Quoting the old man again: “..he who would foresee what has to be, should reflect on what has been, for everything that happens in the world at any time has a genuine resemblance to what happened in ancient times…” – Machiavelli, in his Discourses In other words, history matters. More than you could possibly imagine. […]
Philosophy
Of ugly truths, oppression, privilege, and doctrine – 2
So now, where were we? Collective Blood guilt. It exists, to a degree. Of course it is nuanced. After all, whose grandfather hasn’t oppressed another’ grandfather, whose great-granduncle hasn’t cuckolded another’s, whose great-great-grandmother hasn’t stolen from another’s, and so on. How many Armenian civilians were killed by Turks? But so too, how many thousands of […]
Of ugly truths, oppression, privilege, and doctrine – 1
On Ugly truths and Pretty Lies. I oppose the very notion of an ugly truth. Why? Because truth is never ugly, only when we look at it from a limited perspective it can appear ugly. “Tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies…” Lies can taste sweet, but they are only pretty from a superficial […]
Schuon on “What is love?”
“..Love is in the depths of man as water is in the depths of the earth, and man suffers from not being able to enjoy this infinity that he carries within himself and for which he is made. It is necessary to dig deep into the soil of the soul through layers of aridity and […]