“Andromeda, the Soul, the better part of Man, is on the point of being devoured outright by the baleful dragon of Negation, the agent of the lower nature, and the ravager of all the hopes of mankind. Her name, – identical with the terms in which is described the first Woman of Hebrew story, –… Read More
Categoria: Philosophy: its Problems and its Importance
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
Moses and Elias Correspond to Buddha and Pythagoras: the Mind and the Body. Jesus: the Heart-Spirit. Functions Exercized by Pythagoras, Buddha and Jesus: Works, Understanding and Love, or, Body, Mind and Heart
“As it was no part of the design of the Gospels to represent the whole course of the Man Regenerate, so neither was it a part of that design to provide, in respect of religious life and doctrine, a system whole and complete independently of any which had preceded it. Having a special relation to… Read More
What Is Wrong with Politcs? (8): The Democracy of the Future
8 – THE DEMOCRACY OF THE FUTURE – Requirements for a Competent Alternative Model – Democracy of the Future: Cascade or Inverted Tree Representation – Freedom Is Guaranteed – A Process with Equal Opportunities – The Harmony Between Functions and Capabilities – The Creation of the Necessary Power – An Example for the Nations Is… Read More
Crucifixion, Resurrection and the Doctrine of Vicarious Atonement Which, As Ordinarily Understood, Is Idolatrous, Blasphemous, and Pernicious in the Highest Degree
“And it is always by the crucifixion and death on the cross of renunciation of that old Adam, the lower self, and the resurrection and ascension to a condition of final perfection that salvation is finally attained. And the reason why all these eternal verities in the soul’s history are made to centre in the… Read More
Buddha Gautama (including Pythagoras) and Christ Are Necessary to One Another: Together They Form a System Whole and Complete
“As it was no part of the design of the Gospels to represent the whole course of the Man Regenerate, so neither was it a part of that design to provide, in respect of religious life and doctrine, a system whole and complete independently of any which had preceded it. (…) Christianity, in its original… 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? (6): Failures of Marxism: Premisses and Organizational Model
6 – FAILURES OF MARXISM: PREMISSES AND ORGANIZATIONAL MODEL – The Law of the Foundational Conflict – Consciousness Determined By the Material Environment – The Human Being in Marxism – The Ethics of Marxism – The Marxist Model: Virtues and Failures What is the vision of a human being that gathers the social philosophy of… Read More
Gospel of Interpretation: Appealing to the Intellectual As Well As to the Devotional Side
“In an age distinguished, as is the present, by all-embracing research, exhaustive analysis, and unsparing criticism, no religious system can endure unless it appeals to the intellectual as well as to the devotional side of man’s nature. At present the faith of Christendom is languishing on account of a radical defect in the method of… Read More
Faith Without Understanding Is Credulity
“True it is ‘faith that saves,’ but the faith that is without understanding is not faith, but credulity.” (Edward Maitland. The Story of the New Gospel of Interpretation, xi; emphasis added)