Order and Progress Family, Country, Humanity Love as the principle and order as the basis, progress as the goal Everything is relative, that is the absolute principle Infer in order to deduce, so as to construct To know in order to foresee, to foresee in order to make possible The … Continue reading
Category Archives: Philosophy
Philosophic Idealism
the mainstream of Western philosophy is the history of idealistic thought, which can rightly be seen as “our” tradition and competitors such as nominalism, positivism, and materialism are more like a persistent anti-tradition. Continue reading
Intelligent Design and Realism
A couple of years ago I participated in an on-line discussion on the web site of the International Society for Complexity, Information, and Design (ISCID) . The host was a philosopher (Del Ratzsch) who had just published a good book on Intelligent Design from a philosophical, not scientific, perspective. I … Continue reading
Maths and Politics
Several years ago, I attended a public lecture by a professor of political science at a local university. Naturally, he brought up Plato’s Republic. The professor rightly pointed out that although “political science” was the crown of philosophy, a sound knowledge of mathematics was required for entry into the Academy. … Continue reading
Spiritual waterboarding
When the desire in you to realise Brahman becomes as intense and deep as how you were just driven to reassert your physical life—only then will you achieve satisfaction. Continue reading
Life as Art
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, con a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch … Continue reading
The Thinking Reed
Just as lilies and tulips bless the earth with their beautiful flowers and scents, the thinking reed blesses the universe with beautiful, creative thoughts. Continue reading