The incident that preceded it was a nice peaceful meditation session that resulted in what I call a flatline mind and what others like Shinzen and Bhante Vimalaramsi call “non-dual awareness.” I even have video of my state of mind after that meditation sessionhere. ...
Many things in our experience convince us that the historical event of the Enlightenment did not make us mature adults, and we have not reached that stage yet. However, it seems to me that a meaning can be attributed to that critical interrogation on the present and on ourselves which Kant...
Thus, also in the field of the “forbidden,” the “clandestine” manuscript almost always preceded the “forbidden book.” As the numerous cases of seizure by the police and of penalties confirm (think of Bonaventure de Fourcroy, whose text survives at the Bibliothèque de l’Arsenal only ...
there are also disagreements between people who support body positivity. Some have noted that the women, usually White cis-gendered wealthy celebrities, who have taken up the conversation have fairly
War was a tool we used before we had a sense of what the future could become. Before the Renaissance, before the Enlightenment. We have better ways, now. You’ve heard that the idea called nationalism is all the rage these days. Each patriot felt the same passion, only with a different...
the good: of the good life, or of the good society. For the good society is the complete political good. pp.10.)【政治哲学与哲学】“如果人们把获得有关好的生活、好的社会的知识作为他们明确的目标,政治哲学就出现了。”【2】(If the directedness becomes explicit, if men make it their ...
Baroque art is a particular style of art that originated in Italy in the mid-1500s. The main characteristics of Baroque art are...
Back in the 1930s,Alonzo Churchwas studying mathematics at Princeton University and began using the Greek symbol λ—“lambda” — to describe ideas he had about these things calledfunctions. Because his work preceded thedevelopment of the first electronic, general-purpose computerby at least seven...
and social accomplishments. This judgment first emerged during the Renaissance as a reaction to the rediscovery of the classical heritage that preceded, but was largely forgotten by, the medieval world; and was sustained by the secular and humanist ideals of the Enlightenment, which saw the...
Shipmen that had knowledge of the sea. Knowledge Scope of information; cognizance; notice; as, it has not come to my knowledge. Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldst take knowledge of me? Knowledge Sexual intercourse; - usually preceded by carnal; same as carnal knowledg...