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Entwined Realities : The Epic Tragedy of Neanderthal and Modern Human

By: Roc Hale

...In 2055 humanity is confronting countless hardships inflicted on them by the powerful evil in control of the world. The Great Catastrophe had unfolded in waves that affected the environment, economy and society, and now enslaved the ...

...ned about the bastards casually through our talks over the years makes more sense to me now. They acquired power stealthily and misused it to control humanity in accordance with how they saw the world, which was and still is connected to their brain structures. The world they see, the reality they act within, is reckless, selfish, cold and destructive, in contrast to our n...

...eation 2043: Sacred Sanctuary 2048: Awakened Awareness PART THREE – The Conversations Where We Were: 2048 The First Conversation: Hidden History The Second Conversation: Insanities Intersect The Third Conversation: Seeking Solutions PART FOUR – Change and Challenge Where We Were: 2055 Paradise in Peril Demons and Decisions AFTERWORD: What w...

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The Silver Lining: Moral Deliberations in Modern Cinema

By: Sam Vaknin, Ph. D.

... The Silver Lining Moral Deliberations in Modern Cinema 3 rd EDITION Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. ... ...sult of a choice or the result of a tendency (conscious, unconscious, or biological-genetic). Opportunities are current states of the world, which a... ...d his enemies. He should have felt and acted with responsibility towards his fellow human beings, even towards those who wronged him greatly. But ... ...ucers exploit Truman's life shamelessly and remorselessly in the ugliest display of human vices possible. The Director indulges in his control-mania... ...zing movie, "The Matrix", a breed of AI computers takes over the world. It harvests human embryos in laboratories called "fields". It then feeds th... ... (Horney), upbringing (Klein, Winnicott), needs (Murray), or the interplay with his genetic makeup. Dan is not a thing - he is a process. Even Dan's... ...ent should be either in kind (as in more ancient justice systems) or in cash (as in modern Western civilization). The product called "Titanic" to... ...ly, not even necessary: simultaneous causation and backwards causation are part of modern physics, for instance. Time seems to be irrelevant to t... ...plausible. True, though we can obliterate numerous "individual" bacteria - others, genetically identical, will always survive our onslaught. Yet, s...

Moral deliberations and philosophical dimensions in thirteen modern films.

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From Chaos to Harmony

By: Rav Michael Laitman

........................................................... 31 Evolution of the Human Desire for Pleasure ..................................39 CHAPTER ... .............................................................................153 HUMANITY AND THE WISDOM OF KABBALAH ...................................... ... future of the state of Israel. 17 FOREWORD It is hardly a secret that humanity is in a deep crisis. Many of us already feel it. Sensations o... ...f an individual, and throughout the generations. Examining the evolution- ary history of other species, such as primates, indicates that several tho... ...cess of desire-evolution happens not only in the whole of humanity throughout history; it happens in the private lives of each of us as well. These ... ...mission, as well as prowling and self-sacrifice are rooted in other animals’ genetic codes. 13 However, we will “borrow” these terms and use them ... ... harmony among all the cells in a body. The nucleus of each cell contains the genetic code that encompasses all the body’s information. Theo- retica... ...FE IN A NEW DEGREE Even though all the cells in our bodies contain identi- cal genetic information, each cell puts a different part of that informati... ...h explains that we are all one soul, materi- alized in many bodies. Similarly, modern science states that at the most fundamental level, we are all l...

...Laitman's new book not only demonstrates with examples from science and Kabbalah that the ego stands behind all human suffering, but also shows how we can use it to our benefit. With clear analyses of the human soul and its problems, the book provides a 'roadmap' indicating how we can achieve a new level of existence and fulfillment....

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God Prophecy

By: Dr. Paraskev

...h to God. A pragmatic Path we could walk easily, smoothly, within a normal human lifetime. For others of us, it is a book that reveals what the future... ...or others of us, it is a book that reveals what the future holds. For each human and all humanity, for each soul and every society. The developments t... ...visionary – to name only a few that tried to see what the future holds for humankind. Utopists, ideologists, scientists, schizophrenics attempted to t... ...t only Messages of God. And they will come only at the key points of human history. Just as they did as the holy books (Vedas, Bible, Koran, etc.) or ... ...will use its awful weapons to eradicate all living beings. No radiation or genetic experiment will turn us all into zombies. No global conspiracy will... ...functioning of our physiological organism is programmed by the medium of a genetic plan. The genetic material - the chromosome molecules in the nucleu... ... abilities and patterns of behaviour. 19 At the moment of conception, the genetic program starts to work and begins building up an embryo, then a foe... ...ut alas, we all know how difficult any concentration is. The noises of our modern everyday life, of our modern everyday I make concentration almost un... ...is good enough for the false devotee. But yes, those of us who need a more modern pattern are absolutely free to search for it and have it. So, what t...

