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Alchemy and Symbolism

A wonderful source of helpful, instructive symbolic concepts is alchemy. The great psychologist Carl G. Jung spent many years studying the esoteric, intentionally abstruse mass of literature relating to...

6 comments    religion literature philosophy
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My top 10 philosophy books

This will be, necessarily, a very personal answer to the question asked by Ryan Hupfer about the 10 philosophy books it is essential to read.

18 comments    books philosophy reading
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Greek Philosopher: Democritus

The Greek philosopher to whom the conception of the Atomic theory is attributed. He visualised atoms - the word is Greek for 'indivisable' - as moving through space, then colliding to form the universe and...

3 comments    philosophy ancient greece
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Five different types of Facebook status

You may not believe it, but people put a LOT of time and effort into their Facebook status update messages. I'm not quite sure if Facebook is the new Twitter, or if Twitter was the old Facebook...but whatever...

0 comments    funny facebook cool
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What is Pragmatism?

Pragmatism is the philosophical attitude that the validity of an idea lies in its practical consequences. Pragmatism is the first American philosophy developed independently of European schools of thought....

0 comments    philosophy pragmatism pragmatizm
The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions. -Confucius93

Sayings of Confucius

This collection of profound, thought-provoking, and wise thoughts about virtues, learning and life in general is compiled from the timeless wisdom of the great Chinese philospher Confucius.

6 comments    education china quotes
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Greek Philosopher: Aristotle

Aristotle the most famous of all the Greek philosophers, was a disciple of Plato, after whose death he retired from Athens, and later undertook the education of Alexander, later known as Alexander the Great....

8 comments    philosophy ancient greece
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Knowledge from Asia: Quotes by Famous Asians

  When anger arises, think of the consequences. – Confucius   Anger is a sort of madness, and the noblest causes have been damaged by advocates affected with temporary lunacy. – Mahatma Gandhi ...

education philosophy knowledge
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Fight Club Quotes

I’m a big fan of Brad Pitt’s movie, Fight Club. More than the adrenalin-surging fight scenes and hard-core duels, the essence of this movie lies within its philosophy. For those who have seen THE movie, I...

4 comments    entertainment movies dvd
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Greatest Discoveries and Inventions which changed the humankind

Throughout the history of mankind people take center stage, of course, because we are the ones who can change, analyze and will make our world a better place to live. We are also the ones who can destroy it....

2 comments    technology religion cell phone
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