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A plea for the virility of reason.
The toadying, listless, graft-ridden, indecisive nest-featherers and eunuchs that constitute most if not all U.S. Congress but even in our presidents… Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy & Religion
Tagged fear, irrationality, morality, reason, self-consciousness, weakness
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10 Random Thoughts
The following are ten random thoughts, which tells the reader a little about how my mind sometimes works—randomly: Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Share on technorati Tweet … Continue reading
Posted in Lists
Tagged choices, civil society, culture, evil, fame, fear, good, happiness, innocence, intellectual dishonesty, nuance, security, tenure
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Book Review—The Lessons of History
The Lessons of History by Will and Ariel Durant—1968 This is less a book review and more an outline of the Durant’s remarkable little summary. It is one of my favorite non-fiction books, although that is often a moving target. … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews—Nonfiction
Tagged Atlas shrugged, biology, Calvin, capitalism, Christopher Hitchens, civilization, Communism, Copernicus, death, democracy, Enlightenment, environmentalism, equality, fear, folly, Golden Rule, government, history, inequality, Karl Marx, Libertines, life is competition, Malthus, orthodoxy, philosophy, Plato, progress, redistribution, religion, revolution, Richard Dawkins, science, selection, serfdom, socialism, the state, utopia, Viva Zapata, Voltaire, war, Will Durant
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