Tag: Aristotle
Learning Wonder from Denton’s Latest
Around 50 BC Titus Lucretius Carus wrote a long treatise against finding purpose in nature.
Darwinism as Hegelian Dialectics Applied to Biology
Nineteenth-century Darwinism was much more than a revolutionary scientific theory.
Concluding Thoughts on That Hideous Strength
What was possible for Mark Studdock — the realization that much of contemporary civilization is built on lies — is still possible for any thoughtful person.
The Main Argument of The Abolition of Man
Lewis foresees a class of men called “the Conditioners.” The Conditioners have “seen through” all attempts to ground behaviour in any ultimate truth.
Remarkably, Humans Are Just the Right Size to Make and Master Fire
Only an organism of our dimensions and android design — 1.5 to 2 meters in height with arms about 1 meter-long ending in manipulative tools — can handle fire.