Category Archives: History
Knowledge: An Oration
“Knowledge itself is unknowable.” —from Plato’s dialogue The Theaetetus “All men naturally reach out for knowledge.” —Aristotle “Knowledge itself is power.” —Roger Bacon I. Today I will tell you a story about how we traveled through time, discovering and collecting … Continue reading
Posted in Consciousness, History, The Self
Tagged ancient, collapse of civilization, Hominids, Homo sapiens, knowledge, Nature, the gods
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Darkness and Light: Exploring the Limits of the Human Soul, in Two Books
The books are: “Heart of Darkness,” by Joseph Conrad; and, “Death Comes for the Archbishop,” by Willa Cather. Among other parallel attributes, the two novels show us the geopolitical forces of the times and places of their narration. “Heart…” is … Continue reading