...is is a spiritual book that tells the real Truth of God. And the true Path to God. A pragmatic Path we could walk easily, smoothly, within a normal human lifetime. For others of us, it is a book that reveals what the future holds. For each human and all humanity, for each soul and every society. The developments that would make us materially and morally satisfied...

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The Ulysseans

By: Antonio Mercurio

... one Universe to Another This book deals with the main themes regarding human existence and its content is the result of both an existential and ... ...l concept of time. One opposes the other and both are terrible prisons for humanity; one creates absolute thinking and the other creates nihilism an... .......................................... 127 8 CHAPTER IX: Thinking of Human Beings as Persons and as Artists of their own Lives and of the Life ... ...ipline whose goal is to unite the four fundamental forces that make up the history of humanity, Religion, Philosophy, Science and Art, in a single f... ...recent and far back in time (the I and its roots). 21 4) – The I and history, both modern and ancient. The I and science, the I and philosophy... ...far back in time (the I and its roots). 21 4) – The I and history, both modern and ancient. The I and science, the I and philosophy, the I and re... ... to. It is not the first time that courageous people who actually changed history were initially judged and rejected as being visionaries and madme... ...emocritus and Anaximander, there are infinite universes, not just one. Our modern physicists are coming to the same conclusion. We do not know what... ...h on the causes of these miscarriages affirms that 5-6 per cent are due to genetic causes, 10 to 65 per cent have anatomical causes, 10 to 20 per ce...

...condary Beauty”. Primary beauty is the type of beauty created by nature, and it is subject to time and death. “Secondary Beauty” is beauty created by human beings, a type of beauty that goes beyond the type created by nature and that,...

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The Path of Kabbalah

By: Rav Michael Laitman

...t only with regard to our feelings. However, because the sensory organs of non-human creatures would differ from ours, they would see the world as co... ...Kabbalah, since it is the only study that deals with the part of reality that humanity has yet to attain. But it is not enough to merely study the t... ...tor: “Who is He?” This is because the Creator is inside us, the Source of the human “self.” Hence, no matter how many times we ask ourselves, “Who a... ...ot a historic epic, though there is a correlation be- tween the text and human history. But this is only because the construc- tion of the worlds is b... ...here are almost no Kabbalists. The situation we are in today is the first in history. There is a growing need and desire from below, while at the s... ... the Creator, He reveals everything that occurred to us throughout the entire history of our souls. This includes the Creator’s treatment of us ever... ...the spiritual sense. The Creator matches souls with bodies in a way that the “genetic” Jews, as well as all those who join them, must correct themse... ...ire reality, unlike every other science that explores only our world. Q: Does modern science accept this perspective? A: A science that studies the s...

...every person, for every nation, and for the entire world. The structure and the perception of reality are the surface of this book. But the story of humanity, or more accurately, of the human soul, is the undercurrent that drives the reader forward in this book. It is about you, about me, about all of us. This book is about the way we were, the way we are, the way we will...

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Links and Factoids

By: Sam Vaknin

...he appendix has additional functions. Endocrine cells appear in the appendix of the human fetus and produce biogenic amines and peptide hormones, bo... ...erpetrators fled the country only to return, triumphant, after the establishment of modern Turkey in 1923. The Turkish government today denies that ... ...1910. http://www.armenian-genocide.org/ http://www.cilicia.com/armo10.html Art, Modern We are all acquainted with the tales - many apocryphal,... ...ediscovered in 1915. Henri Matisse is revered as the father of Fauvism and of modern painting in general. Yet, one of his more famous tableaux... ...the "Pestilence" or the "Great Mortality". They regarded it as divine punishment of humanity's sins. http://www.ento.vt.edu/IHS/plague.html ... ...nism" first appeared in Arrago's Dictionnaire de la Conversation in 1834. http://humanityquest.com/topic/Index.asp?theme1=chauvinism Chicago (mus... ...a per year, including phone conversations, e-mail messages and photocopies. The genetic code consists of three billion letters, repeated twice w... ...ion Academy of Agricultural Sciences and the director (1940-65) of the Institute of Genetics, USSR Academy of Sciences. The leadership of the USSR ... ...he "capitalistic" works of Mendel and Charles Darwin and to separate evolution from genetics. Following a speech he gave at a conference in 1948 ...

