Philosophy

Let Go of the Life Raft

I love the World.


LET GO OF THE LIFE RAFT

The river of life is flowing rapidly,
I am the leaf that has fallen from the tree,
For the time is right to change the season
And as I float I am able to feel the current,
For there is a sea of love that… Continue reading

The Political Philosophy of Division Rings the Bells of Truth

A person commented on my blog tonight relating to Adam Smith and Moral Philosophy and informed me that Ayn Rand was the Objective philosophical inspiration for the Conservative Party in the United States.

I felt moved tonight to write from my own heart a poem about the philosophical divisions that divide politics in order to… Continue reading

US Republicans Awaken! Economist Adam Smith Was A Moral Philospher

After the election of Obama I heard some commentary which suggested the Republican agenda had been rejected by the majority of voters. It was suggested that they had not kept pace with changing demographics.

The Republican conservative perspective has traditionally been framed as an adherence to the free market economics extracted from the philosophy of… Continue reading

Voltaire’s Science Fiction: A Sirian and Saturnian Meet Philosophers on Earth

This is a very interesting philosophical story written by Voltaire in 1752.  The story was called Micromégas, perhaps the first piece of science fiction involving ambassadors from another planet witnessing the follies of humankind.

I love the last part where the Sirian and Saturnian are rolling around laughing at our concept of self importance.… Continue reading

Questioning Life

Questioning Life

 

Why do we need to work when all we need is freely available from the earth?

Why do we kill people and call it defence when all problems can be problem solved proactively through knowing the self?

Why do we pay for energy when free energy is available?

Why are people enslaved,… Continue reading

From Michael Moore to Assange ‘Free Enterprise or Freedom of Speech?’

I just switched on the television to find out that Julian Assange was to make a speech from recently granted asylum in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London. His speech is highlighted below this introduction and musings.  After his speech I turned the television station over and there was Michael Moore’s movie Capitalism:  A… Continue reading

Mohandas Gandhi

“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.”

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