Tag: philosophy
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Forum Friday: Islands and Worlds
You may have heard the famous John Donne quote, No man is an island. And yet, another great poet, Rainer Maria Rilke, says this: For the creator must be a world for himself and find everything in himself and in Nature to whom he has attached himself. Can’t be an island. Must be a world.…
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No Doubles
When I was younger, I used to think that the world was SO big and there were SO many people in it that, by default, there must be hundreds, maybe thousands of people like me. I don’t know that I thought of these people as look-alikes, but I do remember thinking that somewhere– perhaps in…
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If I am just a bag of meat, sitting on a rock in outer space…
I recently came across this quote on The Oatmeal in regards to religion: Does [your religion] help you cope with the fact that you are a bag of meat sitting on a rock in outer space and that someday you will DIE and you are completely powerless, helpless, and insignificant in the wake of this…
Julie Israel 