Archive

 

I. Bon Mot Archive

II. Excerpts & Passages

III. Essays And Articles:

The Spirit of the Age

Philosophy and Depression

Wealth Through The Eyes Of Sages

Wealth Through The Eyes Of Sages (II)

 

A Free Man's Worship (By Bertrand Russell)

J.S. Mill's Principle Of Intellectual Humility

Depression And The Threat Of Nonbeing

 

Articles On September 11, 2001:

The Spirit of Terrorism (by Jean Baudrillard)

Interpreting Misfortune: The Need For Unwelcome Questions

The September Calamity: Useful Resources And Links

Passages On War

The Oblivious Citizen

Theories Of A Just War

McLuhan's Insight Into The Media

Forbidden Fruit

 

"Far Away From It All"

Plato And The Theory Of Forms

The Quest For Knowledge In An Indifferent World

On The Shortness Of Life

The Wit Of Dorothy Parker

 

On Separation And The Ephemera Of Existence

The Other Martin Luther King Jr.

On The Lighter Side Of Things

Whitehead's Observations On Religion

Notable News Clips

Impertinent Questions

 

Intriguing Doctrines And Terms

The Law Of The Notorious Despot, Time

Passages From The Work Of J. Krishnamurti

Creeds To Remember

 

The Israeli-Palestinian Problem: Extensive Links

That Oppressed Minority

The Real And The Unreal

Two Attitudes Toward Nature

 

Great Interviews: Joseph Campbell

The Work Of Stephen Jay Gould

Yearning To Be Seen And Heard Today

Philosophical Poems

 

On The Vanity & Suffering Of Life

An Odd Theory Of Human Identity

Who Really Won The "Cold War"?

Whose Side Is "God" On?

Comments On The World And Self

 

Remembering Adam Smith

Kahlil Gibran's Prophet

Wealth Through The Eyes Of Sages (II)

 

Insights In The Middle Of Night

Emerson On Friendship

Beliefs And Doubts

Forbidden Fruit

 

Fallacies Peculiar To Political Discussions

Death Scenarios

The Marksman & His Target

The Marksman & His Society

 

To Vote Or Not To Vote?

Men And Women

Notable News Clips

When Books Are Mere Products

Einstein On Life, Politics & War

History, Slavery & State Rights

 

How One Man Celebrates Christmas

If We Were Free, Really Free...

Three Poems About America

In The Eye Of The Beholder?

A Certain Suspicion Before Death

 

Walt Whitman's Rebuke

Faces & Poses

Extroversion & Happiness

The Berlin Wall Phase Of The War Spectacle

 

Vices & The Moralizing Habit

With Age Comes...Masterpieces?

Language Mayhem

The Search For Meaning In A Virtual World

 

Tolstoy On Life, Death And Religious Belief

The Gadarene Swine Fallacy

The Loss Of An Eminent Scholar

Who's Mad & Who Isn't?

Does The Spirit Wrestle With The Flesh Anymore?

 

Passages From Will Durant's On The Meaning Of Life

Society Without Opposition

Huxley, Orwell & Television

Voltaire's Story Of The Good Brahmin

Theories Of A Just War (Updated)

 

The Paltriness Of The Normal Human Intellect

The Meaning Of The Word "Right"

John Dewey's Criticism Of Modern Society

An Old, Tricky Question

 

The Eyes Have It

"Affluenza"

The Nobler Ends Of Education

Steppenwolf's Lament

The Performative Contradiction

 

Authoritative Misinformation

Fettering The Collective Spirit

"The Geography Of Nowhere"

Skepticism

Instances Of Sophistical Thinking

 

Discontent Amidst Opulence

TV Epistemology

A Diagnosis Of Our Time

Schopenhauer's Wit & Wisdom

 

The Problem Of Unbelief

A Tale of Two Moralities

Pseudo-Events & Extravagances

What 'Being Relative' Means

 

An Existential View Of Loneliness

An Anti-Election Sentiment

Heraclitus' Fragments

How Philosophers Have Viewed Fame

Reality As The "Perfect Crime"

 

Perspectives On Natural Disasters & God

A Choice Of Two Lives

Nietzsche On The Need To Be Alone

Our Mediated Life

McLuhan's Philosophy

 

The Healthy-Minded & Sick Soul

Passages From Thomas de Zengotita's Mediated

Media Files

Making Sense Of MeWorld

 

The Platonic Conception Of Philosophy

Santayana's Criticism Of Nietzsche

Homo Consumens (Excerpts from the work of Erich Fromm)

Men Of Words

 

How Prominent Scientists Approached Religion

"Crazy Talk, Stupid Talk" (Excerpt from Neil Postman's book)

Carl Jung's "Stages Of Life"

Love & Its Disintegration

 

Media Hypotheses

Adler's Portrait Of The Vain Individual

Camus' Insight Into Adversity

Conversational Narcissism

 

The Character Of Modern Life

Baudrillard's Thoughts On Media

Glimpses Into Our Age

 

 

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