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• What is consciousness? And do we really have it?

  
  Eternity in an Hour — Authority: 131
  Sigmund Freud~The French philosopher Descartes placed introspection, a form of consciousness, as an essential condition of his philosophical system. But what does consciousness actually mean? What are the conditions that need to be fulfilled in order to label someone as being in a conscious state?Perhaps the most ...
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• Meditation XXIII, David Hume (1711-1776) – Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

  
  Eternity in an Hour — Authority: 131
  David Hume~ When two people meet, they unconsciously affect one another in ways the mind cannot even begin to comprehend. The meeting may be brief and uneventful with nothing fruitful happening as a result of it. But the die is cast and the wheels of time have turned. The present as we know it is [...]
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• Freddie Mercury – The Dostoyevsky of Rock Music

  
  Kottu — Authority: 148
  Freddie Mercury – The Dostoyevsky of Rock Music When Im dead, I want to be remembered as a musician of some worth and substance. -Freddie Mercury Freddie Mercury emerged as a popular singer when Elvis, Mick Jagger, Ian Gillan, John Lennon, Barry Gibb, Mike Love etc dominated the music world. When he ...
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• Meditation XXI, René Descartes (1596-1650) – Meditations on the First Philosophy, and “Objections and Replies”

  
  Eternity in an Hour — Authority: 131
  René Descartes~ When two people meet, they unconsciously affect one another in ways the mind cannot even begin to comprehend. The meeting may be brief and uneventful with nothing fruitful happening as a result of it. But the die is cast and the wheels of time have turned. The present as we know it is [...]
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• Absolute Objectivism as the Defect of Subjective Critique

  
  Sub Specie Aeterni — Authority: 108
  In the chapter entitled “The Critique of the Subject” in the volume Who Comes After the Subject (edited by Cadava, Connor, and Nancy), Michel Henry embarks on a critical history of the philosophy of the subject. While he claims that the history of the critique of the subject has “numerous convergent ...
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• Rene Descartes

  
  Positive Motivational Quotes — Authority: 121
  “When it is not in our power to follow what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable.”
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• Meditation XIV, Epistēmē, A Brief Introduction to Epistemology

  
  Eternity in an Hour — Authority: 131
  Sigmund Freud – The Science Museum, London~ When two people meet, they unconsciously affect one another in ways the mind cannot even begin to comprehend. The meeting may be brief and uneventful with nothing fruitful happening as a result of it. But the die is cast and the wheels of time have turned. The present [...]
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• The Thirteenth Meditation, Historia – The Philosophy of History and History in Philosophy

  
  Eternity in an Hour — Authority: 131
  The King’s Library~ 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 the [...]
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• Diving Headlong into the Murky Waters of Thought

  
  The Soul of Japan — Authority: 116
  ( 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: 124
  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 [...]
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• Waar die argument my lei (7 van y) – die siel

  
  A Different View of Reality — Authority: 112
  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...
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• The Eighth Meditation, Philosophos – The Inescapable Philosophy of Philosophy

  
  Eternity in an Hour — Authority: 131
  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 [...]
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• Duck Face Hotel

  
  Rocketboom — Authority: 494
  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 ...
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• November 10 in history

  
  Homepaddock — Authority: 551
  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 ...
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• Brain and Awareness – The Secret of You (Horizon)

  
  BioethicsBytes — Authority: 100
  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 ...
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• Constraint propagation: Nobel chemists insight begins to explain the soul

  
  Ambigamy — Authority: 114
  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, ...
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• Constraint propagation: A completely new take on souls

  
  Ambigamy — Authority: 114
  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, ...
  3 weeks ago

• Descartes’ Ambivalent Relationship with Tradition

  
  Per Caritatem — Authority: 108
  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.  ...
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• 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 ...
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• Yucho Brewery: Kazeno-Mori Junmai Shibori!

  
  The Soul of Japan — Authority: 116
  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 ...
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