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Health & Fitness > Nicotine Dependence More smoking information than you want: 3 of 3

lots of information about smoking: Benefits timeline of quiting smoking: -20 minutes after quitting: Your heart rate and blood pressure drop. ("Effect of Smoking on Arterial Stiffness and Pulse Pressure Amplification", Mahmud, A, Feely, J. 2003. Hypertension:41:183.) -12 hours after quitting: The carbon monoxide level in you... More..
Arts & Humanities > Philosophy (Other) Interpretations: Thus Spoke Zarathustra, by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche: 3 of 3

The meaning of part one of Nietzche's Zarathustra The vast wealth of meaning that can be found in Nietzche's work "Thus spoke Zarathustra" is enough to keep men entertained for ages. The practical wisdom of Nietzche's greatest work is also valuable as a working philosophy of life. Part One, Zarathustra on the mountain: The b... More..
Arts & Humanities > Philosophical Concepts Why axioms are not truisms: 3 of 3

The words axiom and truism exist to create a distinction between two similar concepts. While the distinction between these concepts is subtle, it is necessary to form an ordered and working understanding of things through different arts (math, philosophy, logic, etc..). The terms are defined differently in relation to the ar... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Wicca & Witchcraft The complexity of Wicca: 2 of 2

While the obscene complexity of Wicca makes the art pleasurable, or fun, to perform, through the creation of the idea of power and the omniscience that comes from the construction of metaphysical cause and effect relationships, I pose the question: Would Wicca be as pleasurable if it was limited to Mind and reality? To illus... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Catholicism St. Thomas Aquinas: Seven virtues: 2 of 2

St. Thomas Aquinas and the virtue of temperance. St. Thomas Aquinas was an Italian Catholic priest and well known as the author of the Summa Theoligica and Summa Contra Gentiles. He is considered to be one of the Catholic Church's greatest Theologians. He defined the four cardinal virtues (virtues that are commonly observabl... More..