• Why do I feel oppressed?

    Modern industrial civilization has developed within a certain system of convenient myths. The driving force of modern industrial civilization has been individual material gain, which is accepted as legitimate, even praiseworthy, on the grounds that private vices yield public benefits, in the classic formulation. Now, it has long been understood, very well, that a society that is based on this principle will destroy...

  • Issues That Underpin Capitalism

    The basic system that underpins capitalism is autocratic control, whereby, central systems and institutions control, manipulate, and then manoeuvre products as merchantable, thereby establishing an ordain value for a product, and thus, create a niche need. Under capitalism, everything is for sale, and the more money you have acquired, the more property and power is attainable. Freedom, just like any other commodity,...

  • The Roman Catholic Church Comparison to Atheism

    Roman Catholicism is even worse than Atheism itself, in my opinion! Yes, that's my opinion! Atheism only preaches a negation, but Catholicism goes further: it preaches a distorted Christ, a Christ calumniated and defamed by themselves, the opposite of Christ! It preaches the Antichrist, I declare it does, I assure you it does! This is the conviction I have long held, and it has distressed me, myself... Roman...

  • Social State of Marxism

    (Aleksandr Zinovyev Quotes) Communism does not eliminate the inequality between men, the social injustice, exploitation of man by man and other evils of society — communism merely changes their form and gives birth to new evils, which become eternal fellow-travelers of communism. If a Communist Party of a certain Western democracy promises to preserve after its seizure of power the positive characteristics o...

  • Why do I feel oppressed?

    Modern industrial civilization has developed within a certain system of convenient myths. The driving force of modern industrial civilization has been individual material gain, which is accepted as legitimate, even praiseworthy, on the grounds that private vices yield public benefits, in the classic formulation. Now, it has long been understood, very well, that a society that is based on this principle will destroy...

Archive for June, 2009

Philosophical Love Quotes

Jun 14th

Posted by Andrew Crichton in Philosophy

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“There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.” – Nietzsche

“You come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by seeing an imperfect person perfectly.” – Sam Keen

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” – Lao Tzu

“Forgiveness is the final form of love.” – Reinhold Niebuhr

“We never know we are beings till we love. And then it is we know the powers and potentialities of human existence.” – Jean Toomer

“Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They’re in each other all along.” – Rumi

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Sad Inspiring Philosophy Quotes

Jun 11th

Posted by Andrew Crichton in Philosophy

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Life is far too short to dwell in the failings of yesteryear. My philosophy is to love those who love you, forget those who you can live without, and believe that life is a journey pitted with obstacles which, especially through failure, make us stronger and more appreciative of what we have accomplished. Although tomorrow may look bleak, it is a new day with new opportunity to make a greater change for the future. The greatest flaw we can ever make is believing progress starts with the first step. It starts when we decide to make a difference, however small More >

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Personality Manipulation and Change Throughout Life

Jun 1st

Posted by Andrew Crichton in Philosophy

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In most text books, which were written more than 10 years ago, an individual’s personality was considered a relatively enduring characteristic immune to change. Contrary to such evidence, research these days tends to suggest personality has an ability to transform over time. Through this transformation, which does not have to be directly related to physical brain injury (Lishman, 1998), an individual can develop certain idiosyncrasies unlike their previous self. Although first characterized in the case of Phineas Gage, where an individual sustained damage to the frontal lobes and exhibited a differing personality, actual personality change can be brought on through More >

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