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1.5.6. – The Cosmic Drama – Pt. 2

2019 | August | 07 | Comparative Philosophy, Essential Lectures, Searchable, The Works, Transcript

In this brief life of four score years and ten, you have set before you the choice, once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, and the strife quicks true from false, or for the good or evil side that it is the brave man to run the coward stands aside....

1.5.5. – The Cosmic Drama – Pt. 1

2019 | August | 07 | Comparative Philosophy, Essential Lectures, Searchable, The Works, Transcript

After long consideration I have come to the conclusion that there are four fundamental philosophical questions which have been debated for as long as we know anything about intellectual history. The first one is ‘Who started it?’ The second is ‘Are we going to make...

1.5.4. – Philosophy of Nature – Pt. 2

2019 | August | 07 | Comparative Philosophy, Essential Lectures, Searchable, The Works, Transcript

I was in the morning seminar making a rather outrageous suggestion. Instead of the attitude that we are either objects of fate which are puppets manipulated by natural forces. And instead also of the attitude if you can’t lick ‘em, join them. That is to say, as...

1.5.3. – Philosophy of Nature – Pt. 1

2019 | August | 07 | Comparative Philosophy, Essential Lectures, Searchable, The Works, Transcript

Compare a physical globe and a political globe. The physical globe is a pretty thing with all kinds of green and brown and wiggly patterns on it. The political globe on the other hand has still got the wiggly outlines of the land, but they are all crossed over with...

1.5.2. – Mind Over Mind – Pt. 2

2019 | August | 07 | Comparative Philosophy, Essential Lectures, Searchable, The Works, Transcript

Lao Tzu, the Chinese philosopher, said “the highest virtue is not virtue and therefore really is virtue.” But inferior virtue cannot let go of being virtuous and therefore is not virtue. Translated in more of a paraphrastic way, the highest virtue is not conscious of...

1.5.1. – Mind Over Mind – Pt. 1

2019 | August | 07 | Comparative Philosophy, Essential Lectures, Searchable, The Works, Transcript

The general title of these talks that I’m giving here is mind over mind. And I’m going into all the various problems which have to do with the control of the mind. And so I might introduce what I’m going to say by saying it from different points of...
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