Excuse me while I pretend to know what I'm talking about and wax philosophical. Existentialism assumes that there is no conscious creator of the universe but life came about through chemical and physical processes that are not purposive. As a consequence, humans have no preordained purpose or essence given to us by such a creator. As the ( Read more... )

My ideas have been coming together as a system nicely, especially in the areas of ethics and politics, although more so in the former. A while ago I mentioned the problems with creating a unified and comprehensive theory, and with those still in mind I'm going to go ahead and come up with one anyways. Partly the reason is because without one, my ( Read more... )

I know it's been quite a while since I've had a journal entry, but I have been writing. I've just been letting it all build up with the intent of making one big post. Well, I still haven't written all I had planned to put into this one, but it's already quite long, so here it is. I have found myself unusually happy lately. I have no idea what has ( Read more... )

Today, we the so called "free world" are in conflict with the terrorists. It may seem like a new battle but in it's essence it has been with us all throughout time. We have always had rivaling factions with differing interests or ideologies; the Axis and Allied powers, the Roman Empire and the barbarians, and the Athenians and the Persians. It's ( Read more... )

I've always had difficulty understanding poetry. But lately I'm finally starting to get it. It may be due to my persistence in reading it despite not understanding. I've been reading a lot of Emerson, which is heavily poetic speech. It seems that I have to be in a certain mood to understand it though. I read a certain passage from Faust three ( Read more... )

"Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world." - Einstein ( Read more... )

Who am I? What am I in this universe for; this state somewhere between nonexistence and eternity? Now more than I can remember these questions are posing themselves to me in a most aggressive manner. Certainly they are not in the form of a question as I have seemed to suggest, but in a ponderous lack of self that has taken me quite by surprise. ( Read more... )

Today was quite an adventure. Well, according to one view, every day is an adventure, but today was particularly adventuresome. It began as most normal days begin; I woke up and prepared myself for the college classes and work ahead of me. Whenever I have time, as I did this morning, to shower, shave, and start my laundry, it is a comparatively ( Read more... )

College classes just started and I'm getting used to the new schedule. It seems a little busier than I'd like, but I suppose it always will. I'm taking Western Civilization to 1500CE, Critical Thinking, Psychology of Personality, and Life Science. They're all very interesting classes that I'm looking forward too. Over this summer I missed that ( Read more... )

So tonight I frolicked with some deer. I suppose some may want the longer story on that one. I was enjoying a nice walk through the woods this evening, the sky was covered in a blanket of gray clouds and there were frequent strong breezes that would blow through the trees. Wind makes any scene better because it makes everything come to life, as ( Read more... )