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Fichte – Free Will, Action & Consciousness

Posted on November 15, 2009 by deadondres

I have been reading Fichte’s The Vocation of Man, and have come away impressed, especially by Book III – Faith. Fichte is known for promoting a so-called philosophy of solipsism, penned in an an impenetrable style, but I found neither to be valid. On … Continue reading →

Posted in General Philosophies | Tagged action, active, Active Philosophy, active thinking, consciousness, ego, engine, faith, fichte, free will, individual, johann fichte, johann gottlieb fichte, motor, Philosophy, pineal gland, solipsism, thought, vocation, will, world | 2 Comments

Beyond Theism/Atheism

Posted on May 13, 2009 by deadondres

Puff Daddy: “Let’s change the world, BIG.” Notorious BIG: “Can’t change the world unless we change ourselves.” Beyond Atheism/Theism “I must create a system or be enslaved by another man’s; I will not reason and compare; my business is to … Continue reading →

Posted in Active Philosophy | Tagged agnosticism, atheism, belief, brand, catholicism, Christianity, discipline, division, faith, freedom, Gandhi, gentiles, gnostic, God, Gospel of Thomas, heaven, Hegel, history, judaism, knowledge, Leibniz, love, morality, Nietzshe, ownership, Pascal, raft, religion, Spinoza, spiritual, theism, tolerance, truth, unity, William Blake, wisdom, Wittgenstein | 1 Comment

Atheism – A Defense part 1

Posted on May 12, 2009 by activephilosophy

This post in a follow up/response to recent post by my co-blogger on Atheism (See Atheism and Atheism Cont.). I changed a lot in this post when I proofed it. It’s kinda late… I’ll read it once now and then … Continue reading →

Posted in Quick Ideas | Tagged agnostics, atheism, certainty, definitions, doubt, faith, future, God, history, religious, semantics, understanding | 2 Comments

Atheism, Cont.

Posted on May 11, 2009 by deadondres

In a recent post I decried Atheism, or the way that some approach it, for being absolute. However, as Cheryl reminded me, atheism or no faith does no necessarily equate to anything absolute, but rather the opposite. My scattered thoughts emerged … Continue reading →

Posted in Active Philosophy | Tagged Active Philosophy, atheism, Buddha, Buddhism, Christianity, compromise, D.T. Suzuki, David Harvey, destiny, division, enlightenment, essay, experience, faith, Frederic Jameson, Fromm, Gandhi, Gospel of Thomas, lotus, obama, positive, postmodernism, religion, rhetoric, satori, self, spritual, study, thinkers, trancendentalists, truth, Zen | 1 Comment

Fragments from Wittgenstein’s Culture and Value

Posted on April 25, 2009 by deadondres

“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 | 1 Comment

On Fear of One Another II

Posted on March 20, 2009 by activephilosophy

This blog is in response to Fear of One Another Which is a follow up to the debate started in the posts On Science, Religion, and Nationalism On Science, Religion, and Nationalism II I will also admit that I was … Continue reading →

Posted in General Philosophies | Tagged active, america, capitalism, choice, church, contradiction, crisis, ethics, existence, faith, freedom, God, hope, humanity, Ideas, knowledge, life, meaning, motivation, perception, Philosophy, politics, questions, reality, religion, revolution, school, science, society, Spinoza, truth, vs., Wittgenstein, work, Zen | 7 Comments

On Science, Religion, and Nationalism

Posted on March 18, 2009 by activephilosophy

This post is in response to Three Ideas in Development, specifically the third idea. As for the third…I love your last paragraph…and have a lot to say about this. I know that you are of course not advocating the side … Continue reading →

Posted in General Philosophies | Tagged america, cap, capitalism, christian, chruch, culture, education, faith, God, gods, heathen, imperial, inferior, justification, knowledge, muslim, nationalism, nations, organized, Osama Bin Laden, poor, rational, religion, rich, school, science, secular, society, superior, supernatural, superstitions, technology, third world, trust, war, western | 8 Comments

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