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9 hours ago · It is not a matter of what is experienced, but it is a matter of simply “being with” experience, no matter what is experienced, for there is no experience “itself” (Levinas 1998, pp. 144–45; 162–65). There is simply experience with no reason, the impossible fact of given life in the moment, no matter how we might interpret, assess, and steer it, it happens, and accordingly, we the believers choose one kind of response or another to this advent of the impossible truth.
9 hours ago · Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche[ ii ] (15 October 1844 – 25 August 1900) was a German classical scholar, philosopher, and critic of culture, who became one of the most influential of all modern thinkers. [ 14 ] He began his career as a classical philologist before turning to philosophy. He became the youngest person to hold the Chair of Classical ...
9 hours ago · [166] [167] Yoga and samkhya have some differences; yoga accepted the concept of a personal god, and Samkhya was a rational, non-theistic system of Hindu philosophy. [ 168 ] [ 169 ] [ 170 ] Patanjali's system is sometimes called "Seshvara Samkhya", distinguishing it from Kapila 's Nirivara Samkhya. [ 171 ]
9 hours ago · Psychoanalysis [i] is a theory developed by Sigmund Freud.It describes the human soul as an ‘apparatus’ that emerged along the path of evolution and consists mainly of three parts complement each other through their specific function: a set of innate needs, a consciousness that serves to satisfy them, and a memory for the retrievable storage of the experiences made during this.
9 hours ago · While the word religion is difficult to define, one standard model of religion used in religious studies courses defines it as [a] system of symbols which acts to establish powerful, pervasive, and long-lasting moods and motivations in men by formulating conceptions of a general order of existence and clothing these conceptions with such an aura of factuality that the moods and motivations seem uniquely realistic.
9 hours ago · Website. aa.org. Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is a global, peer-led mutual-aid fellowship dedicated to abstinence-based recovery from alcoholism through its spiritually inclined twelve-step program. [1] AA’s Twelve Traditions, besides stressing anonymity and the lack of a governing hierarchy, establish AA as free to all, non-professional ...
9 hours ago · Views on slavery. Views on religion. Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 [ b ] – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, planter, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. [ 6 ] He was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
