Arash F. posted an article on Arash's World - Nov 15, 2009, 6:42 pm
On various occasions I cannot help but think that life is so much bigger than me. By life I mean all the marvelous things that surround us. The simple state of being, the act of thinking, the astonish...
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Arash F. posted an article on Arash's World - Nov 5, 2009, 10:45 pm
Nowadays, especially in the Western world, we take for granted the fact that we are free to wear what we like. It comes as an addition to the highly prized freedom of expression since people do not me...
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Arash F. posted an article on Arash's World - Oct 22, 2009, 9:52 pm
During the Middle Ages, monks had a special status and with it came various privileges. For all the poor people who were struggling for survival (or those who were simply looking for a means of educat...
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Arash F. posted an article on Arash's World - Oct 14, 2009, 11:00 pm
As a general rule I believe that compassion should be first and foremost - right before any rules and regulations. Although I appreciate and understand the necessity of bureaucracy, we should not bury...
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Arash F. posted an article on Arash's World - Oct 5, 2009, 12:40 pm
In my experience, life consists of a continuous cycle of ups and downs, the wheel of fortune, the goddess Fortuna herself in the driving seat. As in the saying “what goes up must come down” there ...
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Arash F. posted an article on Arash's World - Sep 23, 2009, 11:55 am
When we hear that so-and-so is a “good” person, we automatically assume that the person in question is a virtuous and moral being. But is it enough to simply "be" a good person? Can we simply equa...
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Arash F. posted an article on Arash's World - Sep 13, 2009, 1:00 pm
In the modern understanding of the word, “sophistry” has a decisively negative connotation. It refers to people who envelop, even purposely trick and deceive you with words. Nonetheless, the origi...
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Arash F. posted an article on Arash's World - Sep 1, 2009, 11:53 am
A true aesthete is concerned and fascinated by beauty itself, by beauty for its own sake. It could be nature, an object of art, a real person or even a life-style. It may have its roots in the eyes of...
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Arash F. posted an article on Arash's World - Aug 25, 2009, 12:16 am
Our Western world seems to be obsessed with winning. Try and be your best, we are told. Never give up. Fight for your dreams and ideals. There is an air of invincible force over the North American s...
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Arash F. posted an article on Arash's World - Aug 14, 2009, 11:54 pm
A name is important indeed. For better or worse, we identify with the name we are given by our parents. Few of us actually legally change it; it’s something that we have grown accustomed to, that ha...
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Arash F. posted an article on Arash's World - Aug 3, 2009, 5:34 pm
Our thoughts color our perception of reality. Whatever we see is filtered through the lens of thought and it often becomes twisted and transformed into something else. The great German philosopher Kan...
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Arash F. posted an article on Arash's World - Jul 25, 2009, 6:49 pm
Socrates is an enigmatic, highly influential figure of Western philosophy. Although we see him through the eyes of his admiring student Plato, Socrates has been accredited for creating his own method,...
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Arash F. posted an article on Arash's World - Jul 12, 2009, 10:46 pm
In Yann Martel’s acclaimed book “Life of Pi” the first person narrator defends the case for zoos and discusses notions of freedom from the point of view of animals. Some people criticize zoos fo...
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