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A New Model Of History
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This issue is the object of multiple insights by a host of students of history and theory, among them Isaiah Berlin with his critique of the idea of historical inevitability, and Karl Popper with his attack on what he called 'historicism', a term with a long history, but one to which he gave an idiosyncratic, but useful, definition, putting it in close concordance with the issue of historical inevitability.
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Descent of Man Revisited
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Starting a new revision of this series: the revised pages are indicated in red in the table below. The Limits of Observation. A Non-random Pattern: The Eonic Effect. An Outline of History. Darwin s theory of natural selection collated with the sudden public realization of the fact of evolution produced the revolution of thought we associate with the idea of evolution. But this also produced the oversimplification of. The problem of the. In the high tide of the much-misunderstood Enlightenment, which cont...
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The Mustard Seed: The Political Consequences of Reductionism
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A Blog Devoted to News and Analysis of this Controversial Book. Thursday, September 3, 2009. The Political Consequences of Reductionism. Yesterday, Denyse O'Leary. Highlighted a fascinating article in last week's Hindu Times. The article - entitled Our Ideas of Brain and Human Nature are a Myth. Shows the shocking political consequences of reductionism - straight from the mouth of a reductionist advocate. Read the whole thing, but here's a few clips. And The Decisive Moment. It’s intriguing how muc...
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The Mustard Seed: Will Western Civilization End in Your Lifetime? Yes, Probably
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A Blog Devoted to News and Analysis of this Controversial Book. Tuesday, September 22, 2009. Will Western Civilization End in Your Lifetime? Seasons of Tumult and Change. Talleyrand and his pals are speculating about the. Fall of Western civilization. Yep, that's the consensus. Tal lists "24 reasons given for why the Roman Empire fell," and claims America has achieved 21 of them. Yep, 21 out of 24. He writes:. I've been very leery of making predictions. Back in April, I wrote. Should we be concerned?
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The Mustard Seed: The Inexplicable Popularity of C.S. Lewis
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A Blog Devoted to News and Analysis of this Controversial Book. Tuesday, December 23, 2008. The Inexplicable Popularity of C.S. Lewis. When I was a child, my familiarity with the religious writer C.S. Lewis was through his best-selling Narnia books. Eventually, at the age of 19, I was confronted with Mr. Lewis’ real legacy. During my junior year of college, my girlfriend at the time told me she was reading Mr. Lewis’ autographic work, Surprised by Joy. Why am I bringing up C.S. Lewis’ book? But I have to...
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The Mustard Seed: From Darwin to Nietzsche to Hitler
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A Blog Devoted to News and Analysis of this Controversial Book. Wednesday, June 17, 2009. From Darwin to Nietzsche to Hitler. This is the first of a 2-part series on. 8217;s impact on philosophy and politics. In today's piece, I investigate how. Influenced the existentialist philosopher Frederic Nietzsche, and how Darwin and Nietzsche together influenced the German dictator Adolph Hitler, whose crimes against humanity include World War II and the Holocaust. One of those fields was philosophy. 8216;is....
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The Mustard Seed: Quote of the Day
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A Blog Devoted to News and Analysis of this Controversial Book. Wednesday, April 22, 2009. Quote of the Day. If I were to speak your kind of language, I would say that man's only moral commandment is: Thou shalt think. But a 'moral commandment' is a contradiction in terms. The moral is the chosen, not the forced; the understood, not the obeyed. The moral is the rational, and reason accepts no commandments.”. Posted by Todd W. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). What's The Book About? For a brief summary.
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The Mustard Seed: The Cannibals of the Scientific Revolution
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A Blog Devoted to News and Analysis of this Controversial Book. Monday, December 7, 2009. The Cannibals of the Scientific Revolution. All revolutions devour their own children.". Rohm was a despicable bastard, but his life and death is a testament to this valuable truth. From an historical perspective, all revolutions – even the most worthy ones – have a habit of going too far and eventually – generations later – destroying those who benefit from it. Common Sense Atheist website. I wrote back…. The irony...