Arts & Humanities > Political Philosophy Why America needs a philosopher

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As a philosopher, a man or woman attempts to see the world, or reality, in a different light. Considering the situation of the United States, this different light is a positive light. That light can be more specifically described as a positive, critical light. The term critical can often bear certain negative connotations. He... More..

Arts & Humanities > Awareness & Reality Why the passing of time seems to accelerate as we age

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The phenomenon of the current topic (if we can label it as such) can be explained through a function of time and an analogy of ratios and fractions.As a function of time, life progresses in a linear fashion. One can think of the line positioned on a graph and slanted downwards. As age progresses, time seems to move master. Th... More..

Arts & Humanities > History of Ideas The origins of philosophy

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Philosophy as a school of thought was not canonized until the Greeks began to really think about their surroundings. Historical accounts can label Siddhartha Guatama (the Buddha) as a contemporary of Socrates (dating to somewhere within 400 BCE), but the ancient historians of the East did not label Siddhartha's inquiries into... More..

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