The Goal of Education
In St. John Henry Newman’s The Idea of a University, he describes a liberal education as being “a comprehensive view of truth in all its branches, of the relations of science to science, of their mutual bearings, and their respective val...
2024-02-29 19:19:33 by lordofhobbits
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The Poetic Philosopher & The Mythic Peng Bird: Expressing the Unknown in Zhuangzi
The philosopher’s mission, to take higher truths and put them into words, is not an easy one to do well. Like a fish trying to explain water, we are limited in describing that which is invisible yet all around us. The best works of philosophy are a...
2024-02-10 18:25:59 by mythosandlogos
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Obfuscation of the Truth
obfuscation: noun. the action of making something obscure, unclear, or unintelligible. from Latin obfuscare: 'to darken or obscure' Oxford Languages As an aspiring linguist and classicist, I have long desired to...
2024-01-08 05:06:53 by lordofhobbits
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Phaeton & the Chariot of the Sun: Harnessing the Powers of the Gods
Powers which were once confined to the realm of fantasy are now at our fingertips. We fly through the air as though on Pegasus’ wings, and carry knowledge in our pockets that outmatch any ancient library or wizard’s tome. At this very moment my v...
2024-01-08 15:13:08 by mythosandlogos
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A New Cosmology in Science is Needed
Our new science columnist Christopher Brown (Georgia, USA) points out the critical flaw in current science cosmology: the interpretation of light from distant galaxies. Pluto In grade school in the 80s,...
2024-01-31 06:59:19 by bestcosmologist
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The Transcendent as the Foundation
The Transcendent and Spiritual has to be the overall picture and foundation, to create a balanced, True and harmonious Cosmology, is Dante’s claim in Canto IV of Paradiso. After Beatrice’s long speech on the Pilgrim’s two doubts, he r...
2024-02-01 11:40:31 by burningphoenix
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