A person is the temple of God. Inasmuch one neglects his or herself or others they abandon God. When born, a person has native tendency and capacities, referred to in developmental psychology as core knowledge (Spelke & Kinnzler, 2007). These are innate structures that guide learning in specific areas. This is a natural consequence of … Continue reading The Neglect of the Soul and the Robbery of Agency
Freedom: The Full Use of One’s Faculties, Powers and Potential
Freedom is the refusal to be anything less than what one wholly (holy) is. This is a radical essay, in that I question the foundations of most conceptions of normalcy today. Here, you will see questioned wearing a seatbelt, staying within the painted lines on a highway and the value of an institutional education (to … Continue reading Freedom: The Full Use of One’s Faculties, Powers and Potential
Psalms 115:17-18 — “We will bless the Lord… forever.”
"The dead do not praise the Lord, / Nor any who go down into silence. / But we will bless the Lord / From this time forth and forevermore. / Praise the Lord!" Psalm 115:17-8, NKJV Psalm 115, the glorious song, singing praise to the Lord of all, the Father of spirits. May we each … Continue reading Psalms 115:17-18 — “We will bless the Lord… forever.”
The Mockery of a Rules-Based Order, Human Rights and a Free State in the Persecution of Julian Assange
The United States of America was founded by people seeking religious and economic freedom. The vagrants, rejects and hopefuls of European society got on boats to start a New World, to wipe the slate clean and begin on a level playing field. The hereditary lines, the aristocracies and the monarchies of their past would not … Continue reading The Mockery of a Rules-Based Order, Human Rights and a Free State in the Persecution of Julian Assange
A Study of England
From the streets of London to the garden of William Wordsworth, this album explores the foliage, form and history of England.
The Failure of the University
"名不正，則言不順" Translation: If names be not correct, language is not in accord with the truth of things. Paraphrased: The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name. Confucius, Analects, 5th millennium BC, Chapter 13 The university does not work as it does not mean its name. Uni-, -versity refers to a single … Continue reading The Failure of the University
Life is Not a Show
Modernity denotes an age that never ends. It is just contemporaneity. To that extent, modernity, postmodernity, the ancients: all of it fails to describe their epochs: the temporal markers are derivative streams that lack substantive content. Philosophical definition sought final anchors, necessary and sufficient conditions that identify the subject according to its content, not relative … Continue reading Life is Not a Show
Veracity as Virtue 