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The Natural State, In the Words of U.G. Krishnamurti

By: U.G. Krishnamurti, Edited by Peter Maverick

...perience something so unusual that it cannot be placed in any category of human thought. Don’t underestimate the power of his words. Here is an or... ...d. He is perhaps more of a phenomenon of nature—something outside of what human beings have created. Something happened to him in his 49th year, an ... ... acausal release from the dominance of the thought structure that encases human beings. U.G. calls this state he is in "the natural state", and he fu... ...d psychology and also philosophy, Eastern and Western, mysticism, all the modern sciences, everything. The whole area of human knowledge I started e... ... consciousness which is transmitted from generation to generation. The genetic is only part of it. Consciousness is a very powerful factor in expe... ...reedom of action. In that sense, I go a step further and say that you are genetically controlled. Naturally, you will say that that statement is a th... ... The so-called messiahs have left nothing but misery in this world. If a modern messiah came before you, he would be unable to help you at all. And... ...onscious and the unconscious, awareness and the self, is all a product of modern psychology. The idea that you can use awareness to get somewhere psy... ...t that point, the entire history of the individual, located in the body's genetic structure, no longer separates itself from life, and falls into it...

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Corpus of a Siam Mosquito

By: Steven David Justin Sills

...ed away from a man's skin, still insists on biting him for the pleasure of human blood." --The Iliad Homer Book I: Pala... ...lation of laws in the Land of Smiles. He had become the rescuer of whores humanizing their sorry plight. Their only sins were to be born poor and to ... ...s and the Red Sea or Buddha sabotaging a bit of the recycle factory of the human soul. "My son flew into Chaing Mai recently. I've been wondering... ...ous rages and seductive lures that had a chance of keeping a man with her: genetic programming from hundreds or thousands of female ancestors who had ... ...ism of being free from the consideration of how instinct is passed down in genetic transfer from generation to generation? Had he not imagined a desi... ...er really because that way you don't slip away at all but just put on some modern armor. It is like feeling invincible--like slipping on a soldier's ... ...e run freely together through puddles on the streets and yet despite their history (regardless of it not being a particularly close relationship) Suth... ...of Kazem and Suthep. He didn't resist Kumpee's plan to replant them in the modern sordid capital of Bangkok. He sensed all along that Kumpee would le... ...mbs, a slight coldness toward her, and ennui from memories of his peculiar history that would impair his future relationships with girls. They sat on...

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The Path of Splitness

By: Indrek Pringi

...? Preface The Basic Elements of Human Understanding are: ... ... Chapter 3: Hominids Pgs 132-187 A: How we evolved into Humans Pgs 188-222 B: Summary of Homi... ...-Human Development Chapter 4: Modern Human Dynamics Pgs 223-266 Human Psychobiolog... ...Development Chapter 4: Modern Human Dynamics Pgs 223-266 Human Psychobiologic Tota... ... Human Psychobiologic Totality. Chapter 5: Modern Humans: Pgs 267-299 The Transition from Hunter... ...onder Pg 218 Normality Pg 219 Reality Pg 220 Conclusion Chapter Four: Modern Humans Psychobiologic Totality Pg 223 The Slow Death of Hum... ...urvive successfully within one unique niche of the original ecosystem we were genetically designed to function in…. That is; in Africa, where we or... ...: theses two tactics are: Instinct and Evolution Evolution: is merely a genetic set of vicious cycles which allows the same species, the same D... ...: theses two tactics are: Instinct and Evolution Evolution: is merely a genetic set of vicious cycles which allows the same species, the same D...

... our Universe: where it came from and how it was created. 2: Basic aspects and dynamics of the Organic Universe and Organic Life. 3: The origins of modern humans going back 25 million years. 4: Human Psycho-biology. 5: The beginnings of civilization. 6: The effect of civilization upon humans. 7: Death, the existence of evil and its effect on humans. Offered as a...

...ter 2: Life Pgs 113-131 Structural dynamics of the Universe and Life Chapter 3: Hominids Pgs 132-187 A: How we evolved into Humans Pgs 188-222 B: Summary of Hominid-Human Development Chapter 4: Modern Human Dynamics Pgs 223-266 Human Psycho-biologic Totality. Chapter 5: Modern Humans: Pgs 267-29...

