Archive for January 4th, 2009
Jews and Arabs
My great aunt, when she talks about politics, makes the following odd argument. The Israeli Jews, she says, have built a thriving civilization in a desert. The Arabs, incapable because of their dull and violent nature of a similar achievement, envy them and, since envy is the main source of hatred, as St. Thomas understood [...]
Posted: January 4th, 2009 under Politics, Psychology.
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SJ and NF Patterns
When an NF Rational learns, he is being humble. He submits himself to truth and to his teacher. But in that very humility his powers grow, as he is obtaining knowledge and with its help comes up with his own ideas. Then, having learned a lot and meditated on his chosen subjects, he can teach. [...]
Posted: January 4th, 2009 under Psychology.
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The Cursed “Ethos”
Cohen gives an example of people during a war sacrificing for the sake of the war effort, to “shoulder [their] just share.” (Rescuing Justice and Equality, 353) But since it is impossible to keep constant tabs on everybody, it is left to individual discretion who will sacrifice how much. “There are too many details in [...]
Posted: January 4th, 2009 under Philosophy, Political.
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