Philosophy

A translation of the Tao Te Ching. An ancient text from Lao Ze

Was Samson the only godlike judge, or were there others? Was Samson an equivalent or a counterpart of Hercules? Were the judges actual judicial experts or no more than local chieftains?

The Celestial Guide's (TCG) interpretive lens transforms Joshua's conquest narrative, challenging traditional readings with hidden symbolism and deeper meanings. Was Joshua successful in conquering Canaan?

Why was Moses denied access to Canaan? Is it possible he tried to usurp God's chosen, Joshua? Was Joshua guilty of the same hubris? How does God choose his emissaries?

Can a theocracy really people, or would the need to put your trust in an anointed king be more important? Do people look for cop-outs by putting their trust in the divine? Does God prefer the clergy or individuals?

Were the priests mentioned actual priests, or is Leviticus a mentor and mentee book disguised as a religious one? What do we know about making sacrifices?

Was Moses the most capable leader for the Israelites out of Egypt, or just "the right person at the right time?"

Was Cain God's favourite? Is the bible only about metaphors and allegories, where we just misinterpreted the words?

About the Author Kristal P is not just a writer. Through words, visions, and raw resonance, she opens hidden dimensions of truth. Her creations do not entertain; they awaken. Born with an eye for the invisible.

Deconstructing Atheism explores the foundations of atheistic beliefs, questioning their philosophical, scientific, and moral assumptions.

Hundred Stares and a Stare. My Own Personal Quotes. 101 extended inspirational Quotes. For more Positivity, Motivation, Self awareness and Self love.

Of all the writings of Plato the Timaeus is the most obscure and repulsive to the modern reader, and has nevertheless had the greatest influence over the ancient and mediaeval world. The obscurity arises in the infancy of physical science.

The Republic of Plato is the longest of his works with the exception of the Laws, and is certainly the greatest of them. There are nearer approaches to modern metaphysics in the Philebus and in the Sophist; the Politicus or Statesman is more ideal..

M. Lévy-Bruhl then explains that, whilst recognising the entire coherence of Comte’s collective labours, he proposes to confine his present study to the earlier and principal work, the Philosophy, which in M. Lévy-Bruhl’s opinion is the dominant and

It falls into this difficulty without any fault of its own. It begins with principles, which cannot be dispensed with in the field of experience, and the truth and sufficiency of which are, at the same time, insured by experience.

The Aeneid is widely considered Virgil's finest work and one of the most important poems in the history of western literature. Virgil worked on the Aeneid during the last eleven years of his life (29–19 BC), commissioned, according to Propertius.

Euthyphro (right-minded or sincere) is one of Plato's early dialogues, dated to after 399 BC. Taking place during the weeks leading up to Socrates' trial, the dialogue features Socrates and Euthyphro, a religious expert also mentioned at Cratylus 396a.

When the old Chicago cut loose from her moorings in an Atlantic port it was a red letter day for me. She was a good sized craft, of the French Line, and was to carry a lot of other Ameri-cans, besides myself, from the United States to France.

Beginning with his A Treatise of Human Nature (1739), Hume strove to create a total naturalistic "science of man" that examined the psychological basis of human nature. In stark opposition to the rationalists who preceded him, most notably Descartes..

Covent Garden at 11.15 p.m. Torrents of heavy summer rain. Cab whistles blowing frantically in all directions. Pedestrians running for shelter into the market and under the portico of St. Paul's Church, where there are already several people.

THIS book is an essay in the speculative treatment of certain problems, suggested but not usually discussed in the course of a thorough empirical study of mental phenomena.

We sailed from Peru, (where we had continued for the space of one whole year) for China and Japan, by the South Sea; taking with us victuals for twelve months; and had good winds from the east, though soft and weak, for five months space, and more.

MetamorphosisThe Metamorphosis (German: Die Verwandlung, also sometimes translated as The Transformation) is a novella by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915. It has been cited as one of the seminal works of fiction of the 20th century.

Wherein Antoninus recordeth, What and of whom, whether Parents, Friends, or Masters; by their good examples, or good advice and counsel, he had learned: Divided into Numbers or Sections.

At the time when Calderon began to compose for the stage, the Spanish drama was at its height. Lope de Vega, the most prolific and, with Calderon, the greatest, of Spanish dramatists, was still alive; and by his applause gave encouragement to the beginner

In Leviathan, Hobbes set out his doctrine of the foundation of states and legitimate governments – originating social contract theory. Leviathan was written during the English Civil War; much of the book is occupied with demonstrating the necessity.

Sir Walter Scott's "Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft" were his contribution to a series of books, published by John Murray, which appeared between the years 1829 and 1847, and formed a collection of eighty volumes known as "Murray's Family Library."

In Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego, (1922), Sigmund Freud based his preliminary description of group psychology on Le Bon's work, but went on to develop his own, original theory, related to what he had begun to elaborate in Totem and Taboo.

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