Famous Philosophers Who Killed Themselves
Gabriel
July 30, 2012 , zubair , 5 Comments Suicide used to be enforced upon those found guilty in ancient Roman and Greek civilizations. The victim was shown the alternative worse kind of torture leaving…
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2 advice about the overcoming of taking things personally: admission and detective dialogue – an essay.
When people come to realize about the dangers of taking things personally –they are frustrated; they say that sometimes it take ages for them to see that they are even…
The high goal of self-consciousness
First, what is self-consciousness?Self-consciousness is the ability to know what is going on in you and is coming out of you at any given time. We are absolutely sure that…
Concepts and terms from the teachings of Martin Heidegger.
(Most terms are taken from Heidegger’s book “Being and Time” (1927)About the person:Man is a being whose existence means the inquiry of himself and his connection with being. Investigation is…
The philosophical creature
“In philosophy, reason thinks of itself and makes itself a matter of investigation. Man as a philosopher supposedly expropriates himself from the life in which he is immersed as both…
The subversive theory of R.D. Laing
R.D. Laing, a psychiatrist and psychotherapist, worked in a relentless rebellion against the psychiatry and psychotherapy establishment. A few words about his life: He was born in Glasgow and studied…
3 Transcription of the podcast on: personal (psychological) problems.
An audio recording on the subject of personal, (psychological) problems: file:///C:/Users/gabrie%20raam/Desktop/%D7%94%D7%A7%D7%9C%D7%98%D7%95%D7%AA/Personaal%20and%20psychological%20problems%20-%20Copy%20-%20Copy%20-%20Copy%20(2).m4a Transcription: Many people are walking around (with their personal problems or psychological problems) – being totally convinced that if…
To be a master
file:///C:/Users/gabrie%20raam/Desktop/%D7%AA%D7%A8%D7%92%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%9D/articles%2014/To%20be%20mastrship.htm There is a difference between being a professional and being a master. As in teaching: One could be a very good teacher, very learned, with much knowledge and understanding,…
The myth of physical activity & exercises.
We are bombarded nowadays, almost nonstop about the need and absolute necessity of doing any possible kind of physical activity, whether it is walking, running, (The iron man triathlon for…
The great delusion of self-consciousness
First, what is self-consciousness?Self-consciousness is the ability to know what is going on in you and is coming out of you at any given time. We are absolutely sure that…