... I've read a particular Syrian blog which espouses a philosophy of some sort, "Hayawic Logic". ... many Syrian blogs that try to discuss politics, philosophy or current affairs in English, it is a manifestation of the utter nonsense which ... theory being referred to as 'excellent' in philosophy simply because it has a reference for almost anything political and religious. The quote ...

... , former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and President of the Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The principles behind our American free market philosophy can be reduced to a rather simple formula. Here it is: Economic security for all is impossible without widespread abundance. Abundance is impossible without industrious and efficient production. Such production is ...

... seems to flow directly from metaphysical conflict. This situation can be triangulated around the often-fatal entanglement of politics and religion, where the third vertex of the triangle is violence. Politics, religion and violence ... of secularism or quietly accept the slide into some form of theism? The First Tilburg Philosophy Summer School invites responses to this dilemma, which is arguably the ...

... today's leading and most provocative thinkers. Since Plato most philosophy has aimed at true knowledge, penetrating beneath appearances ... , education, and love. Review: Great! As a teacher of Philosophy courses, I have a preference for this excellent American writer. This ... an excellent job of suggesting ties between the philosophy which he advocates and the politics of "social hope" ...

... “rationally ignorant” about politics. Learning about political philosophy and political games takes ... wrong direction. And this brings me back to my involvement in politics. In my new way of seeing the world, the battle of ideas becomes relatively less important. It can still be fun ... possibility for action in 3rd order politics. If 3rd order politics is hostage more to populist whims ...

... Machiavelli. Prof. Skinner is a world authority on seventeenth-century political philosophy, and his particular focus is on the work of Thomas Hobbes. His paper on 10 December includes a discussion ... Machiavelli (Past Masters) (Oxford University Press: 1981), Reason and Rhetoric in the Philosophy of Hobbes (Cambridge University Press: 1996), Visions of Politics 3 volume set: Visions of Politics: ...