemporary, popular notions of meditation become almost diametrically opposed to the ancient Indian ideas which form their source? Some ...
  1 week ago

• Yucho Brewery: Kazeno-Mori Junmai Shibori!

  
  The Soul of Japan — Authority: 120
  Descartes once said that “I think, therefore I am!”  And with that one phrase he became the father of modern philosophy.  “I drink good sake, therefore I am” is what I say, and boy, did I choose a good one.  (This oil painting was rendered by one of my Jukujo moms….H.M.) Another gem of a ...
  2 weeks ago

• “Be Content to Seem What You Really Are.” ~ Marcus Aurelius

  
  Lola's Curmudgeonly Musings on Life, Love & Other Trifles — Authority: 122
  I can say, with all truthfulness, though, that my desires stem not from an attempt to look younger, just thinner. I really dont like the way that women who have had a lot of work done look, with their taut cheekbones stretched to their ears. Kind of reminds me of Klingons, as in thats just not normal.So my rational ...
  2 weeks ago

• Descartes Bones

  
  Steve Zipp's — Authority: 106
  Descartes is: a) the father of modern philosophy b) the intellectual father of modern France c) the author of one of the most influential books of all time d) as peripatetic after death as before Who would have guessed the last point? In 1650 he died in Sweden, where his remains remained until 1666, when they were ...
  3 weeks ago

• “The Seat of the Human Soul” according to Descartes

  
  Totally-Useless.com — Authority: 106
  The pineal gland has been identified by many philosophers and mystics as the ‘third eye’. Descartes even declared that it was the seat of the human soul. It is specially located in the centre of the human brain. It is positioned in between the right and left hemispheres of the brain. Special powers have been ...
  3 weeks ago

• Infinitely Narrow: How Spinoza Corrects Descartes’ Lenses

  
  Frames /sing — Authority: 418
  Corry Shores has another nice post up in his series on my study of Spinoza’s optical theories and practices. He is the only person, as far as I know, who has made an attempt to read through the whole of my study and it is with great appreciation to find my thoughts reflected there. Here, 6: Seeing Differences ...
  3 weeks ago

• Eustacius a Sancto Paulo on Intelligible Being

  
  The Smithy — Authority: 106
  More from Ariews Descartes and the Last Scholastics, p. 44. Perhaps there might one day be interest in Petrus Thomae after all. This is from Ariews chapter on Descartes and Scotism, in which he takes Gilson to task for glossing over differences in 17th century scholasticism (ie assuming they were all Thomists). But ...
  3 weeks ago

• Gilson: The Unity of Philosophical Experience

  
  All Manner of Thing — Authority: 419
  The Unity of Philosophical Experience (1937) Etienne Gilson (Ignatius, 1999) 269 p. First reading. In the fall of 1936 Etienne Gilson, the great historian of medieval philosophy, delivered the William James lectures at Harvard University, and this book followed shortly thereafter.  Gilson’s main purpose is to ...
  3 weeks ago

• A Stanford Encyclopedia Entry on Descartes Ontological Argument

  
  dangerous idea — Authority: 430
  The author argues that Descartes can rebut all the easy refutations, but doesnt necessarily endorse the argument.
  4 weeks ago

• Rituals for Lover Earth

  
  Dark Optimism — Authority: 92
  This is Dark Optimism’s first ever guest post. The below article was originally published a week ago by Charles Eisenstein , on the Reality Sandwich web magazine. It blew me away, exploring the themes of cultural stories and definitions of self that will be familiar to my regular readers, yet bringing to ...
  4 weeks ago

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