Philosophy

The First Book of Maccabees : Chapter 1

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This is the “beta version” of a new english rendering, The Living English Rendering (LER), of the First Book of Maccabees I’m working on

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The Quality of Quantity & The Nature of Number

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A type of thing is a consistent invocation of sensations that a person identifies. A type of thing will be referred to formally as a quality set, in that it is a set of distinctive qualities one identifies as being fulfilled. For example, a cat is quality set regarding the slenderness of the nose, the…

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The Paradox of a Fundamental: A Simple Proof of Idealism

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For any phenomena to possess a characteristic means that it exhibits at least some consistent effect on associated phenomena. It is good enough to realise a posteriori that the effect probably exists, given that we do not have an infinite sample. However, its consequences on surrounding phenomena is consistent enough to give it the benefit…

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The Philosophical Singularity: Ontological & Epistomological Foundations

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The act of philosophy is reasoning. Reasoning can take any fundamental premise and produce greater composite propositions. For example, a mathematician might begin with . From here he may derive composite arithmetical processes, algebra, and even calculus. Such fundamental premises do not have to be as low-level as basic addition. For example, a Christian apologist…

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Dragons & Chimpanzees

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A short poem portraying human nature and the battle within.

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