There are two general methods of how one can approach ancient systems of thought like Epicureanism and Stoicism. The first is a top-down view, where … more
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freedom of thought
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Why was Greece so strikingly intellectually superior to Judea?
@ 2011-03-11 – 22:03:45
What kind of factors did create the intellectual explosion that did produce the precursors of modern science, philosophy, poetry, literature and architecture … more -
Why the first modern scientists were Christians?
@ 2010-06-11 – 21:11:10
[ ... ] It has been claimed that there was freedom of thought in the Medieval Europe, as questions of doctrine were at times debated wildly among the ... more -
Is absolute certainty the most formidable enemy of freedom?
@ 2010-05-12 – 10:35:13
Absolute certainty is the principal adversary of free thought. People are all too often willing to suppress other ways of thinking, if only they think … more -
Can I criticize Islam, even if wrong kind of people do it for wrong reasons too?
@ 2008-12-25 – 23:13:10
[ ... ] even outside their own ranks. The freedom of thought is always under severe threat if a mere written or spoken critique of any ideology causes ... more -
Why did the Golden Age of Islam come to an end?
@ 2008-09-21 – 01:27:17
[ ... ] had created a new height of freedom of thought. Soon also the economic development was on a level that had never seen before in these ... more -
Why did Renaissance weaken the iron grip of the Catholic Church?
@ 2008-08-16 – 22:12:33
A lack of progress in the field of mental development in a society inevitably affects also its physical development. Christian medieval Europe was a … more -
Could the legacy of the Crusades be still haunting us?
@ 2007-12-18 – 22:41:40
There is a surprisingly widespread belief in the West that the Islamic world is still suffering from some kind of trauma that was caused by the Crusades … more -
Why is the the freedom of thought so important for the well-being of a society?
@ 2007-12-16 – 23:51:24
[ ... ] in the past couple of centuries. Freedom of thought has to a great deal made possible the countless new discoveries and new ways of doing things ... more
