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Daily Archives: June 15, 2009
Mental Health Break: Woe is You?
Harden the fuck up!
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Tagged comedy, happiness, life, mental health, mental health break, peace, psychology, sociology, tough love
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A 19th Century Attempt to Make Peace Between Religion and Science: Philosopher Herbert Spencer’s “First Principles” (1862)
Just three years after the publication of Charles Darwin’s Origin of Species (1859), the British philosopher Herbert Spencer, in Part 1 of his First Principles, sought to make a truce between science and religion. His attempt began with this rather beautiful, open-minded, and calm appeal: … Continue reading
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Tagged agnostic, atheist, Charles Darwin, Christianity, creation v. evolution, creationism, faith, herbert spencer, Islam, Judaism, NOMA, religion
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On Entropy, the Goddess Fortuna, and the Malice of Others: My Favorite Arthur Schopenhauer Quote
Arthur Schopenhauer wrote this in his “The World as Will and Representation” (Dover Edition, vol. 1, p. 88): “For whenever a man in any way loses self-control, or is struck down by a misfortune, or grows angry, or loses heart, … Continue reading
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Tagged athur schopenhauer, bad fortune, chance, Ecclesiastes, existentialism, fortune, good fortune, pessimism, philosophy, psychology, stoicism, time
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Quote of the Day (from the Iranian Protests): “I will fight, I will die, I will get my vote back!”
Following the stolen election, here’s what the Iranian protesters are chanting: “Meejangam, Meemeeram, rayam-o-pass meegeeram” “I will fight, I will die, I will get my vote back.” Something’s happening. Is this 1989?:
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Tagged 2009, Communism, Iran, Islam, middle east, Muslim, protest, tehran, theocracy, voting, voting rights
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After the Stolen Election: Peaceful Marchers in Iran
And flashing peace signs high into the sky:
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Tagged authoritarianism, freedom, human rights, Iran, Islam, life, Muslim, tehran, the human spirit, Thomas Jefferson
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Prometheus Unbound 