“The secret of happiness is freedom. The secret of freedom is courage.” ΘΟΥΚΙΔΙΔΗΣ
As long as man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings he will never know health or peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other.
Pythagoras
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PYTHAGORIC LIFE by IAMBLICHUS (XIII)
( BEING CONTINUED FROM 30/10/18) Chapter XXIX. Of his wisdom, however, the commentaries written by the Pythagoreans afford, in short, the greatest indication; for they adhere to truth in every thing, and are more concise than all other compositions, so … Continue reading
PASSION AND KNOWLEDGE (4)
(BEING CONTINUED FROM 28/1/18) The primary target of Castoriadis’s critique of “total theory,” of an allegedly “finished and exhaustive knowledge,” is the Hegelian speculative philosophy that,Castoriadis argued in MRT, still pervaded Marxist theory and practice:21 For speculative theory, the object … Continue reading
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Tagged collective autonomy, knowledge, PHILOSOPHY, POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY, science
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NUMA-NOMOS AND LYCOURGOS-ERGON LYKOU,PHAOOTOS (Clast)
(BEING CONTINUED FROM 26/10/18) In fact, in the case of Numa, Plutarch clearly does not believe in thelegend of Egeria, as he makes clear in De fortuna Romanorum: “For the talethat a certain Egeria, a dryad and a wise divinity, consorted … Continue reading
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Tagged Delphic oracle, Lycurgean constitution, Lycurgus, Numa, PHILOSOPHY
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empedou kleos peri sophias t anagnoosma (2)
(BEING CONTINUED FROM 12/10/18) Further generations [3] should include beings which Empedocles calls“whole-natured forms” or “forms born as a whole” (οὐλοφυεῖς τύποι). They appearonly in one fragment, (B 62 [j]), and just like the creatures of the previousgenerations (B 57 … Continue reading
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Tagged EMPEDOCLES, living beings, PHILOSOPHY, SPHAIROS, zoogony
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Pagan Christs (PART IE)
…you take the blue pill–the story ends…you take the red pill…and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. – Morpheus in The Matrix (BEING CONTINUED FROM 25/03/2019) § 3. The Christian Crucifixion. To those who have not realised … Continue reading
Pagan Christs (PART ID)
…you take the blue pill–the story ends…you take the red pill…and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. – Morpheus in The Matrix (BEING CONTINUED FROM 10/03/2018) § 2. Theory and Ritual of Human Sacrifice. The sacrifice of … Continue reading
