Category Archives: Philosophy & Psychology

Liberty & Freedom

Posted on December 17, 2008 by Ron Pavellas

I have been reading the Englishman John Stuart Mills’s essay On Liberty, first published in 1859. Here is a taste: The struggle between Liberty and Authority is the most conspicuous feature in…history, particularly in that of Greece, Rome, and England. … Continue reading →

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The Law of Service and Other Findings in Hermann Hesse’s “Journey to the East”

Posted on November 12, 2008 by Ron Pavellas

This is the law propounded by “Leo,” the “servant” to “H.H.” in the short novel, The Journey to the East, by Hermann Hesse. (It should be noted that “Leo” is loved by animals, as well as by his fellow humans). … Continue reading →

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