Lawyer and author Earle Josiah presents his thought-provoking and cogent philosophical theory on the power and freedom of the human spirit in his latest gem of a book, The Power and Freedom of the Human Spirit: Introducing Another Theory of Everything. Check it out today!
Some problems hang, like a dim light suspended in time, dangling over the sea of history to cast dreary reflection on every epoch. Frederic Bastiat’s “The Law” addresses one such timeless problem. The question of good government and the paradoxes of its involvement in the private sector have boggled politicians and philosophers for ages.
Some problems hang, like a dim light suspended in time, dangling over the sea of history to cast dreary reflection on every epoch. Frederic Bastiat’s “The Law” addresses one such timeless problem. The question of good government and the paradoxes of its involvement in the private sector have boggled politicians and philosophers for ages.
Reading the work by Carroll Blair titled Human Natures of Animal and Spiritual is as if Socrates had come to dinner at my home. With an economy of words, a divine perception, along with honesty from his heart, Carroll Blair tells of the conflict in humans between that of their animal, or lower self, and that of their spiritual self. For it is only the shedding of such primitive instincts can one achieve the highest manifestation of the word “humane.”
Is freedom worth dying for? History tells us that man has been violent even before the dawn of civilization. One sees that wars have been waged by nations against nations, tribes against tribes, and brothers against brothers. Mankind’s history is not a good image of man’s humanity but rather a degrading portrait of man’s animosity, if not man’s animalism. However, digging deeper and not merely reading history while questioning man’s motive in engaging in these wars would give one the idea that these wars were not only fought for the benefit of the emperors, kings, nobles, capitalists, and bourgeois. Most of these wars which, though undoubtedly paint a shameful image of mankind, have been lost and won by proletariats are for independence and freedom.
The novel, though has been criticized mainly on its demerits, has indeed imbibed the morality and philosophy of the Filipinos of the time the book was published. First noticeable moral is the respect for the father. It could be the same with the respect for the parents, but in the case of Lucio, he had no mother, so it was only his father to respect and love. Same with Rosa, who has no father (she did not know her father until the end) but only a mother to show her love and respect. Lucio showed respect to his father throughout the novel.
I truly believe that certain books are meant to be preserved and last long after they, the writers, are gone. Maybe they want a legacy of their time on earth. They certainly will not be mummified like ‘Tut’ was. Could that is a shame? I see Art’s writing as lasting through the ages as the Egyptian pyramids have. I can conceive of his book being put in a safe place to be remembered by all future generations.
Ayn Rand’s novels have inspired generations of readers to live their lives with greater integrity, passion and joy. Nearly seventy years after her first novel was published, Rand’s fiction continues to stand out as a vivid and seldom-heard salute to the independent, creative spirit – to the rational, thinking mind – and to total competence in the realm of productive work.
How challenging is it to read? The first section straight forward, the section on logotherapy more challenging though not too technical. It’s not often I read a book that brings tears to my eyes…
J.A Rogers wrote a book called, “The 100 Amazing Facts about the Negro,” and it was far from being on the Best-Seller list. The young author’s work was banned in some places.