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On The Origin Of The Human Mind, Second Edition

By: Ph.D. Andrey Vyshedskiy

...HOMSKY, Professor Emeritus of Linguistics, MIT “Boston University’s Andrey Vyshedskiy brings a neuroscientist’s perspective to the discussion of human mental history in On the Origin of the Human Mind.” —Scientific American Mind (July 2009) “I found the Mental Synthesis theory stimulating and provocative. The author puts forward an explanation for the evolution of...

...oscience of consciousness, I was struck with certain facts about mental imagery that seemed to shed some light on the process of the evolution of the human mind. The origin of the human mind remains one of the greatest mysteries of all times. The last 150 years, since Charles Darwin proposed that species evolve under the influence of natural selection (Darwin C, 1859), hav...

... Chapter 2. Neuronal synchronization 26 Chapter 3. Imagining new objects 32 Chapter 4. External manifestations of mental synthesis 39 Chapter 5. Humans versus animals 80 Chapter 6: Overall Discussion of Part 1 108 Part 2. Evolution of the Human Mind 135 Chapter 7. Introduction: a quick guide to paleoanthropology 136 Chapter 8. Cognitive evolution through the p...

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And Gulliver Returns Book IV : A Look at Our Human Values

By: Lemuel Gulliver XVI

.... . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS‖ --In Search of Utopia— Book 4 A Look at Human Values 1 ―. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS‖ --In Search... ... . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS‖ --In Search of Utopia-- BOOK 4 A Look at Human Values by Lemuel Gulliver XVI as told to Jacqueline Slow Art Wor... .................................................................. 236 4 HUMAN RIGHTS ................................................................. ...ans are more likely to be given the task of healing the afflicted. In our modern world we look to science for probabilities, such as which potential... ...ewards in discovering truths or otherwise advancing technology. ―Modern American youth have been told repeatedly that they are special. They... ... being the least corrupt. (2) ―Every system, whether primitive or modern, seems to have input from pressure groups, often with great financi... ...r duty to our Creator in additional ways. ―The new sins include: genetic modification, human experimentations, polluting the environment, s... ...it refuses to give its riches to people below the poverty level. And does genetic modification include the modifications to plants that allow greater... ...hey evolve with more complicated ideas of a soul, of a virgin birth, of a genetically transferred sin of Adam, of dogmas and fatwas that the founder...

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The Fundamental Assumptions Underlying the Modern Study of Psychopathology Examined.

By: Sam Vaknin

... Personality Psychosexual Stages of Development Gender and Personality Disorders The Genetic Roots of Personality Disorders Defense Mechanisms B. To... ..., 1991) claim that the mental health profession is inherently sexist. Then again, genetics may be is at work. Men and women do differ genetically.... ...estions (FAQs) about Personality Disorders - click HERE! Back to Table of Contents Genetics and Personality Disorders First published here: "Per... ...o do one, and only one, thing. It has a single purpose and a unitary function. We, humans, are more like computers than like television sets. Tr... ...r or trait. An array of coordinated genes is required to explain even the minutest human phenomenon. "Discoveries" of a "gambling gene" here and an... ...e latter. The narcissist is no exception. The narcissist has a dichotomous view of humanity: humans are either Sources of Narcissistic Supply (and,... ...cissism as a point while Jung regards it as a continuum (from health to sickness). Modern views of narcissism tend to adopt Jung's view in this res... ...experience shows that childhood trauma and abuse are difficult to completely erase. Modern brain research tends to support this sad view and, yet, o... ...ed with stressful situations. It is a vicious circle. One of the main stressors of modern society is alienation and a pervasive sense of isolation....

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Laws of Destiny Never Disappear : Culture of Thailand in the Postlocal World

By: Matti Sarmela

... Contents Foreword 9 Tracing modernization 9 * Theoretical perspectives 11 * Fieldwork and the resea... ... * Should we have more development Villages and houses Place for a human community 51 Culture of the river valleys 51 * Lampang Province an... ...st forest village 58 Village houses 62 Traditional pillar house 62 * Modern houses 63 * Return of the pillar house 64 * Building practices ... ...tensive farming and the environment 118 Future of agriculture 119 After modernization 119 * How much is enough? 121 Pictures 124-173 Reference... ...21 Pictures 124-173 References 174 II. COMMUNITY CULTURE Being human (interviews) 6 How we were married * In the fire * We meet dea... ... Hundredth day memorial rites 132 Message of death 133 Final passage of human life 133 * The deceased in kinship culture 134 * The deceased in ... ...nto the era of hydrogen power, to a superculture of digital, automation or genetic technology, development moves to the start of finalization, attainm... ...but did not yield as much as new, so-called improved varieties. Due to its genetic adaptability, it has also been easy to develop new varieties suitab... ...ne rice has now (2001) been sold to the USA, where the intention is to use genetic modification to produce and patent a variety suitable for American ...

