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The Philosopher King. The Philosopher King It turns out that Plato's noble lie was that philosophers would make good kings Philosophers in this comic: Plato Permanent Link to this Comic: Support the comic on Patreon <map name="admap76971" id="admap76971"><area href=" shape="rect" coords="0,0,728,90" title="" alt="" target="_blank" /></map><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:728px;border-style:none;background-color:#ffffff;"><tr><td><img src=" style="width:728px;height:90px;border-style:none;" usemap="#admap76971" alt="" /></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#ffffff;" colspan="1"><center><a style="font-size:10px;color:#0000ff;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.2;font-weight:bold;font-family:Tahoma, verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-transform: none;letter-spacing:normal;text-shadow:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:normal;" href=" target="_blank">Ads by Project Wonderful!

The Philosopher King

Philosophy in figures. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. How Post-Christian is U.S. Society? May 16, 2013 – It seems like every time there’s a new bit of communication technology, someone prophesies the death of previous technologies.

How Post-Christian is U.S. Society?

The advent of the tape heralded the death of the record, the CD heralded the death of the record and the tape, and the MP3 meant the death of physical music media. The arrival of television meant the radio would die. The proliferation of the Internet meant print magazines and newspapers were utterly doomed. And, of course, the rise of e-readers and tablet computers meant print-and-paper books were dead forever.

In fact, some have suggested the Internet and e-readers might represent a one-two punch that will destroy all forms of long-form reading. Of course, with the benefit of hindsight, it turns out that new technology rarely destroys an existing medium—if anything, it just changes it. So if the book isn’t dead, who’s still buying them? So, who is this population segment of voracious readers? Laura Snyder: The Philosophical Breakfast Club. Blogs/kevindeyoung/files/2011/03/LoveWinsReview.pdf.

Why You Should Stop Wasting Time On Absurd Motivational Articles. The next time someone tells me to believe in myself, take the leap, and follow my dreams, I'm going to punch them in the face.

Why You Should Stop Wasting Time On Absurd Motivational Articles

These sorts of rah-rah guides to self-actualization seem to be a bit of a trend in entrepreneurship articles of late. I'm not sure when it started exactly, but it's become so saccharine that the glycemic index might need to be recalibrated. Don't get me wrong, it's not that the ability to dream big and a sunny disposition are bad qualities (far from it). But not everyone's wired that way--at least not constantly--and that doesn't make the rest of us less worthy or capable of success. That's what bothers me about these sorts of bright-side preachers (editor's note: Fast Company, no stranger to career boosterism, recognizes the irony here). That's nonsense. Listen to successful founders and you'll often hear variations on "They said we couldn't do it. " Is being fueled by the desire to prove people wrong the only way to go?

Be yourself.

Culture (i.e. "hipsters, hippies and yuppies")

Philosophy for Theologians – ReformedForum.org. A Philosophy Podcast and Philosophy Blog. Søren Kierkegaard Quotes (Author of Fear and Trembling) (page 2 of 5) Schrödinger's Cat.