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Death Feeds Life

By: Scott Albright

Body runner Jason Rourche talks about his philosophy on life and death. His job involves picking up dead bodies and cremating them. Rourche explains his perspective. more...

Picking Up the Dead

By: Scott Albright

Jason Rourche and two friends go to Santa Fe to pick up a deceased lady from the hospital. It is Rourche's job to pick the deceased who is a believer in cremation more...

Afraid of the Past?

By: Brenda Herzog

What is it about the past that causes fear in peoples lives today? Consider a different way to look at your fears and help yourself to learn new ways to deal with fear. more...

Eckhart Tolle and 2012

By: Shellie Enteen

How the extraordinary interest in the philosophy contained in Tolles' "A New Earth" is part of the evolution of consciousness described in the Mayan Calendar. more...

Stoicism and Greek Philosophy

By: Isaac M. McPhee

Stoicism was an important early philosophy espoused in Ancient Greece during the golden age of philosophy during the third and second centuries B.C. more...

The Paradoxes of Zeno of Elea

By: Isaac M. McPhee

Zeno of Elea may have been an iconoclast, but he posed several interesting problems that would baffle thinkers for generations to come. more...

The Philosophy of Jane Austen

By: Stephen McGroggan

What is it that makes Jane Austen's novels perennial? She had a common attitude which informed them - a love for the little details of life. more...

Kant's Categorical Imperative

By: Isaac M. McPhee

The question of choosing one's moral path in life is never an easy one. Within the philosophy of Immanuel Kant, however, is one method of doing just that. more...

Defending Complexity

By: Robert O'Connor

Numerous books have been written declaring simple solutions to complex problems. Complex answers, however, are what's needed for several reasons. more...

What is Philosophy?

By: Stephen McGroggan

The purpose of philosophy can be a mystery. Ancient philosophy was a metaphysical search for understanding, while modern philosophy is often a matter of linguistics. more...

God or Science, We Can Choose Both

By: James Huw Evans

The current debate between religion and science requires readers to pick a side, but why should they? more...

Orientalism in the Media

By: David Hamilton

Sociologist Edward Said's Covering Islam explains how the Islamic world is co-created by the media and prejudices in the West as much as the reality in the East. more...

The Sociology of eXistenZ

By: David Hamilton

eXistenZ examines how humans use technology to recreate themselves, shedding light on our own use of technology and how it shapes and contorts what it means to be human more...

Restaurant Menu Food Values

By: Debra P Blackwell

When dining out, these specific food values; caloric, fat grams, iron, calcium, protein, cholesterol, sodium, salt, and trans fats, will likely exceed the desired values. more...

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