Unleashing Human PotentialThe essence of studia humanitatis is akin to that of the Renaissance in general. The beginning of studies in the humane arts was in many ways a new birth of education, thinking and social structure, but it was also a rebirth of the lost enlightenment of antiquity. The idea ...

On Belonging Belonging is important for our growth to independence; even further, it is important for our growth to inner freedom and maturity. It is only through belonging that we can break out of the shell of individualism and self-centredness that both protects and isolates us. However, the hu...

The word 'worldview' is used to describe how one looks at all aspects of life. Its purpose is to bring all of those aspects into a single unified system. Simply, a worldview is the set of beliefs through one interprets all of reality, somewhat akin to a pair of glasses. Two contrasted worldviews exa...

As human beings responsibility is important to us, we need to hold people accountable for their actions in order to keep society in check. Whether or not an act was committed voluntarily or involuntarily, and whether or not the person deliberated over the act is important to take into consideration...

The debate on Neanderthal man's place in human evolution has continued unabated since the discovery of the first Neanderthal fossil in 1856. One camp believes Neanderthal man is a human ancestor and should be classified as a subspecies of modern man-Homo sapiens Neanderthals. The opposition argues ...

Gilgamesh: Out of the Dark and into the Light Without light, we wouldn't know dark. Without cold, we couldn't know hot. These "systematic dualisms of associated polarities" (Honderich 734), or binary oppositions, are used to illustrate meaning in the story of Gilgamesh. The st...

Rawls begins his thought experiment with something he calls the "Original Position." The Original Position is the equivalent to what other political philosopher's call the "state of nature." Like the idea of the state of nature, the Original Position is not something that actually exists in the worl...

The Age of Spiritual Machines presents a history of computers, lookingat how past trends in computing have led to today's personal machines.Author Ray Kurzweil then goes beyond history to look towards the future.Most audiences are familiar with the notion that computers will one daythink faste...

Blade Runner and ChristianityDirector Ridley Scott has a chilling story to tell, and there is a complex web of allegory and meaning lurking in the background. We are unmistakably in a future time, yet this future world is one we can easily recognize, as it is not so different from our own. As with a...