Ethics & Morality
mobi |eng | 2010-10-10 | Author:Simon Blackburn

The notable thing about this argument is that it is purely a priori. It purports to prove God's existence simply from considering the concept or definition of God. It is ...
( Category: Modern October 27,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-09-07 | Author:Plutarch

as if the light of the sun fell not upon another star, but upon night and darkness. And as for what Posidonius says, that the depth of the moon’s body ...
( Category: Medieval October 27,2014 )
mobi |eng | 2010-09-07 | Author:Confucius

CHAPTER V THE STATE IN logical progression Confucius rises from a discussion of duties toward the family to those toward the state, which social organization he regards as only a ...
( Category: Ethics & Morality October 27,2014 )
epub, mobi, pdf |eng | 2014-09-26 | Author:Krishnamurti

So we see desire as the root of all contradiction—wanting something and not wanting it—a dual activity. When we do something pleasurable there is no effort involved at all, is ...
( Category: Ethics & Morality October 27,2014 )
epub, mobi, pdf |eng | 2014-10-06 | Author:Krishnamurti

TALKS AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY 1 It is becoming more and more difficult to live peacefully in this world without withdrawing into a monastery or some self-enclosing ideology. The world is ...
( Category: Ethics & Morality October 27,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 1999-01-01 | Author:Epictetus & Robert Dobbin

II 21 On inconsistency [1] People are ready to acknowledge some of their faults, but will admit to others only with reluctance. No one, at any rate,∗ will admit to ...
( Category: Greek & Roman October 27,2014 )
mobi | | 2010-03-05 | Author:Yamamoto Tsunetomo

LATE NIGHT IDLE TALK As a retainer of the Nabeshima clan, one should have the intention of studying our province's history and traditions, but provincial studies are made light of ...
( Category: Eastern October 10,2014 )
azw |eng | 2009-10-04 | Author:Confucius [Confucius]

( Category: Ethics & Morality October 1,2014 )
mobi |eng | 2010-08-11 | Author:Edmonds, David & Warburton, Nigel [Edmonds, David]

NW: But this isn’t a historical relativism about scientific truth, is it? DP: No, no, just the opposite. Relativism would be the position you would adopt if you were persuaded ...
( Category: Metaphysics September 29,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-03-31 | Author:Baggini, Julian [Baggini, Julian]

See also 1. The evil demon 28. Nightmare scenario 62. I think, therefore? 98. The experience machine 52. More or less Carol had decided to use a large slice of ...
( Category: Logic & Brain Teasers September 29,2014 )
mobi, azw3 |eng | 1991-09-18 | Author:Mill, John Stuart [Mill, John Stuart]

VII OF TRUE AND FALSE DEMOCRACY; REPRESENTATION OF ALL, AND REPRESENTATION OF THE MAJORITY ONLY IT has been seen, that the dangers incident to a representative democracy are of two ...
( Category: Utilitarianism September 29,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-11-02 | Author:Baggini, Julian [Baggini, Julian]

Hit 13 This is a flagrant contradiction. If you agree that it is justifiable to base one’s beliefs about the external world on a firm, inner conviction, regardless of the ...
( Category: Logic & Brain Teasers September 29,2014 )
mobi |eng | 2011-04-27 | Author:Dupré, Ben [Dupré, Ben]

The false face of Islam Given the staggering success of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, it was perhaps inevitable, and certainly unhelpful, that al-Qaeda – however nebulous an entity it is ...
( Category: General September 29,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2008-07-27 | Author:Julian Baggini;Peter S. Fosl

3.9 Facts/values Women can feed infants through lactation.'Ien days from conception, it is still not finally determined whether a fetus will go on to divide into twins. Cocoa bought at ...
( Category: Ethics & Morality September 29,2014 )
mobi |eng | 2012-10-01 | Author:Pigliucci, Massimo [Pigliucci, Massimo]

PART IV LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP CHAPTER 11 THE HORMONES OF LOVE You can’t blame gravity for falling in love. —ALBERT EINSTEIN THE GOD OF LOVE LIVES IN A STATE OF ...
( Category: Biology September 29,2014 )