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The Kantian philosophy and his proof of existing God has been still arguing among philosophers and scholars.

The doctor and a radiologist friend took the patient into a darkened X-ray room, had him remove his clothes and stand still for a couple of minutes while he had the 'treatment'. The 'treatment' had been to make an X-ray machine hum loudly without actually doing anything...

Unlocking the bible codes that foretell names and places of events throughout human history: Holocaust, Saddam Hussein, Aids and The Asian Tsunami.

I was always somebody who felt quite sorry for myself, what I had not got compared to my friends, how much of a struggle my life seemed to be compared to others. I was caught up in a web of negativity and needed someone or something to help me to escape.

My opinion is that enlightenment is not just one state but is a progressive and gradual establishing of states of consciousness.

How is there something from nothing? The Holophanic loop logic provides a new paradigm, a consistent and complete worldview that not only describes, but also creates whatever can be perceived or experienced.

Are there words to live by? Is it possible that we place too much importance on words, and that language can be as dangerous as it is helpful? Some new ideas on words.

As a branch or subfield of philosophy, comparative philosophy is quite young and is still in its early stage of development. Its aim is to work on problems and compare various philosophies by taking into account all sources regardless of culture, language or philosophical stream.

The Emerald Buddha is a figurine of a sitting Budha, that is the is the palladium of the Kingdom of Thailand. The Buddha is made of green jade, suprisingly not of emerald, clothed in gold is approximately 45 cm tall. The Buddha is kept in the Chapel of the Emerald Buddha, which is located on the grounds of the Grand Palace in Bangkok. Legend tells that that the Emerald Buddha was created in Pataliputra, India, which is now the city of Patna in 43 BCE by Nagasena.

This is an article about the light and dark aspects of our self and how we can discover them.

Hegel is known one of the philosophers who were greatly influenced by Kant and who could understand and interpret Kant’s works best.

The discussion of geometry in Plato’s Meno epitomizes how human beings are able to gain knowledge.

The Shipibo are one of the largest ethnic groups in the Peruvian Amazon. These ethnic groups each have their own languages, traditions and culture. The Shipibo which currently number about 20,000 are spread out in communities through the Pucallpa / Ucayali river region. They are highly regarded in the Amazon as being masters of Ayahuasca, and many aspiring shamans and Ayahuasqueros from the region study with the Shipibo to learn their language, chants, and plant medicine knowledge. In this article we interview the Shipibo maestro Leoncio Garcia.

No, not Dewey of the TV show "Malcolm and Me". Not Melvil Dewey, the originator of the Dewey Decimal Classification System. Not even Thomas E. Dewey, who ran unsuccessfully against Harry Truman in the close presidential election 1948 and now best remembered for the photograph of Truman gleefully holding up a newspaper with the premature headline "Dewey Defeats Truman." No, I'm talking about Professor John Dewey, hardly a household name for most people - but a continual presence in my life.

The question of whether one would like to live in More’s Utopia should not indeed, can not be answered lightly.

There are many kinds of narratives and organizing principles. Science is driven by evidence gathered in experiments, and by the falsification of extant theories and their replacement with newer, asymptotically truer, ones. Other systems - religion, nationalism, paranoid ideation, or art - are based on personal experiences (faith, inspiration, paranoia, etc.).

In my opinion, our justice system should not be abused by people who are just looking at to make a quick buck. However, there are times when people get injured and really deserve money for their injuries. I know because I was crippled on the job. I would be penniless today if not for my workers compensation settlement.

Padre Pio is possibly the most well-known mystic of the twentieth century. Padre Pio's life was marked with devotion and prayer as well as supernatural events including bilocation, prophecy and the Odor of Sanctity.

In the first part of the book there are lengthy dialogues between More and Hythloday, an introduction More used to show the reader the politics and social issues prevalent in Utopia.

Do you believe in ghosts? Most people can probably tell you at least one ghost story regardless of whether they believe or not. If such ghostly experiences are so common and widespread, then surely they have a ring of truth or existence?

The purpose of this article is to analyze the ideological components that sustain the notion of the vampire as fixed by the romantic poets, especially by Byron. In doing so, we will trace the socioeconomic changes in early nineteen century that influenced this vision. We will also examine how class and gender issues affect the portrayal of fatal males, such as the vampire, and femmes fatales in the poetry of several romantic poets.

More’s Utopia is one of the most discussed and analyzed books in English which describes an ideal world of equality.

We humans can command energies and resources undreamed of by earlier generations. But our inability to control ourselves - our own bodies and minds - can have terrible consequences.

The debate between realism and anti-realism is, at least, a century old. Does Science describe the real world - or are its theories true only within a certain conceptual framework? Is science only instrumental or empirically adequate or is there more to it than that?

In this uncertain world, where "anything goes" and the focus more and more seems to be on the desires of the individual, emerging scientific recognition of the concept of interdependence provides a backdrop to this view that age old values could and should have a place in our society today.

To write a Philosophy tem paper is both easy and difficult. One interesting point about the subject is that you can write with a free mind on any subject, in the light of your own feelings and observations. For example, how an essay can be developed on the topic, “Whether God can be seen?” Here is a model argument between the two “philosophers” (friends).

Truth, good and beauty. Every man thrives to accomplish and have their own perception of the 3. One man's good can be another man's evil. Right and wrong is, in aspect, wrong and right.

Existentialism is a philosophic movement first appeared in the nineteenth century.

This article tells about importance of right choice in treatment patients with psychology disorders. It refers to psychiatric practice and priming technique

They say that insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome. That's what many of us do. We know it's dumb. But we do it anyway.