John Locke Departs from Hobbes, But Reaches Opposite Conclusions

“John Locke was born in 1632 and died in 1704; he personified the liberal tendencies against the absolutist ideas of Hobbes. His Essay on Civil Government was published in 1690, less than two years after the second British revolution of 1688. It is understandable that, writing soon after an event of such importance, a political… Read More

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ADEPT (One of the Mahatmas). => Dominant “Gods” in the Elite of Our Time: Sinister Powers of Might, Greed and Luck => Exoteric Creeds Generate Oppression. It Is Esoteric Philosophy Alone that Can Bring Mediate State and Lead to the Alleviation of Suffering => Great Mission of True Altruism (Theosophy): Working Out of Clear Ethic… Read More

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Adept (one of the Mahatmas) Arnold, Matthew Bacon, Francis Baker, A. Trevor Besant, Annie W. Blake, William Blavatsky, Helena P. Bobbio, Norberto, et allie. Bouthoul, G. Burnier, Radha. Buck, J. D. Buddha, Gautama Capra, Fritjof Carton, Paul Churchill, Winston Codd, Clara Collins, Mabel Confucius Converse, Philip E. Da Vinci, Leonard Dom Bosco (Saint Giovanni Bosco) Duverger,… Read More

What Is Wrong with Politcs? (9): Bibliography

9 – BIBLIOGRAPHY (Arnaldo Sisson Filho. What Is Wrong With Politics?; chapter 9) AZEVEDO, Andrea., et al. – Panorama Sobre o Desmatamento na Amazônia em 2016 (Overview on the Amazonian Deforestation: 2016). IPAM, Brasília, DF, Brasil. 2016. BACON, Francis – Novum Organum (or, True Directions for the Interpretation of Nature); The Proficience and Advancement of… Read More

What Is Wrong with Politcs? (7): World Problems and the Dominant Political Models

7 – WORLD PROBLEMS AND THE DOMINANT POLITICAL MODELS – Some of the Main World Problems – Perverse Dynamics of “Free” International Competition As Immediate Cause of the Main Problems – Competition Between the Big Organizations – Weakness of the Present Models of Liberal Democracy – Incompetence of the Marxist Model – Difficulty of Sustainable… Read More

What Is Wrong with Politcs? (4): Liberalism: Premisses and Political System

4 – LIBERALISM: PREMISSES AND POLITICAL SYSTEM – The Dominant Thought Currents – Mistaken Premisses – The Beginnings of Liberalism – Human Being: Rational, Egocentric and Similar Capabilities – Three Independent Powers: Order of Checks and Balances – Minimum State – One Man, One Vote – Changes with Permanency of the Foundational Premisses – The… Read More

Theosophy and Universal Brotherhood (11): World Problems And The Universal Brotherhood – Premises And Central Institutions Of Liberalism

XI – WORLD PROBLEMS AND THE UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOOD: Premises and Central Institutions of Liberalism (Chapter XI of the work “Theosophy and Universal Brotherhood”) 129 – “Clairvoyance enables us to examine a much longer section of the earth’s past history than can be reached along ordinary lines; and this fuller study of the past makes it… Read More

Theosophy and Universal Brotherhood (1): Work Contents, Summary of Quotations and Introduction

Theosophy and Universal Brotherhood: Decisive Elements to the Glory or to the Failure of the Theosophical Society. Sisson Filho, Arnaldo. Brasília, Brazil, 2009. THEOSOPHY AND UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOOD: Decisive Elements to the Glory or to the Failure of the Theosophical Society Author: Arnaldo Sisson Filho Original Title: TEOSOFIA E FRATERNIDADE UNIVERSAL: a Glória e a Miséria da… Read More