Here is a comment that might be from Epicurus: I can only run a philosophical school if I get interested people coming to me who are well-rounded, sociable, self reliant; people with enquiring minds, able to think for themselves and critique the accepted consensuses of their elders. Yes, I made this up, but can it …
Ed Miliband., leader of Britain’s Labour party, said he sees his ‘One Nation’ as “a country where everyone has a stake, where we get our young people back to work… prosperity being fairly shared… we defend our shared institutions, our shared life, whether it’s the NHS or the United Kingdom itself, and where no interest is …
It appears that the gospel of Jesus’ wife is probably a very modern forgery. Forgery or not, the fact seems to be that young men in those times were expected to be married (not so different up till very recent times), and that an unmarried group consisting of 13 young, single males traipsing round the …
I recently received an invitation from the hospital where I acquired my new left hip. The invitation starts off: We would like to extend our personal invitation to you to join us on (date) “under the tent” for a patient reunion on the hospital campus. We would love to see you again and hear …
I find it morally repugnant to bring into this world children who are unwanted and unloved. If the principal objectives of Epicureanism are happiness and contentment, then it follows that children should be conceived, born and reared in warmth, love and friendship. Force majeure employed by religious groups claiming to know the mind of God, …
