Feelings Inventory The following are words we use when we want to express a combination of emotional states and physical sensations. This list is neither exhaustive nor definitive. It is meant as a starting place to support anyone who wishes to engage in a process of deepening self-discovery and to facilitate greater understanding and connection between people. There are two parts to this list: feelings we may have when our needs are being met and feelings we may have when our needs are not being met. We also have a list of needs. Feelings when your needs are satisfied Feelings when your needs are not satisfied The contents of this page can be downloaded and copied by anyone so long as they credit CNVC as follows:
Needs Inventory The following list of needs is neither exhaustive nor definitive. It is meant as a starting place to support anyone who wishes to engage in a process of deepening self-discovery and to facilitate greater understanding and connection between people. We have another list that might also be of interest to you: a list of feelings. The contents of this page can be downloaded and copied by anyone so long as they credit CNVC as follows: (c) 2005 by Center for Nonviolent Communication Website: www.cnvc.org Email: cnvc@cnvc.org Finnegans, Wake! Strange Loops - Aimless Wandering Aimless Wandering Blog || Politics || Philosophy || Science || Fiction || Quotes Aimless Wandering: Chuang Tzu's Chaos Linguisticsby Hakim Bey The bait is the means to get the fish where you want it, catch the fish and you forget the bait. Does Taoism have a "metaphysics"? Certainly later Taoism, influenced by Buddhism and Neo-Confucianism, developed elaborate cosmology, ontology, theology, teleology, and eschatology - but can these "medieval accretions" be read back into the classic texts, the Tao Te Ching, the Chuang Tzu, or the Lieh Tzu? Well, yes and no. But Chuang Tzu not only has no metaphysics, he actually condemns and derides metaphysics. The Chuang Tzu must surely be unique amongst all religious scripture for its remarkable ANTI-metaphysics. The universe comes into being spontaneously; as Kuo Hsiang points out, the search for a "lord" (or agens) of this creation is an exercise in infinite regress toward emptiness. But first let me define a few terms. Words are like wind and water.
IFAQ/Kant.html Yes, this is possible! Only after reading Will Durant's excellent essay on Kant in "The Story of Philosophy" did I realise that ordinary people like me could understand this obscure philosopher. The simple presentation of Kant's thought on this page is entirely based on Will Durant. Background Durant: "Never has a system of thought so dominated an epoch as the philosophy of Immanuel Kant dominated the thought of the nineteenth century." By the time of the publication of Kant's masterwork, "Critique of Pure Reason" in 1781, the Enlightenment had thoroughly undermined Christian belief. Introduction The book's title refers to a critical analysis of pure reason, by which is meant knowledge that does not come through the senses, but knowledge that is ours due to the inherent nature and structure of the mind. Kant's crucial first point Experience gives us nothing but separate sensations. Two stages of knowledge Stage 1 Stage 2 These are Kant's famous twelve categories. Summing up Religion Ethics
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa Life[edit] Agrippa was born in Cologne on 15 September 1486. In 1512, he taught at the University of Dole in the Free County of Burgundy, lecturing on Johann Reuchlin's De verbo mirifico; as a result, Agrippa was denounced, behind his back, as a "Judaizing heretic". Agrippa's vitriolic response many months later did not endear him to the University. In 1510, Agrippa studied briefly with Johannes Trithemius, and Agrippa sent him an early draft of his masterpiece, De occulta philosophia libri tres, a kind of summa of early modern occult thought. Trithemius was guardedly approving, but suggested that Agrippa keep the work more or less secret; Agrippa chose not to publish, perhaps for this reason, but continued to revise and rethink the book for twenty years. During his wandering life in Germany, France, and Italy, Agrippa worked as a theologian, physician, legal expert, and soldier. In the Third Book of Occult Philosophy, Agrippa concludes with:[2] Works[edit] Woodcut print portrait of Agrippa
sorcerer.net Rudolf Steiner Austrian philosopher, social reformer, architect and esotericist In the first, more philosophically oriented phase of this movement, Steiner attempted to find a synthesis between science and spirituality.[13] His philosophical work of these years, which he termed "spiritual science", sought to apply the clarity of thinking characteristic of Western philosophy to spiritual questions,[14]:291 differentiating this approach from what he considered to be vaguer approaches to mysticism. In a second phase, beginning around 1907, he began working collaboratively in a variety of artistic media, including drama, the movement arts (developing a new artistic form, eurythmy) and architecture, culminating in the building of the Goetheanum, a cultural centre to house all the arts.[15] In the third phase of his work, beginning after World War I, Steiner worked to establish various practical endeavors, including Waldorf education,[16] biodynamic agriculture,[17] and anthroposophical medicine.[16] General
