What, in short, does moral reasoning consist in? To see how moral reasoning can proceed, let’s turn to a fanciful hypothetical story much discussed by philosophers. Consider first this philosopher’s hypothetical. Like all such tales, it involves a scenario stripped of many realistic complexities, so that we can...
Always to see the universal in the particular is just the fundamental characteristic of genius, while, the, normal man knows in the particular only the particular as such, for only as such does it belong to the actual which alone has interests for him, i.e.,...
What is the defect in our design that makes it so hard to escape our preoccupation with the past and the future, even though it increases our suffering? It’s this: time is the ground from which thought itself is grown. To get a better sense of this,...
The capacity to be alone is the capacity to love. It may look paradoxical to you, but it is not. It is an existential truth: only those persons who are capable of being alone are capable of love, of sharing, of going into the deepest...
You close your eyes. You think you are not here. You are gone, your time is up and your name was written for the last time. You wonder what is left from you. What did you leave behind? Are they talking about you? And what...
One of most remarkable ‘awakened’ individuals of recent times was the American wanderer and social activist who called herself 'Peace Pilgrim.’ Although she sometimes used the word ‘God’, Peace Pilgrim wasn’t religious in a normal sense. Her concept of ‘God’ was not as an omnipotent...
Greek media have given Dr. Afksendiyos Kalangos many names. They have called him “the doctor of the poor,” “a saint without a halo,” “the greek heart surgeon who saves children,” “the guardian angel,” and “the doctor with the golden hands.” But the most accurate of all...
If a few mysteries remain concerning a South Dakota woman named Millicent Atkins, at least two details are clear. She was generous, and she knew how to manage farmland. Her death at age 93 has left an inheritance of an estimated $37.5 million in the laps of...
TACOMA, Washington — Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the most highly-regarded figures in soccer history. But he is also one of the most recognizable athletes in general. His physical abilities are examined by fans of many different sports, as they are considered “alien-like” by many....
Captain Sir Thomas Moore (30 April 1920 – 2 February 2021), more popularly known as Captain Tom, was a British Army officer and fundraiser who made international headlines in 2020 when he raised money for charity in the run-up to his 100th birthday during the...
