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Tag Archives: change
Trade-off
Consider carefully the things that you want, because they require that which you already have as payment. Be mindful of your current situation, to ensure what you have is not keeping you from what is most important. Stress doesn’t come … Continue reading
Marx On Dialectics
I really like this, taken from Marx’s Capital. “My dialectic method is not only different from the Hegelian, but is its direct opposite. To Hegel, the life-process of the human brain, i.e. the process of thinking, which, under the name … Continue reading
Posted in General Philosophies, Quotes
Tagged balance, brain, capital, change, contradictions, destiny, dialectics, Hegel, history, human, idea, Marx, marxism, nature, phenomena, Philosophy, process, revolution, state, understanding
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Morning Glory – “Divide By”
This song is really actually pretty amazing. Morning Glory – “Divide By” This is a pretty rough recording of the song live… but nonetheless the fact that the internet makes it available for viewing makes all the more worth posting. … Continue reading
Fragments from Wittgenstein’s Culture and Value
“Are all men great? No. – Well then, how can you have any hope of being a great man! Why should something be bestowed on you that’s not bestowed on your neighbor? To what purpose? If it isn’t your wish … Continue reading
Posted in Quotes
Tagged belief, certainty, change, christ, cold, conviction, creation, culture, death, determination, direction, doctrine, faith, forces, God, hell, Holy Ghost, judgement, knowledge, life, logic, love, nature, new way of thinking, Philosophy, power, prices, redemption, religion, resurrection, rights, roots, Self-improvement, talent, thinking, thought, thoughts, trees, value, vanity, will, wisdom, Wittgenstein
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Hippies 2.0
This post is in response to Caprice Part II and will be brief. Much of the content of this post is based on the BBC documentary ‘Century of the Self’ (post linked here) Part 3 (video linked here). In the … Continue reading
Posted in Active Philosophy
Tagged active, Active Philosophy, breaking point, brief thought, capitalism, caprice, Century of the Self, change, conscious, creativity, Documentary, evolve, freedom, hippie, hippies 2.0, individual, indvidual vs. group, limits, movement, paradigm, peace, Philosophy, Reagan, society, the 80's, whims
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Caprice – Part II
This is a continuation of Caprice and Self Control, which got started really with The Calculus of Decisions. Every day a person wakes up with a different disposition, with minute chemical changes shifting our moods and hungers. The world seems … Continue reading
Posted in Active Philosophy
Tagged active, caprice, change, chemistry, choices, consistency, culture, disposition, hunger, individual, institutions, mass transit, moods, salvation, science, technology, television, thoughts, whims, will, work
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Actually, let’s not start from scratch.
This is a follow up to the post, “We are of one essence.” In this post I put the sentence, “In our previous debate, we essentially posit that in order for humanity to improve its condition we need to reduce … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events
Tagged america, american, beginning, borders, capitalism, change, complex, drones, essence, foreign, forward, humanity, increment, industrial, international, Iran, killing, law, military, murder, new, obama, policy, prayer, progress, scratch, serenity, spirit, start, steps, war, way, we
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On Science, Religion, and Nationalism II
This post is in response to On Science, Religion, and Nationalism On the topic of (supernatural) religion and defending a society opposed to religion, I think that we are starting to have a disagreement on a fundamental issue, which is … Continue reading
Posted in General Philosophies
Tagged america, angels, border, britney spears, catholic, change, Christianity, church, construct, evil, existence, familarity, fundamental, future, God, gods, good, history, humanism, Mexico, mythology, myths, nationalism, nations, nature, past, poor, present, reality, religions, rich, school, science, serenity, supernatural, USA, vs., war, worldview, WWII
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Pinch Me…
Is this really happening? Obama Orders Treasury Chief to try and Block A.I.G. Bonuses Thank Humanity! This is the kind of good news I like to hear.
Emma Goldman Quotes
“Every daring attempt to make a great change in existing conditions, every lofty vision of new possibilities for the human race, has been labeled Utopian.” “Direct action is the logical, consistent method of Anarchism. ”
Posted in Quotes
Tagged anarchism, anarchy, change, direct action, Emma Goldman, method, possibilites, revolution, the human race, utopia
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