Category: Philosophy
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philosophy without religion (& vice versa)
I’ve often said that if I ever did a PhD, I would want to do it in Asia. From what (admittedly little) research I’ve done, their universities often seem to combine their departments of philosophy and religion. In fact, I recall reading somewhere (I think in A Short History of Chinese Philosophy by Feng Youlan?)…
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the dao is like water
Never mind your Hogwarts house! What type of bender would you be? In case you haven’t seen Avatar: The Last Airbender, let me explain. In Avatar, there are four nations based on the four elements: air, water, earth, and fire. Some members of each nation can control, or “bend”, their respective element, while the Avatar…
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Loss & Life
We’re all different people, all through our lives. And that’s okay, that’s good, you gotta keep moving, so long as you remember the people you used to be. —The Eleventh Doctor I was having a conversation with this professor I know about healing “ministries”, or care professions in general. When we spoke about the kinds…
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Faith, Religion, and Reason
We’ve all heard the tired line about how faith and reason are opposed to one another, right? You may have heard things like, “Religion is irrational,” have you not? And you may scarcely have wondered about people who say they have faith but do not claim to be religious; or those who are religious but,…
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Merry Christmas!
I was struggling to think about what to write about for this Christmas. Surely, so much has been said already: the coming of the Saviour, incarnation, grace, God’s love, and so on. But frankly, while I wouldn’t detract from these topics, they are overdone. I could write you a Catholic Hallmark card anytime. But as…
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A Time When There Was No History
In the age when life on earth was full, no one paid any special attention to worthy men, nor did they single out the man of ability. Rulers were simply the highest branches on the tree, and the people were like deer in the woods. They were honest and righteous without realizing that they were…