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Human, All Too Human: A Book For Free Spirits
It's hard to believe that the Christian doctrines are still believed
Christianity as Antiquity.—When on a Sunday morning we hear the old bells ringing, we ask ourselves: Is it possible? All this for a Jew crucified two thousand years ago who said he was God's son? The proof of such an assertion is lacking.—Certainly, the Christian religion…
Death and suicide
Prevention of Suicide.—There is a justice according to which we may deprive a man of life, but none that permits us to deprive him of death: this is merely cruelty.
Kmi News - Simon Is Leaving!
A farewell to Simon's inclusive research
Simon's research has always had a strong underlying social and inclusive agenda. The OU's publicly declared mission is to be open to people, places, methods and ideas: promoting educational opportunity and social justice. This could have been written with Simon in mind. He will…
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Stephen R. Covey)
Principles belong to no single religion
The principles I am referring to are not esoteric, mysterious, or “religious” ideas. There is not one principle taught in this book that is unique to any specific faith or religion, including my own. These principles are a part of most every major enduring religion, as well as…
The Book Of Dead Philosophers (critchley, Simon)
Philosophy is erotic, not just epistemic
Socrates only seems to embody a weak paradox. On the one hand, Socrates is declared the wisest man in Greece by the Oracle at Delphi. On the other hand, Socrates always insists that he knows nothing. How therefore can the wisest man in the world know nothing? This seeming…