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Do you stand with the Rohingya because they are an Indo-European people resisting an onslaught of Orientals? Or do you reject them because they have fallen to the Semitic cult, Islam? Do you stand with the Uyghurs because they are arguably of Caucasian race, a remnant of the ancient Tocharians, or ...

"If prejudice can be overcome, can it not be avoided altogether? Following Martin Heidegger, Hans-Georg Gadamer showed that all understanding is ‘permanently determined’ by what he calls pre-understanding. In the end, he says, all understanding is always “reflection of a given pre-understanding.” Th...

It is refreshing to find philosophers, Derrida and the author, grounding their thoughts in biblical ideas. More needs to be done in the subject of the philosophy of religion.

Here is the conclusion of the essay: "Whatever view we take, reflecting on this case helps us realise that liberals need to be more cautious in making claims to neutrality, and more honest about where they fail in this aspiration. We must also make sure that our arguments attend to the reality of t...

From the article above: "The recent sexual harassment scandals should come as no surprise. They are the product of a rotten culture where people no longer treat those around them as ladies and gentlemen." You've provided a description of how men should act towards women. Could you provide a descrip...

From the article above:
"The recent sexual harassment scandals should come as no surprise. They are the product of a rotten culture where people no longer treat those around them as ladies and gentlemen."

http://www.theimaginativeconservative.org/2017/12/why-ladies-gentlemen-forbidden-new-york-trains-john-horvat.html When my son was in the ninth grade it was the custom that the couples were formed by the girls asking the boys to go to the dance. A month or so before the dance, I was reading one Satur...

Seleucus wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 05, 2017 5:40 am

Are you still working as a prosecutor?

No, I quit prosecuting in 1973, and retired from the private practice of law in 1999.

tbieter wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 11, 2013 12:27 am

Impenitent wrote:mama

gift? no

just another tool

-Imp

Imp,
By what agency does language, as a tool, come into existence (take on its Being)?
Tom
Here is the full text of the book for free:

https://archive.org/stream/manlanguage0 ... a_djvu.txt

This morning I began reading The Human Face by Max Picard (1930). Here are the beginning paragraphs for you to contemplate: THE HUMAN FACE THE CONTEMPLATION OF A HUMAN FACE He who looks upon a human face is moved to the very core of his being; his emotions, his understanding, his will are affected,...

The other day I finished reading Robert Coles' book, Simone Weil - A Modern Pilgrimage. Coles is a well-known psychiatrist and author. https://www.amazon.com/Simone-Weil-Dr-Robert-Coles/dp/1683362977/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1512350084&sr=1-1&keywords=robert+coles+and+simone+weil The last cha...