Archive for March, 2008
Thu 20 Mar 2008
Society Foundation Films Discussion Forum is now Open.
Fri 14 Mar 2008
Ethics: The Three Systems
1. The Ethics of Buddha and Jesus:
• All men are equally precious.
• Resists evil only by returning good.
• Identifies virtues with love.
• Inclines in politics toward unlimited Democracy.
2. The Ethics of Macchiavelli and Nietzsche:
• Accepts the inequality of men.
• Relishes the risk of combat and conquest and rule.
• Identifies virtue with power.
• Exalts a hereditary aristocracy.
3. The Ethics of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle:
• Only […]
Sat 8 Mar 2008
This is our creed, this is what we stand for:
Sometime a kind of glory lights up the mind of a man. It happens nearly to everyone. You can feel it growing or preparing like a fuse burning toward dynamite. It is a feeling in the stomach, a delight of the nerves, of the forearms. The […]
Sat 8 Mar 2008
“There is only one goodness, it is knowledge. There is only one evil, it is ignorance”. These were the words of Socrates and they are as true today as the day they were first spoken.
Promoting the “Pleasure of Life-Long Learning” is the motto of The Teaching Company , an organization dedicated to the production […]
Thu 20 Mar 2008
Society Foundation Films Discussion Forum is now Open.
Fri 14 Mar 2008
Ethics: The Three Systems
1. The Ethics of Buddha and Jesus:
• All men are equally precious.
• Resists evil only by returning good.
• Identifies virtues with love.
• Inclines in politics toward unlimited Democracy.
2. The Ethics of Macchiavelli and Nietzsche:
• Accepts the inequality of men.
• Relishes the risk of combat and conquest and rule.
• Identifies virtue with power.
• Exalts a hereditary aristocracy.
3. The Ethics of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle:
• Only […]
Sat 8 Mar 2008
This is our creed, this is what we stand for:
Sometime a kind of glory lights up the mind of a man. It happens nearly to everyone. You can feel it growing or preparing like a fuse burning toward dynamite. It is a feeling in the stomach, a delight of the nerves, of the forearms. The […]
Sat 8 Mar 2008
“There is only one goodness, it is knowledge. There is only one evil, it is ignorance”. These were the words of Socrates and they are as true today as the day they were first spoken.
Promoting the “Pleasure of Life-Long Learning” is the motto of The Teaching Company , an organization dedicated to the production […]