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• Simone de Beauvoir and Phenomenology

  
  The Mustard Seed — Authority: 123
  Photo by Henri Cartier-Bresson Here is a short piece from a post I did at The Excerpt Mill on   Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986) in where I quote Barbara S. Andrew: One of the most significant aspects of The Second Sex is its encyclopedic indexing of women’s lived experience: biology, psychology, the ...
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• The Manhattan Declaration As The New Barmen Declaration

  
  Start Thinking Right — Authority: 477
  Christians are hearing about the Manhattan Declaration with great excitement.  It is a tremendous document with tremendous support from some tremendous Christian figures. The actual declaration (linked to above) is some 4,000 plus words long, and is available to read at the link above.  But here is the nutshell ...
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• Hallucinogenic drug made Jean-Paul Sartre ‘fall in love’ with lobsters

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  London, November 22 (ANI): A new book has revealed that European thinker Jean-Paul Sartre used to have hallucinations of lobsters, which once even chased him down the Champs Elysées.New York professor John Gerassi’s book sheds light on the conversation between him and the French philosopher about mescaline, a ...
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• Courting Ellen West

  
  Ask MetaFilter — Authority: 656
  “The Case of Ellen West” was published by the Swiss psychiatrist, Ludwig Binswanger, in 1944–1945 and (as far as I can tell) appeared in English translation in 1958. Anyone know where I can get a copy? Usual search suspects are turning up only the Carl Rogers article, "Ellen West and Loneliness", in the Review ...
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• Does History Matter?

  
  Hammermarks — Authority: 415
  Wood, Elements #8 ©2009 Wendy Edsall-Kerwin How important is the history of a piece to your enjoyment of it?  How important is the cultural environment surrounding an artwork—the when and where of its creation? I was at a meeting of the Creative House of Lancaster last night and we were participating in a ...
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• Paddling from where I was

  
  MY GULCH... — Authority: 115
  For days, I’ve been paddling my own canoe, only to find out that I was going nowhere. I am where I was. Some thing I realized just a few minutes ago. -------- I took this photo when I was in Pearl Island in Guiuan, Eastern Samar. The four of us were riding a Seeker , a small boat with a hole covered in glass at ...
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• Ego: Distinguishing between self-assertive and self-centered

  
  Blogs — Authority: 162
  Eckart Tolle says "Recognize the ego for what it is: a collective dysfunction, the insanity of the human mind." Thats a bold assertion. Maybe its true but it is worth examining if it wouldnt be egotistical of me to do so. It raises questions like how we come by this dysfunction and insanity?  If its that bad why ...
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• Tolletalitarian: Tolles trouble distinguishing between self-assertive and self-centered

  
  Ambigamy — Authority: 114
  Eckart Tolle says "Recognize the ego for what it is: a collective dysfunction, the insanity of the human mind." Thats a bold assertion. Maybe its true but it is worth examining if it wouldnt be egotistical of me to do so. It raises questions like how we come by this dysfunction and insanity?  If its that bad why ...
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• CBT = Existentialism?

  
  Blogs — Authority: 162
  Ive recently come to the conclusion that cognitive behavioral therapy, the empirically-demonstrated gold standard for treating depression and a host of other problems, necessitates a belief in existentialism, a philosophy holding that we live in a meaningless universe.  How can happiness derive from appreciating the ...
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• Connecting the ‘Dots’ on Structured Water

  
  Thought for Food — Authority: 110
  My quest to understand and appreciate the nature, behavior, and essence of structured water is ongoing. Feedback from new structured water experiencers continues to stream in, and it is no less than amazing. Water plays a grossly unappreciated role in the human health matrix. Our failure to examine water, and to ...
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• Book Review: Matters of Death and Life

  
  Dr. Norris Chumley Satisfied Life — Authority: 129
  Mark C. Taylor, noted philosopher, scholar, professor of religion and Chair of the Columbia University Department of Religion, has published a glowing, often super-real and sometimes surreal collection of essays on the human condition.  "Field Notes From Elsewhere: Reflections on Dying and Living" from Columbia ...
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• Wilfred Owen’s “Futility”

  
  Prometheus Unbound — Authority: 144
  One of Wilfred Owen’s great poems is titled “Futility” (1918). It begins with a commander of men at war directing a couple of his soldiers to move into the sun the body of a recently dead comrade: Move him into the sun— Gently its touch awoke him once, At home, whispering of fields unsown. Always it woke ...
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• The Myth of Sissyphus [Existentialism]

  
  Gawker — Authority: 866
  Dude waits 12 hours in rain so girlfriend can buy H&M; Jimmy Choos . Related: Sissyphus .
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• Its Gonna Be One Of Those Days, Isnt It? [Existentialism]

  
  Gawker — Authority: 866
  The first thing in this mornings Gawker Weekend inbox: People Talking on Bananas . Sigh.
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• Heracles, Alcestis, and the Determined Human Heart’s Heroic Relentless Path Through This World

  
  Prometheus Unbound — Authority: 144
  Below is a fourth century Roman catacomb image of two courageous people who followed their hearts right into the very jaws of death: Heracles and Alcestis . The basic story from Greek mythology (and which Euripides made into a play) goes like this: Through Apollo’s manipulations, the Fates granted Admetus ...
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• On seeking advice.

  
  Pragmatik — Authority: 129
  “…if you seek counsel from a priest, for example you have selected that priest; and at bottom you already knew, more or less, what he would advise. In other words, to choose an adviser is nevertheless to commit oneself by that choice. If you are a Christian, you will say, consult a priest; but there are ...
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• Soaking it up

  
  David Rheins Blog — Authority: 112
  In the hotel bath I pause, muse, delay the day one last calm moment
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• Random Thoughts: Gratitude, Angel Valley, Structured Water

  
  Thought for Food — Authority: 110
  With this thing called life being many faceted, it’s quite possible to experience the full gamut of feelings, from profound joy and gratitude, to equally profound anguish and pain, in the course of a single day. Such are the signs of a life being lived, fully . If it is being loved fully too, then we’ve got the ...
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• Can you Separate a Person from their Work?

  
  Antiquitopia — Authority: 423
  That is a question perennially asked concerning Heidegger, the highly influential 20th century philosopher--some may say the most influential 20th century philosopher--and Nazi. Is it possible to separate his philosophy from his Nazism? It is something being addressed, once more, in Emmanuel Fayes book, who says ...
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• Foo Fighters, Neil Diamond, and How to Keep Your Inspiration Flowing

  
  Hammermarks — Authority: 415
  The other night I was driving home from my other, non-jewelry job and I stumbled upon Jack Black interviewing the Foo Fighters .  I only listened to 15min worth (I had to walk the dog when I got home) and even though 1/2 that time was spent listening to “Wheels” and “My Hero” (two songs I like) the part I ...
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