Epicurus on prayer
If the gods listened to the prayers of men, all humankind would quickly perish since they constantly pray for many evils to befall one another.— Epicurus, quoted from Eugene O’Connor, The Essential Epicurus
Archive of entries posted by Robert Hanrott
The Greatest Loss of Wealth for African-Americans in Modern US History?
The sub-prime mortgage crisis will impact African-Americans and other people of color more than anyone else. Homeownership is at the foundation of the American dream, and this foundation has crumbled under the crash of the sub-prime mortgage market. Two million additional homes are expected to go into foreclosure in 2008. Given that Blacks and Latinos …
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Thinking for yourself
Immanuel Kant taught that enlightenment was a process, not a state, namely the process of thinking for oneself, and therefore living autonomously without submitting yourself to group-think and conformity with all those around you. Enlightenment is man’s emergence from his self-imposed immaturity, immaturity being the inability to use one’s understanding without guidance from another…..Sapere Aude! …
Iraq again, 2
So suddenly, there is no war in Iraq and the whole thing is settled! What a huge success! What brilliance . This is what the politicians have been working for for 4 years at the cost of thousands of lives. No wonder the baby-munchers are so delighted. In order to give the illusion of peace, we …
Tolerance
Xiouding, on this blog, makes a good point – in one’s exasperation with the religiosity (genuine or otherwise)of the candidates in the US election campaign, he has reminded me that Epicureanism means tolerance and that millions of decent, kind, humane Americans obtain solace and inspiration from their religion. That should be the end of it. …