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Jeremy Bentham, Anarchical Fallacies, vol. 2 of Bo wring, Works, 1843. The Declaration of Rights -- I mean the paper published under that name by the French National Assembly in 1791 -- assumes for its subject-matter a field of disquisition as unbounded in point of extent as it is important in its nature. But the more ample the extent given to any proposition or string of propositions, the more difficult it is to...

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A number of porcupines huddled together for warmth on a cold day in winter; but, as they began to prick one another with their quills, they were obliged to disperse. However the cold drove them together again, when just the same thing happened. At last, after many turns of huddling and dispersing, they discovered that they would be best off by remaining at a little distance from one another. In the same way the need...

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Take a look at the history of “trucking and bartering” itself; look at the history of modern capitalism, about which we know a lot. The first thing you’ll notice is, peasants had to be driven by force and violence into a wage-labor system they did not want; then major efforts were undertaken – conscious efforts – to create wants. In fact, if you look back, there’s a whole interesting literature of conscious discussio...

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Violence is not merely killing another. It is violence when we use a sharp word, when we make a gesture to brush away a person, when we obey because there is fear. So violence isn’t merely organized butchery in the name of God, in the name of society or country. Violence is much more subtle, much deeper, and we are inquiring into the very depths of violence. When you call yourself an Indian or a Muslim or a C...

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Plato, Desire and its Unrelenting Love

Love is often argued to be the most powerful and moving emotion. It drives us. Whether for sex, wealth, greed, power and/or for any other selfish need, we rely on this false ideology of love as being beautiful, untouched and selfless to claim our actions as permissible and out of the best interest of our hearts desire. It is this obsession with love which has intrigued philosophers for hundreds of years, and as a result, the reason such deliberation and rationality has been extended to it. Plato, a Greek philosopher, mathematician and writer, is often considered to be one of the most influential figures of western culture in relation to loves desire. His work on “Eros” or passionate love, is recorded in the play The Symposium, in which, Plato delves into the mystery and philosophy of love, sexual drive, homoeroticism and the duality of love. The following essay will express the importance of desire and truth according to The Symposium and Plato’s work.

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Plato, Desire and its Unrelenting Love. Love is often argued to be the most powerful and moving emotion. It drives us. Whether for sex, wealth, greed, power and/or for any other selfish need, we rely on this false ideology of love as being beautiful, untouched and...
Plato, Desire and its Unrelenting Love. Love is often argued to be the most powerful and moving emotion. It drives us. Whether for sex, wealth, greed, power and/or for any other selfish need, we rely on this false ideology of love as being beautiful, untouched and...
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I know my fate. One day my name will be associated with the memory of something tremendous — a crisis without equal on earth, the most profound collision of conscience, a decision that was conjured up against everything that had been believed, demanded, hallowed so far. I am no man, I am dynamite.

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