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A Leviathan is the answer to Mid East turmoil?
Has anyone yet noticed the pattern of events in the Middle East? Surely some of us have read the daily news about the region over… well, however long they’ve been alive, and noticed something quite peculiar about the people who … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Questions, Religion, Uncategorized
Tagged Afghanistan, agression, Egypt, Fireball whiskey, Hobbes, Irag, Iran, Leviathan, Lybia, middle east, state of nature, Syria, Thomas Hobbes, war, whiskey
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Thoughts on Faith and Induction
If the problem of induction tells us that we are not justified in establishing law-like relations in science, then upon what do we base our certainty that the sun will “rise” tomorrow, or that magnetic poles of opposite charge will … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Life, Philosophy, Questions, Religion, Science, Uncategorized
Tagged David Hume, faith, God, induction, philosophy, philosophy of religion, philosophy of science, problem of induction, reason, religion, science, theist
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Excerpt from “My Confession” by Leo Tolstoy
“A person could only live so long as he was drunk; but the moment he sobered up, he could not help seeing that all that was only a deception, and a stupid deception at that! Really there was nothing funny … Continue reading
Posted in Musings and Prose, Philosophy, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged drinking, drunk, Leo Tolstoy, My Confession, philosophy, Tolstoy
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Ode to friends
I have been listening to this song for a couple of weeks and felt especially selfish keeping it all to myself. Here are the lyrics… I’ve seen the end All I have loved had broke and won’t mend. Call in … Continue reading
Posted in Announcements, Music, Musings and Prose, Personal Life, Uncategorized
Tagged friends, Horse Feathers, Last Waltz, music
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I know, I know…
So I’ve been meaning to get to writing a follow up, but I’ve been extra busy since my first post. Doing what you ask? Not that it’s any of your god damn business, but I’ve been studying my balls off … Continue reading
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