by Christina | Dec 22, 2004 | Writings
Now that I think about it, Rise to Globalism by Ambrose and Brinkley, and From Wealth to Power give a good sense or an actual explanation on why the US has gone from isolationist at the turn of the 20th century to “meddling” after WWII. It seems obvious to...
by Christina | Jan 19, 2004 | Writings
What exactly guides this obsession with rational, logical undertakings – or otherwise, lack thereof? Is it fear? If so, then, of what? Going back to the dog example, let’s assume that one does not get a dog due to fear. Fear of what then? Fear of not...
by Christina | Jan 13, 2004 | Writings
You know you have a big problem on your hands when you get asthma after whoever knows how long! Back to the subject at hand. If suppressing your passions brings you to a ultimate state of physical ailment, due to your excessive adherence to the so-called...
by Christina | Jan 12, 2004 | Writings
David Hume and Adam Smith agree that human beings are driven by their passions and not by reason. Then what happens when rationality suppresses your passions to the point where nothing is done if both do not coincide. More on the subject later.
by Christina | Jan 10, 2004 | Writings
How is is plausible that you may desire something with all your might, and yet be unwilling to have it or get it? Let’s say you want a dog; you really, really want a dog. It is your heart’s content if you get a dog. Yet you are not willing to buy one,...
by Christina | Dec 28, 2003 | Quote of the Day, Thought of the Day, Writings
Euripides said “A slave is he who cannot speak his thoughts.” Now, I ask: If one can speak his/her thoughts, yet does not due to a lack of desire – of any sort, then what is one? A slave to the self? To society? To fear? A slave at all? I find myself...
