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...s; thousands danced about the great circle beneath the white images of the ancient gods, and glorious processions of youths and maidens came and went.... ... but with something of a tradition of the arts of old Peru and of its lost philosophy. Generation followed generation. They forgot many things; they d... ...eir instruction. And the eldest of the blind men explained to him life and philosophy and religion, how that the world (meaning their valley) had been...

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...e world to the other. Singaling, just off the Malay Peninsula, tooled its philosophy from its successful island neighbor, Singapore. I had visited Si... ...s leaders bring up religion to make their points. But we don‟t accept the ancient values that don‟t make sense today. For example, the words of Menc... ...uages. They are also tested on their knowledge of our customs, history and philosophy. Then they have to be ready to immerse themselves in our societ... ...d Mormons. The more conservative, or I should say the more reactionary the philosophy, the more it tends to favor a literal interpretation of their s... ...n‟t like change.” 40 —“Ya, like He accepted pornography for the ancient Greeks and Romans, but He changed his mind for modern day America.... ...ertainly have to understand basic assumptions. So it‟s important to study philosophy and religions. We believe, with Francis Bacon, that knowledge i... ...a partnership or a marriage as indentured servitude, slavery or any other ancient arrangement. So there‟s no reason to pay somebody who voluntarily ... ...st that the various civilizations have cherished, in science, art, music, philosophy, but we leave room for individual creativity that advances our ...

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...usions in such cases will be based purely on theo- retical assumptions. All of philosophy refers to this kind of science, and humanity has often suff... ...act, one cannot merge with Him prior to attaining love for others. Hence, the ancient sage pointed to “love thy neighbor” as the safest and quickest... ... for one another, both for observing the laws and for violating them. Another ancient sage, Elazar, the son of Rashbi (Rabbi Shimon Bar-Yochai, the ... ...here as well. It is my hope that readers will understand my dislike for empty philosophy, because whole structures are built, and completely un- subs... ...overned, which exists at all levels of life, has captivated human minds since ancient times and has generated several theories: P E R F E C T I O N... ... forces according to their character brought forth religions (such as that of ancient Greek) that included an assembly of deities, each governed by ... ...om will open up above and flow down.” K E Y C O N C E P T S 95 In one of the ancient manuscripts, Kabbalist Abraham Azulai (sixth century CE) found...

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...This short book is part of the Philosophies Ancient and Modern series, which attempts to make Western philosophy more accessible to the general public. In this volume, George Stock provides a concise primer on Stoicism, the ancient philosophy that maintained that the u...

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...he has found the secret to immortality. 50 There was another king in ancient times that shared this same burning desire and that travelled tir... ...w much can the love we receive help us, if we do not free ourselves of the ancient hatred we carry within ourselves? This story reminds me of the ... ...e to try to understand what the Sirens are singing, as many have done from ancient times until today. Only the laws of biological growth manage to ... .... The fact that Homer’s poems are books of wisdom was something all the ancient commentators recognized. I am not the first to assert this, and no... ...oughout the numerous commentaries on the Odyssey, written from the time of ancient Greece up until today, which Filippomaria Pontani gives an accura...

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...isdom Pg 1220 Bicycle Cards Pg 1221 Intelligence Pg 1224 Pre-History and Ancient History Pg 1266 Burial of the Dead Pg 1268 Decapitation Pg... ... Daoist Priest told him that this is what the original Yin-Yang symbol of the ancient concept of Duality looked like before the Daoist Duality of Ev... ... and regardless of size. By using the theoretical abstract straight line of ancient Greek geometry and abstract mathematics which does not exist i... ...with Daoism may mark the similarity between what I have written here, and the ancient Eastern teachings of Dualism, or Daoism. However: the ancient... ...wards. This graveness of spirit which became known as gravity comes from the ancient Latin word ‘gravitas’. These swindles of misperception go all... ... His hypocrisy has stood unchallenged and unquestioned for 2,750 years. Any Philosophy student can challenge his professor on this point in public.... ... has done so yet. Why? Because the only idiots who go to University to study Philosophy are the idiots who cannot think for themselves. Anybody wi... ...22 pure bullshit, and does not waste their time going to a University to tell Philosophy professors they are full of shit. Aristotle’s book ‘The... ...ess, inhuman and insane. This is the insane contradiction that all Western Philosophy and Religion has tried to unsuccessfully make sense-of and ...