Max Stirner First published Thu Jun 27, 2002; substantive revision Tue Aug 23, 2011 Max Stirner (1806–56) is best known as the author of the idiosyncratic and provocative book entitled Der Einzige und sein Eigenthum (1844). Familiar in English as The Ego and Its Own (a more literal translation would be The Unique Individual and his Property), both the form and content of Stirner's work are disconcerting. He challenges expectations about how political and philosophical argument should be conducted, and seeks to shake confidence in the superiority of contemporary civilisation. He provides a sweeping attack on the modern world as dominated by religious modes of thought and oppressive social institutions, together with a brief sketch of a radical ‘egoistic’ alternative in which individual autonomy might flourish. 1. There is a stark contrast between the often melodramatic tone of Stirner's best-known work and the rather less sensational events of his own life. 2. 2.1 Form and Structure
Descartes: The Solitary Self Rene Descartes (1596-1650) Descartes: The Solitary Self Individualism is one of the hallmarks of Western philosophy and civilization. No other intellectual tradition has been as intensively (some would say: excessively) preoccupied with singling out and defining the individual self than Western philosophy, and no other polity has made the presumed rights and prerogatives of the individual as central a concern as Western societies. Socrates’ work and example were an important beginning of this individualistic legacy. This became different at the beginning of the Modern Age. The philosopher who first formulated the idea of this solitary self was Rene Descartes (1596-1650). The word "Renaissance" means "re-birth," and the term refers to the rediscovery and re-activation of much of the sophisticated pagan culture of Antiquity that had been suppressed by the Catholicism of the Middle Ages. The new worldliness became prevalent in other areas of life as well. The Doubt to End All Doubt
Game Theory and Ethics First published Sat Oct 16, 2004; substantive revision Tue Jun 8, 2010 Game theory is the systematic study of interdependent rational choice. It should be distinguished from decision theory, the systematic study of individual (practical and epistemic) choice in parametric contexts (i.e., where the agent is choosing or deliberating independently of other agents). Decision theory has several applications to ethics (see Dreier 2004; Mele and Rawlings 2004). Game theory may be used to explain, to predict, and to evaluate human behavior in contexts where the outcome of action depends on what several agents choose to do and where their choices depend on what others choose to do. We shall concentrate on the influence and use of game theory in ethics and those parts of political theory involving norms or principles of justice, ignoring questions about political and legal institutions on the one hand and questions about issues dealing with moral virtues on the other. 1. 2. Figure 1 3. 4. Figure 2
Secret Teachings of All Ages For once, a book which really lives up to its title. Hall self-published this massive tome in 1928, consisting of about 200 legal-sized pages in 8 point type; it is literally his magnum opus. Each of the nearly 50 chapters is so dense with information that it is the equivalent of an entire short book. Although there are some questionable and controversial parts of the book, such as the outdated material on Islam, the portion on the Bacon-Shakespeare hypothesis, and Hall's conspiracy theory of history as driven by an elite cabal of roving immortals, they are far out-weighed by the comprehensive information here on other subjects. For many years this book was only available in a large format edition which was hard to obtain and very expensive. John Bruno Hare
Walter Russell Walter Bowman Russell (May 19, 1871 – May 19, 1963) was an American polymath known[1] for his achievements as a painter, sculptor, author and builder and less well known as a natural philosopher and for his unified theory in physics and cosmogony.[2][3] He posited that the universe was founded on a unifying principle of rhythmic balanced interchange. This physical theory, laid out primarily in his books The Secret of Light (1947) and The Message of the Divine Iliad (1948–49), has not been accepted by mainstream scientists.[4] Russell asserted that this was mainly due to a difference in the assumptions made about the existence of mind and matter; Russell assumes the existence of mind as cause while he believes that scientists in general assume the existence of mind as effect.[5] Russell was also proficient in philosophy, music, ice skating, and was a professor at the institution he founded, the University of Science and Philosophy (USP). Biography[edit] Legacy[edit] Nuclear reactors[edit]