Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous, or simply Three Dialogues, is a 1713 book on metaphysics and idealism written by George Berkeley. Taking the form of a dialogue, the book was written as a response to the criticism Berkeley experienced after publishing A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge.[1] Background[edit] In 1709, Berkeley published his first major work, An Essay towards a New Theory of Vision, in which he discussed the limitations of human vision and advanced the theory that the proper objects of sight are not material objects, but light and colour.[3] This foreshadowed his chief philosophical work, A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (1710), which, after its poor reception, he rewrote into the Three Dialogues (1713).[1] Hylas and Philonous[edit] Berkeley's views are represented by Philonous (Greek: "lover of mind"), while Hylas (Greek: "matter") embodies the Irish thinker's opponents, in particular John Locke. See also[edit] Notes[edit]
Theosophical Society History[edit] Formation[edit] Notes of the meeting proposing the formation of the Theosophical Society, New York City, 8 September 1875 The Theosophical Society was officially formed in New York City, United States, on 17 November 1875 by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Colonel Henry Steel Olcott, William Quan Judge, and others. To form a nucleus of the universal brotherhood of humanity without distinction of race, creed, sex, caste, or colour.To encourage the study of comparative religion, philosophy, and science.To investigate the unexplained laws of nature and the powers latent in man. Sympathy with the above objects was the sole condition of admission to the society. ARTICLE I: Constitution 4. The Society reformulated this view in a resolution passed by the General Council of the Theosophical Society on December 23, 1924.[6] Seal of the Theosophical Society, Budapest, Hungary The Hidden Masters[edit] Schisms[edit] Main building of the Theosophical Society in Adyar, India, 1890 See also[edit]
Nicolas Malebranche Nicolas Malebranche, Oratory of Jesus (; French: [nikɔlɑ malbrɑ̃ʃ]; 6 August 1638 – 13 October 1715), was a French Oratorian[1] priest and rationalist philosopher. In his works, he sought to synthesize the thought of St. Augustine and Descartes, in order to demonstrate the active role of God in every aspect of the world. Malebranche is best known for his doctrines of vision in God, occasionalism and ontologism. Biography[edit] Early years[edit] Malebranche was born in Paris in 1638, the youngest child of Nicolas Malebranche, secretary to King Louis XIII of France, and Catherine de Lauzon, sister of Jean de Lauson, a Governor of New France. In 1664, Malebranche first read Descartes' Treatise on Man, an account of the physiology of the human body. Philosophical career[edit] In 1674–75, Malebranche published the two volumes of his first and most extensive philosophical work. Malebranche expanded on this last point in 1680 when he published Treatise on Nature and Grace. Timeline[edit]
Havelock Ellis Henry Havelock Ellis, known as Havelock Ellis (2 February 1859 – 8 July 1939), was an English physician, writer, progressive intellectual and social reformer who studied human sexuality. He co-authored the first medical textbook in English on homosexuality in 1897, and also published works on a variety of sexual practices and inclinations, as well as on transgender psychology. He is credited[by whom?] with introducing the notions of narcissism and autoeroticism, later adopted by psychoanalysis. Ellis was among the pioneering investigators of psychedelic drugs and the author of one of the first written reports to the public about an experience with mescaline, which he conducted on himself in 1896. Early life and teaching career[edit] Ellis, son of Edward Peppen Ellis and Susannah Mary Wheatley, was born in Croydon, Surrey (now part of Greater London). Medicine and psychology[edit] In 1897 a bookseller was prosecuted for stocking Ellis's book. Eonism[edit] Marriage[edit] Eugenics[edit]
Longman World History Hindu Creation Myth and the Caste System About the Document The Aryan invasion of the subcontinent around 1,500 B.C.E. brought with it a new religion that featured a pantheon of gods that the Aryans worshiped through ritualism and with burnt sacrifices. Over the next thousand years, the religion matured, probably incorporating some elements of Harappan theology and certainly establishing a rigid social structure. Centuries later, Europeans would dub this five-tiered social structure "the caste system." The caste system became a central element of both Hindu theology and Indian society. Around 500 B.C.E., Indians began to record their extensive oral religious traditions in what has become known as the Vedic literature. The Document From the Rig-Veda Thousand-headed Purusha, thousand-eyed, thousand-footed he, having pervaded the earth on all sides, still extends ten fingers beyond it. Purusha alone is all this—whatever has been and whatever is going to be. From The Law of Manu
Oswald Spengler German historian and philosopher Oswald Manuel Arnold Gottfried Spengler (German: [ˈɔsvalt ˈʃpɛŋlɐ]; 29 May 1880 – 8 May 1936) was a German historian and philosopher of history whose interests included mathematics, science, and art and their relation to his organic theory of history. He is best known for his two-volume work, The Decline of the West (Der Untergang des Abendlandes), published in 1918 and 1922, covering all of world history. Spengler's model of history postulates that any culture is a superorganism with a limited and predictable lifespan. Spengler is regarded as a nationalist and an anti-democrat, and he was a prominent member of the Conservative Revolution. He strongly influenced other historians, including Franz Borkenau and especially Arnold J. Biography[edit] Early life and family[edit] Education[edit] After his father's death in 1901 Spengler attended several universities (Munich, Berlin, and Halle) as a private scholar, taking courses in a wide range of subjects.
Sisyphus or “Sissy Puss”? – Deep Brain Diary An Apt Metaphor? YOU Be the Judge! I just walked to and from the Clinical Center for lunch. I am the same man who, during the East Coast Blackout of 2003, walked from midtown Manhattan to Astoria, Queens — with a BACKPACK filled with t-shirts and other giveaways for our listeners at XM Satellite Radio… and I was 50 lbs. Now, a 10-minute walk to the Clinical Center leaves my legs feeling like lead. The guy on the right? Seems like they could have named Parkinson’s Disease after THIS guy, instead of the mook who first wrote about the disease in 1817. Just call me “Sissy Puss!” DAMN You, Parkinson! Like this: Like Loading...
Cultural pessimism Cultural pessimism arises with the conviction that the culture of a nation, a civilization, or humanity itself is in a process of irreversible decline. It is a variety of pessimism formulated by a cultural critic. Contemporary proponents[edit] Towards the end of the 20th century, cultural pessimism surfaced in a prominent way. According to Arnold, the behaviour of the English social classes was touched neither by spiritual nor by intellectual forces; the upper orders were barbarians, the middle classes philistines. The end of the millennium saw in the United States concerns rather specific to the conservative view on the culture wars and university education. Western Europe, on the other hand, struggled towards self-definition in the face of limiting demography, and postmodernism as at least journalistically predominant—the difference primarily lying in the political prominence of the issues. Traditional versions[edit] Nineteenth century[edit] Early twentieth century[edit] References[edit]