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...e sky to cool the 110 to 120 degree furnace that roasted and parched this ancient plain. There were no sacred cows blocking our way. This count... ...k that the great traditions of our sub-continent need to be continued, so philosophy, religion and the arts are given a strong emphasis in our educa... ...As Nietzsche pointed out, we have achieved in many truly human areas like philosophy, religion, literature, music, the visual arts of painting, sculp... ...y on the Indian subcontinent. YOGAS ―In Indian philosophy, Yoga is the name of one of the six approaches to realizing on... ...hey will have to rely on their children for their old age care—just as our ancient traditions required. ―Factories have also been set up for t... ...ic assumptions that people use and realize that certainty in the areas of philosophy and religion is not possible.‖ —―You don‘t seem to agree... ...oking at ecology, food production, and population movements. We can study philosophy and ethics while studying religion. We also teach our Hindu rel... ...mocracy. ―You have loud authoritative voices claiming the truth of ancient religious myths of an ancient illiterate people over the findings ... ...There are different vowels and different intonations. Ojibwe is an ancient Native American language spoken in the Great Lakes area. Ten thous...

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...nt in China, has no modern historical equivalent. While the warriors of ancient Sparta may have challenged their newborns to test the elements on... ...ld. So our education system emphasizes logical development through studying philosophy and logic. We study and practice physical activity as part of ... ...ons of an enlightened democracy for all the people. Whether we look at the ancient Athenians‘ democracy only for the male citizens, or the thinkers ... ...God idea brought with it suspicions, wars and enslavements. Even today the ancient Jewish approach of over 3000 years arouses prejudice and even hate... ... or cycle with their earphones delivering them the diamonds of literature, philosophy of classical music. ―One of our major industries deals... ...with making education more enjoyable. We are diametrically opposed to that ancient idea that ‗it doesn‘t matter what a person learns, as long as he d... ...d the elegance of imagination to rival it. And the heavenly sounds of your ancient qin and pipa airing Eastern and Western classics, then the violin... ... education program. We give them the opportunity to understand history and philosophy. We pursue the great literature and the arts from both the Eas...

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...e now. Men I‘d like you to meet Dr. Wang. As you know she‘s a professor of philosophy at the University of Kino. Dr. Wang these are my dearest friend... ...torical evidence we have to account for the bias of the author. Then with ancient historical documents we have to be concerned with the biases of th... ...cism is also made of the Bible, of the works of Josephus and of all other ancient texts. Sometimes it is a question as to whether the authors to whic... ...ief system or a religion.‖ —―Well, I have taken a great deal of philosophy, both at Notre Dame and in the seminary. I certainly understand... ...Yes Commander.‖ 32 ---―I remember in college that the head of the philosophy department at U.C.L.A., Dr. Kalish, had a debate scheduled with... ...ment at U.C.L.A., Dr. Kalish, had a debate scheduled with the head of the philosophy department at Loyola University. The U.C.L.A. professor called ... ...on that there is uniformity in nature. Science cannot give certainty. The ancient Greek "scientists" could look at the sky and realize that the sun ... ...an or Muslim, you are a monotheist. If you believe in many gods, like the ancient Greeks and Romans, you are a polytheist. ―A second type of... ...y one god who is different from us. Remember that the Hindu approach, the ancient Greeks and Romans, and many other groups have believed in multiple...

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...tion, infanticide and suicide for millennia. Whether it was the Spartans of ancient Greece exposing their babies on the hill letting the elements de... ...oving drive to make the world a better place. “I’m driven by that ancient Native American reminder that ‘We have not inherited this world ... ... opinion? As I see it science looks at how the universe works, religion and philosophy look at why. When a scientist tells you how to behave he is ou... ...a broad knowledge of history or science or a comprehensive understanding of philosophy or theology. Their thinking seems to be simply that their Sup... ...f Jews and ‘niggers.’(11) “The free speech of Socrates was muted in ancient Athens, when his gadfly bite forced those who were able—to think... ...act did in some cases.” —“Wait a minute padre. I know you’ve studied more philosophy than I have, but you know that bringing in Hitler is a logica... ...ike it when I bring up Hitler, but those were two major factors in his Nazi philosophy.” —“We’ve already discussed eugenics. Yes it was tried in N...

