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NAIVE RATIONALISM
SOCRATES: “My dear Mega-Tony, we need to know what we are talking about when we talk about things. The entire idea of philosophy is to be able to reflect and understand what we are doing, examine our lives. An unexamined life is not worth living.” FAT TONY: “The problem, my poor old Greek, is that you are
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PRIMUM VIVERE: A BIRTHDAY POEM
Primum vivere, deinde philosophari(Survive first, philosophize later) This is exactly what I have done Since the day that I was born I have scaled through the days, months, and years with the blood, sweat, and tears that came with them. Age is just a number they say But we must not forget to number our
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CAUSAL OPACITY: MAKE ELASTIC EFFORTS IN THE FACE OF UNCERTAINTY
CAUSAL OPACITY There are consequences for being wrong. There are consequences for taking the wrong steps. Dangers exist for making the wrong decisions. And worse, there are effects of reactions based on those decisions. I think, and I am sure that every sensible person will agree with me that there are unbearable consequences for insisting
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LEGACY: THE MEMORY OF THE DEAD IS FOR THE LIVING
In the absence of an afterlife, your memory and legacy no longer serves you. Materialists know this so they do not hesitate to desecrate all that they can. But if this reminder should serve any purpose, it is that you should still choose to live in a way that preserves your memory for the living.…
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THE PHILOSOPHY OF ADDICTION
The Philosophy of addiction The topic of addictions is a hot one. That is because like bad news, the negatives provoke more attention. Let’s then visit the nature and philosophy of addictions. Introduction: Tradeoffs At the point of writing this essay, I cannot conceive of any addiction that is a good thing. We use the
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