"Like the being to which they belong, these passions [joy, sorrow, fear, hope] are both bodily and mental. Along with them the conceptions of good and evil are...
The words 'for the greater good' seem very prevalent in a lot of contemporary TV dramas nowadays, especially sci-fi. Up until the 80s, sci-fi offered up a...
... American sci-fi writers' ultilitarian ... Is the price of the American alliance that we shall come to think and feel like Americans? Is the alternative to...
... We are (partly at least) already Americanised, yes? I don't consider German psychology to be the natural alternative to an American one. How do Germans...
... Historian Michael Howard, reviewing Norman Stone http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/history/article2139652.ece "Stone...
... They seem to be developing some intersting alternatives. http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2007/jul/07073008.html German Government Publication Promotes...
Well this certainly isn't the kind of story one reads in the Guardian's weekend Family supplement. Should we take it seriously considering Lifesite's (what...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article2283238.ece Interesting how it is often the saintly types with altruistic philosophies who turn out to...
... I've just come back from holiday, but with dvt in my leg, so I shouldn't sit too long in front of the computer. These people could do with some Nietzsche:-...
Nietzsche 1. Nietzsche is my darling. He cured me of my life’s greatest depression, Christianity, and demonstrated the beauty of nonfiction prose. He is a...
... greatest depression, Christianity, How old were you when this happened? ... friend in bleak times. Every time I sustain a depression�always a sign of...
“There is altogether no prouder and at the same time more exquisite kind of book than my booksâ€"they attain here and there the highest thing which...
... greatest depression, Christianity, How old were you when this happened? ==I was 21-23 when I started reading much Nietzsche and I finally considered myself...
It seems that in the US Nietzsche has some political role in the resistance to Christian belief. In Europe, Britain in particular the situation is different,...
That Christianity is the root of our problems is indeed Nietzsche's thesis, but it needs to be distinguished from what it is not. Dawkins blames everything on...
... To do this in the name of socialism, however, is to invoke dangerous poisons which can easily be turned against ourselves. The alternatives are not just...
Here is what Boris Johnson writes about his own political motivation in his book 'The Dream of Rome' "..I owe a debt to Charles Clarke for the candour with...