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...rse. As the author says in his introduction: in these papers, it may be hoped, western readers will have an opportunity of coming into touch with the ancient spirit of India as revealed in our sacred texts and manifested in the life of to-day. Most of the essays were given as lectures before Harvard University in 1916 or before. (Summary by Peter Yearsley)...

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...n Jowett and his comprehensive introduction to and analysis of the work precedes the text itself, which he describes as the growth of an age in which philosophy is not wholly separated from poetry and mythology. (Summary by Philippa)...

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... la dies in the flash and stir and splendor of noble palaces and grim and ancient castles. CHAPTER II NOW CAME GREAT NEWS! Stunning news—joyous news... ...ou know, without intending anything improper, but just out of trade habit, ancient policy, petrified custom, loyalty to—to—hang it, I can’t find the r... ... at last—yes. We would make a plunge at the Four Hundred, and pull in some ancient lineage, venerable, holy, ineffable, mellow with the antiquity of a... ... the oldest and noblest of the three hundred and sixty four 29 Mark Twain ancient German principalities, and one of the few that was allowed to retai... ...humanly possible people, fluent narrative, connected sequence of events—or philosophy, or logic, or sense. No; the rich, deep, beguiling charm of the ... ...d complacency in the title page above quoted—”like the topmost topaz of an ancient tower.” Please read it again; contemplate it; measure it; walk arou... ...a, is it you, the object of grief, the daughter of opulence, of wisdom and philosophy, that thus complaineth? It cannot be you are the child of misfor... ...unning for his life, for fear he might perish in its ru ins. Where is the philosophy, where is the consistency, where is the charity, in conduct like... ...ve long since learned that the perfection of wis dom, and the end of true philosophy, is to proportion our wants to our possessions, our ambition to ...

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...y Sit Quietly Unborn Mind Atheist’s Song Seeking Echoes Civilisation Oh, You Know Song of the Other Tradition Excess Balance Out There Walk Ancient Trails February: Hidden Valley Downstream No Zen Wars Don’t Accept Meeting a Stranger Manifesto The Path Revealed Particulars Nothing More Real Ridge-Work Insect Symmetry Progress Messengers Primal Gon...

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...life, that regulate the evolutionary path of this specific structure. As a philosophy, it asks about why human beings exist, what its individual pur... ...did, the stars found in the Big Dipper. Those who learned to navigate in ancient times looked at the sky for a long time while they were still on ...

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...s to give hope to people who are looking for it. I’ve spent years discovering the most effective methods for self-transformation and empowerment from ancient eastern traditions to modern western research. I had to go on this journey due to intense mental, emotional, and physical illness. Now I’m sharing the most powerful insights and practices to provide guidance to those...

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...s Relate To The Emotional Body Releasing An Emotion Deconstructing Beliefs And Creating New Ones Using Inquiry To Unroot A Belief Memories Using Ancient Practices To Clear Negative Patterns Healing Through Massage Reiki And Therapeutic Touch The Relaxation Response And Gene Expression Easy Ways To Empower Yourself When You Have Low Energy And Motivation The Frien...

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...n must be made between the photon as a flying particle of light under the ancient corpuscular theory, and a quantum of energy as espoused by Max Plan... ...and editor of 70 books and 90 papers in mathematics, physics, literature, philosophy. In November 2004 he was invited to lecture at NASA Langley Re...

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...Excerpt: The tower among the Apennines It was in June that the sculptor, Kenyon, arrived on horse back at the gate of an ancient country house (which, from some of its features, might almost be called a castle) situated in a part of Tuscany somewhat remote from the ordinary track of tourists. Thither we must now accompany him, and endeavor to m...

