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Intelligent Design and Realism

Posted on 2008-04-19 by Cologero

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 →

The Real Objection to Intelligent Design

Posted on 2008-04-17 by Cologero

Intelligent Design, in the broadest sense of the term, is the methodological principle that causation may be the result of the intention of an intelligent agent. At first glance it is difficult to understand why that should be controversial. In everyday life, we use that principle all the time. For … Continue reading →

The Science and technology Question

Posted on 2008-01-06 by Cologero

The next question from the interview published in “La Nation Europeenne” deals with science and technology. Q. Your judgment of science and technology seems, in your work, to be negative. What are the reasons for your position? Don’t you believe that material conquests and the elimination of hunger and poverty … Continue reading →

Science and Wisdom

Posted on 2007-11-19 by Cologero

Despite is lofty but overrated reputation in our day, science is actually a rather low form of knowledge. First of all, it is a product of the rational, discursive mind, the “soul” or “mind”, whereas authentic spiritual understanding comes from the intellect, the nous, the “spirit”. This is exemplified by … Continue reading →

Some men return to their past, so that new forces may arise for the reconquest ~ J. Evola
Par l'espace, l'univers me comprend et m'engloutit comme un point ; par la penseé, je le comprends.~ Pascal
A common man marvels at uncommon things; a wise man marvels at the commonplace. ~ Confucius
Noli foras ire, in te ipsum redi: in interiore hominis habitat veritas. ~ St. Augustine
A man of talent is like a marksman who hits a target others cannot hit, but the man of genius is like a marksman who hits a target others cannot see. ~ Schopenhauer
To live is to change, to be perfect is to have changed often. ~ John Henry Cardinal Newman
I believe in being free, acquiring knowledge, and telling the truth. ~ H. L. Mencken
On se lasse de penser, et même d'agir; jamais on ne se lasse d'aimer. ~ Auguste Comte
To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly. ~ Henri Bergson
The divine sleeps in the rock, breathes in the plant, dreams in the animal, and wakes in man. ~ old Nordic adage
The strong man strikes only when it is absolutely necessary, and then nothing stops him. ~ Vilfredo Pareto
Pour l’homme de droite, être libre ne consiste pas à faire ce que l’on veut, mais à faire ce qui est conforme à l’ordre naturel voulu par Dieu.
Very few battles are lost physically. Battles are lost almost always morally; the real victor like the real loser is the one who believes he is. ~ Joseph de Maistre