At this rate I should be finishing the Harvard Classics in around 2026. Oh well, on to the latest update. Continue reading...
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Harvard Classics 7 & 8: Christianity and the Theatre
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Date: 2016-01-11 00:21:36, 8 years and 347 days ago
Marcus Aurelius According to Internet Atheists
An image meme correcting a popular, but very wrong, "quote" from Marcus Aurelius: Continue reading...
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Date: 2015-10-29 01:36:39, 9 years and 56 days ago
Harvard Classics 5 & 6 - Emerson & Burns
Since I'm getting back into blogging (maybe) I thought I'd update on my attempt to read through the Harvard Classics. Continue reading...
Date: 2015-05-13 04:31:49, 9 years and 225 days ago
Harvard Classics Volume 3 - Essays, Censorship, and the Religion of Doctors
Well, this took a while. I blame the Romans. :-) Continue reading...
Date: 2014-04-03 23:53:59, 10 years and 265 days ago
Sophism and Falling Trees
If a tree falls in the forest and there is no one to hear it, does it make a sound? Continue reading...
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Philosophy
Date: 2013-12-18 23:03:54, 11 years and 6 days ago
Harvard Classics Volume 2 - Dialogs, Sayings, and Meditations
A little while before NaNoWriMo started I decided to start reading through the Harvard Classics/Five-foot Bookshelf. I figure I'll give myself the basics of an old-school liberal arts education. Since Volume 1 is rather American focused I decided to skip it and go straight to Volume 2. I ended up slowing down a lot due to NaNoWriMo, but I got the last part of Volume 2 done on Monday. Continue reading...
Date: 2013-12-04 23:03:54, 11 years and 20 days ago
Rousseau's The Social Contract
As I mentioned earlier I've recently read through Rousseau's The Social Contract (not that translation though, mine was by Lowell Blair in the 1970's), and I'll expand on my initial review ("Wrong, but in interesting ways") here. Continue reading...
Date: 2010-12-19 23:03:54, 14 years and 6 days ago
The Christian Lobby supports wage caps
Date: 2009-09-30 23:03:57, 15 years and 86 days ago
Homosexual Marriage
Often people claim that the government should recognize homosexual marriages and give them the same tax benefits as straight marriages. I can only think of three possible reasons for the government to recognize or encourage (through tax benefits) marriages, either heterosexual or homosexual; interestingly none of these three reasons apply to homosexual marriage. Continue reading...
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Politics,
Philosophy
Date: 2009-09-06 23:03:54, 15 years and 110 days ago
Gun Control = Thunderdome
Marko Kloos is so very good at expressing why gun control sucks, so rather than explain it myself I'll just link to him.
Date: 2009-08-28 23:03:57, 15 years and 119 days ago
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