...ryday lives of local people, and how they cope under conditions of a constant flux of change, what they think about life, the future, and the fate of human beings after death....

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Aus Com

By: Christine Jones

...p was so tight, it was clear the red-head could barely breathe. "You’re a Genetic, aren't you?" The man snarled through his panting. Shaun forced th... ..."No!" "Defect." The man understood the difference, yet retained his hold. Genetic engineering had once perfected the human body. Compulsory intervent... ...erence, yet retained his hold. Genetic engineering had once perfected the human body. Compulsory intervention on Mother Nature was a way of life for ... ...s possible. The man didn't care either way, though he himself was born of genetic engineering. His thoughts centred on escape, assuming others might... ...ddressed him. "Excuse Shaun's sense of humour, genetics never did consume human flesh, as taught in the Clans. Our diet consists of what we grow, su... ...ed it the unwritten history, buried truths that would one day surface and humanity would know their shame. He was once sympathetic to the plight of ... ...presence. Having followed him into the large room, the bot approached the modern, beige desk and spoke to that which was seated in a black leather c... ...posite. Both officers had floor to ceiling glass fronts and wooden doors. Modern furnishings of desks, filing cabinets and additional chairs were mu... ... men and women from human beings into machines. Having perceived that the modern world would not embrace his plans, he sought to eliminate all gover...

...Obsession with genetic engineering segregated humanity into the perfected and defective. Dictated by science and technology, the search for immortality near destroyed the human race. What remains of mankind, struggles to survive in barbaric...

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Yellow on the Outside, Shame on the inside : Asian Culture Revealed

By: Chi, Anson

... with breasts to match. But Emilie totally defies the natural laws of Asian genetics by having abounding, voluptuous breasts and a captivating lower ... ... king it's still not the top. How many kings have fallen throughout — — the history of human civilization? Last I checked, kings and queens of our cu... ...still not the top. How many kings have fallen throughout — — the history of human civilization? Last I checked, kings and queens of our current day a... ... of how I need to fear and obey, kind of like Tamerlane with his pyramid of human skulls, built as a reminder for his enemies to fear and obey. My pa... ...ers, domineering and controlling, and their actions pervasive throughout the history of Korean culture. Korean men have furious tempers. If you don't... ...est noodle manufacturers in China. Not to mention the complete violation of human rights and the advocacy of slave labor, but of course, Asians don'... ...tball player; every person in China claims that he's the best center in the history of the NBA, yet he's never won a NBA championship, let alone win... ...is the root of all evil? “ ” Our monetary system is really nothing more than modern day slavery, with people having to submit to employment in order ...

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Love at First Stake

By: J. Morgan

...get for drinking the blood of innocents instead of dying like any upstanding human would have done in your situation. And speaking of which, why are... ... other things work either, except for the burning. That works whether you’re human or Vampire,” he sighed. “How can you be so sure?” I mean, I’d be... ...catch that.” He rolled his eyes and let out a sigh. “I said I’m allergic to human blood. There are you happy? I’ve revealed my weakness. Just ki... ...n through interrogations that weren’t this effective. My blood disorder is a genetic abnormality and nothing indicative of our race. So far as we k... ...of the equation put a damper on me running out to pick up the latest copy of Modern Bride, but a girl could still have totally inappropriate dreams.... ... me a stalker… or even weird. I was just a devoted fan. Okay, maybe I had a history of weirdness but never on the job. Whatever was going with Do... ...nd the organ to join me. “In most settings, nice song doesn’t demand a total history.” “Consider it my gift to you. An improvement upon your rather... ...ep your culture to yourself and I won’t try to teach you how to speak in the modern world.” “If that means you won’t force me to fashizzle anyone, i... ...er prey. It rips at my old heart to see true love really isn’t dead in this modern age. Someone grab me a hanky, I feel a tear developing in my le...

...lationship but it sure gets her in more trouble than she bargained for. With two days to stop an insane vampire from starting a war between vamps and humans, Savannah and Donatello discover there's more to life than saving the world -- like falling in love. www.DesertBreezePublishing.com...

