In America at least, we are still in the ‘new toy’ phase of high technology. Every gadget and ‘breakthrough’ receives oohs and aahs in the media, with the subtext, ‘‘Aren’t…
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consciousness
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A ferocious rain fell here in northern California yesterday, with high winds that pelted the house with water almost horizontally. It was over in 20 minutes however. Sitting on the…
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Philosophers cannot operate in the same mode of fragmentation (that is, specialization) that has made man such a menace on the earth and expect to offer any insight, much less…
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Once again the New York Times has outdone itself in philosophical foolishness with its weekly op-ed, “The [Philosopher’s] Stone.” Op-eds are often narrow and shallow, but this piece, “Would Human…
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New Age philosophy has always been rather irrational, but of late it has become quite pathetic. This hit home for me in the last few days when someone in town…
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On a walk after a much needed meditation during a break between storms, a fellow about my age stopped and asked me where all the goats came from in the…
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Some cynical philosopher stenciled a few words in the center of the park road. They read: “Nature is wrong.” The words are fading away, which brings a smile. Nature will…
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In the West, and especially in America, our entire concept of the individual has to be redefined at the emotional level. As things are, we’re not in-dividuals; we are dividuals.