Is perception trustworthy in all cases? ... Human reason is just the skill we have to arrange and interpret our experience of the world, along with the ability to formulate trustworthy conclusions that move beyond the bounds of immediate experience. ...
" To what excess does religious zeal carry the ladies. " Religion definitely didn't protect women; not only commoners but also religious individuals committed multiple crimes, especially against women like rape and abuse, in fact as Voltaire made clear "the very religious Knights of Malta never fail to make search when they take any Turkish prisoners of either sex. " Even the elderly who less targeted as well as wise and trustworthy are watching their backs at all times "I have a shrewd suspicion of a reverend Grey Friar, who stayed last night in the same inn with us at Badajos " said the...
In their discussions and explorations of what it is that makes a person a good human being, Socrates and Confucius value many of the same traits. Primarily, they both value the pursuit of learning as key to the development of their model of an enlightened person. However, there are a few important d...
