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20 Life Lessons from Native Americans / Hayley Anderton
Though much of the Native American lifestyle has been threatened since the 1800’s, the tribes that remain still live by rules that they created hundreds of years ago. The Native American culture is based on spirituality, and they have a tremendous amount of respect for the Earth we live on and the gifts it provides […]
İnsanoğlu gerçeği taşıyabilecek güçtedir / INGEBORG BACHMANN
İnsanoğlu gerçeği taşıyabilecek güçtedir – INGEBORG BACHMANN / Çeviri: AHMET CEMAL Bize konulmuş sınırlar içinde bakışlarımız, ister aşkta, ister özgürlükte, ister başkaca her katıksız büyüklükte olsun, hep kusursuza, olanaksıza, erişilmesi olanaksız olana yöneliktir. Olanaksızın olanaklıyla çarpıştığı alanda bizler, kendi olanaklarımızın alanını genişletiriz. Ve bence önemli olan, yetişmemizi sağlayan; biz yaklaştıkça doğal olarak bir kez daha uzaklaşan […]
AKHENATON’UN DİNİ BUGÜNKÜ HÂKİM DİNLERİN TEMELİDİR
“Eşhedü en la ilahe illallah ve eşhedü enne Muhammeden abdühu ve resulühu” dediğimizde İslam dininin ilk şartını yerine getirmiş oluyoruz. Kelime-i Şehadet söylenmeden, hiç kimsenin İslam dinine girmiş sayılmadığı, ondan diğer vecibelerin beklenemeyeceği bir gerçek. Anlamı da genellikle bilinir, ama tekrarlamakta fayda var. “Şehadet ederim ki, Allahtan başka ilah yoktur, ve Hz. Muhammed de onun […]
Eternal Fascism: Fourteen Ways of Looking at a Blackshirt / Umberto Eco’ya göre Faşizmin 14 özelliği
“In his 1995 essay “Eternal Fascism”, Umberto Eco lists 14 general properties of fascist ideology. He argues that it is not possible to organise these into a coherent system, but that “it is enough that one of them be present to allow fascism to coagulate around it”. He uses the term “Ur-fascism” as a generic description […]
Three Secret to Real Happiness
Happiness is one of the most important things in life, yet it’s also one of the hardest to study. Psychiatrist Robert Waldinger is the director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, one of the longest and most complete studies of adult life ever conducted. Waldinger described some of the secrets to happiness revealed by […]
135 Free Philosophy eBooks
This page features a growing list of Free Philosophy eBooks, presenting essential works by Aristotle, Hegel, Kant, Nietzsche, Wittgenstein and many other philosophers. You can generally read these texts on your Kindle, iPad & iPhone, or web browser. Aquinas, Thomas – Summa Theologiae iPad/iPhone: Part 1 – Part 2 – Kindle + Other Formats: Part 1 – Part 2 – […]
What Everybody Needs
“The more personal you are willing to be and the more intimate you are willing to be about the details of your own life, the more universal you are. You know what everybody needs? You want to put it in a single word? Everybody needs to be understood. And out of that comes every form of love. ” In […]
25 Life Changing Lessons To Learn From Rumi / Luminita Saviuc
“Study me as much as you like, you will not know me, for I differ in a hundred ways from what you see me to be. Put yourself behind my eyes and see me as I see myself, for I have chosen to dwell in a place you cannot see.” ~ Rumi Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad […]
Ancient Sumerian Origins of Easter / April Holloway
Today marks Easter Sunday, a festival and holiday celebrated by millions of people around the world who honour the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, described in the New Testament as having occurred three days after his crucifixion at Calvary. It is also the day that children excitedly wait for the Easter bunny to arrive […]
“Filozof-Şair” hapishanesine kapatılmak / YALÇIN ARMAĞAN
13 Mart 1915. Melih Cevdet Anday doğdu. Tam 100 yıl önce bugün. İşte biz de onu daha iyi anlamak adına sizi, Anday’ın dünyasının derinliklerine inen bu satırlara davet ediyoruz Bir yazar belli bir niteliği ile geniş bir çevrede “ün” kazanınca, edebiyatçı üzerine konuşabilmek için önce o “ün” halesini parçalamak gerekiyor. Öyle ki “ün”ü sağlayan nitelikler […]