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...IN JUNE that the sculptor, Kenyon, arrived on horse back at the gate of an ancient country house (which, from some of its features, might almost be ca... ... rich, harmonious glow and variety of color. But the frescos were now very ancient. They had been rubbed and scrubbed by old Stein and many a predeces... ... in the hollow of a great tree, the pair spent a happy wedded life in that ancient neighborhood where now stood Donatello’s tower. From this union spr... ...t wilderness of a house, through some obscure passages, and came to a low, ancient doorway. It admitted them to a narrow turret stair which zigzagged ... ...and- ing in the doorway of this chamber. It must needs be the ghost of the ancient prisoner. Do you believe in ghosts?” “I can hardly tell,” replied K... ...be supposed that a melancholy man would here make acquaintance with a grim philosophy. He should learn to bear patiently his individual griefs, that e...

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...should forget myself: O, if I could, what grief should I forget! Preach some philosophy to make me mad, And thou shalt be canonized, cardinal; For bei... ...ess. PEMBROKE: But that your royal pleasure must be done, This act is as an ancient tale new told, And in the last repeating troublesome, Being urged...

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...I was exposed to view twenty-three minutes, odd seconds. Is there not some ancient story of a monstrous wretch baked in his own bull? My situation was... ...me; so I performed the task of offer- ing the Hock, stating that it was of ancient birth. The squire bunched his features; he tutored his temper, and ... ...tate, that he would, before leaving the place, do his utmost to revive the ancient glories of Bath: Bath had once set the fashion to the kingdom; why ... ...me. My tutor pleased the squire immensely by calling me matter-of-fact. In philosophy and history I hated speculation; but nothing was too fantastic f... ... made the earth hers. She was as fresh of her East as the morning when her ancient people struck tents in the track of their shadows. I write of her i... ...at the mind advances notwithstanding. Astronomers condescending to earthly philosophy may admit that advance in the physical universe is computable, t... ...But when I lay withered, though so young, by the sea- shore, his country’s ancient grandeur insisted, and I dreamed of Harry Richmond, imagining that ... ...not a stranger to the act, I confessed. ‘Well’—he took refuge in practical philosophy—’a man must bring some dirt home from every journey: only don’t ... ...keep it to do an unnecessary cruelty to the living? if she had not studied philosophy, she might at least discern the difference between just resolves...

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...oratory was the best mounted in Italy. Bancalari, the professor of natural philosophy, was famous in his day; by what seems even an odd coincidence, h... ...is hurly-burly once more. There are awnings all along the ship, and a most ancient, fish-like smell beneath. ‘1 O’CLOCK. – Suddenly a great strain in ... ...k still stands upon a gate, and has left the mark of his strong clutch. Of ancient times when Crete was Crete, not a trace remains; save perhaps in th... ...ar- ing above our heads; old tanks, ruins, and desolation at our feet. The ancient Arsinoe stood here; a few blocks of marble with the cross attest th... ...and has been two years at Genoa. S– is a French German with a face like an ancient Gaul, who has been sergeant-major in the French line and who is, I ... ... in which he took not some; and yet always most in the strong human bonds, ancient as the race and wo- ven of delights and duties. He was even an anxi...

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...s apotheosis at the Theatre-Francais but the triumph of eighteenth century philosophy? A tri- umph in France means that everybody else feels that he i... ...he whole machinery of modern society is so infinitely more complex than in ancient times, that the subdivision of human faculty is the result. The gre... ... changed than the old cathedral. It is built against the old presidial, or ancient court of appeal, and people still call it the maison de justice. It...

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...ative land. She now, carried away by the memories of Carthage, sang of the ancient battles against Rome; they applauded. She kindled at the gleaming o... ...foli- age of the columns, or amid the branches of a palm tree. Some of the Ancients were posted on the platform of the towers, and people did not know... ... surprised, Hanno told them that, their accounts being very difficult, the Ancients had not had leisure to examine them. Meanwhile they had sent them ... ...evertheless, since it was his will, choose a husband among the sons of the Ancients, and then your grief will pass away in a man’s arms.” “Why?” asked... ...s. His colleague Gisco, on the other hand, wished them to be paid. But the Ancients detested him owing to his popularity; for they dreaded the risk of...