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Speculations and Physics

By: Sam Vaknin, Ph. D.

...in themselves or in their environment. We call these vectors "Negentropic Agents". Human Beings are Negentropic Agents gone awry. Now, through its ... ...aining the number of other Entropic Agents on Earth or by reducing the numbers of humans. To achieve the latter (which is the path of least resi... ...e path of least resistance and a typical self-regulatory mechanism), Nature causes humans to begin to internalize and assimilate the Entropy that t... ... deteriorating sperm counts are caused by pollution, heart ailments are related to modern Western diet, AIDS, avian flu, SARS, swine flu, and other... ...as been attributed to random-stochastic processes (such as environmentally-induced genetic mutations). This view, of course, evades the far more i... ...ection and Élan Vitale is misplaced: Natural Selection IS the vital power itself. Modern Physics is converging with Philosophy (possibly with the ... ...e religious would add). 7. Finally, mathematics is useful: it works. It underlies modern science and technology unerringly and unfailingly. In tim... ...on. The etiological account of natural selection deals both with the mechanisms of genetic transfer and with the mechanisms of selection. The latte... ... advantageous natural processes come with a price tag: catastrophes (Reichenbach). Genetic mutations drive biological evolution, but also give rise...

Essays and articles about modern physics, speculations in science, pseudo-science and the alleged incompatibility between God and modern science.

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Cyclopedia of Philosophy

By: Sam Vaknin

...d Musings: http://philosophos.tripod.com The Silver Lining – Ethical Dilemmas in Modern Films http://samvak.tripod.com/film.html Download free... ...I. The Right to Life It is a fundamental principle of most moral theories that all human beings have a right to life. The existence of a right impl... ...forcefully. II. Issues in the Calculus of Rights IIA. The Hierarchy of Rights All human cultures have hierarchies of rights. These hierarchies ref... ...e a calculus of hierarchically weighted rights. (See "Abortion and the Sanctity of Human Life" by Baruch A. Brody). One form of calculus is the uti... ...cy) be annulled and, if so (b) in which circumstances – can be easily settled using modern contract law. Yes, a contract can be annulled and voided... ...ophically: the creation of a fetus limits the set of all potentials embedded in the genetic material to the one fetus created. The egg and sperm can... ... the egg is not serious. Biologically, it does not matter – they all carry the same genetic content. Moreover, would this counter-argument still hol... ...al. We compare that which exists with a Platonic Idea or Form (which, according to modern thinking, does not REALLY exist). We feel that the critic... ...es" that species are distinct, say some. But who can deny that we share most of our genetic material with the fly and the mouse? We are not as diss...

...Cyclopedia of issues in modern philosophy: The philosophy of science and religion, the cognitive sciences, cultural studies, aesthetics, art and literature, the philosophy of economics, the philosophy of psychology, and ethics....

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Sextus Empiricus and Greek Scepticism

By: Mary Mills Patrick

...aertius and other ancient works have been carefully verified. The principal modern authors consulted are the following: Ritter, Geschichte der Philo... ...—38. Zeller, Philosophie der Griechen, III. Auf., Leipzig, 1879—89. Lewes, History of Philosophy, Vol. I., London, 1866. Ueberweg, History of Philo... ...e is much in the writings of Sextus that finds a parallel in the methods of modern philosophy. There is a common starting-point in the study of the p... ...ere is a common starting-point in the study of the power and limitations of human thought. There is a common desire to investigate the phenomena of s... ...s a common desire to investigate the phenomena of sense- perception, and the genetic relations of man to the lower animals, and a common interest in t... ...lations of man to the lower animals, and a common interest in the theory of human knowledge. While, however, some of the pages of Sextus' works woul... ...ges of Sextus' works would form a possible introduction to certain lines of modern philosophical thought, we cannot carry the analogy farther, for P... ...rcus Aurelius. [5] This is accepted by Zeller in the second edition of his History of Philosophy, but not in the third for the reason that Sextus, ... ...e imposes. [1] In other words, we find here the same natural desire of the human being to rise above and beyond the limitations which pain and passi...

... in recent times, especially, one may say, since the date of Herbart. There is much in the writings of Sextus that finds a parallel in the methods of modern philosophy. There is a common starting-point in the study of the power and limitations of human thought. There is a common desire to investigate the phenomena of sense-perception, and the genetic relations of man to th...

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