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“The myth that John Locke was the philosopher behind the American Republic, is easily refuted by examining how Locke's philosophy steered Thomas Jefferson, for example.”

Philosophy Behinds Example Philosopher Myth Republic Examining

Author:Robert Trout

“The myth that the founding of American Republic was based on the philosophy of John Locke could only have been maintained, because the history of Leibniz's influence was suppressed.”

Has Beens Philosophy Influence Myth Republic Founding

Author:Robert Trout

“Under the desert sun, in the dogmatic clarity, the fables of theology and the myths of classical philosophy dissolve like mist. The air is clean, the rock cuts cruelly into flesh; shatter the rock and the odor of flint rises to your nostrils, bitter and sharp. Whirlwinds dance across the salt flats, a pillar of dust by day; the thornbush breaks into flame at night. What does it mean? It means nothing. It is as it is and has no need for meaning. The desert lies beneath and soars beyond any possible human qualification. Therefore, sublime.”

“Rumors and reports of man's relation with animals are the world's oldest news stories, headlined in the stars of the zodiac, posted on the walls of prehistoric caves, inscribed in the languages of Egyptian myth, Greek philosophy, Hindu religion, Christian art, our own DNA. Belonging within the circle of mankind's intimate acquaintance ... constant albeit speechless companions, they supplied energies fit to be harnessed or roasted.”

“... if, as women, we accept a philosophy of history that asserts that women are by definition assimilated into the male universal,that we can understand our past through a male lens--if we are unaware that women even have a history--we live our lives similarly unanchored, drifting in response to a veering wind of myth and bias.”

Ifs Philosophy Past Accepting History Our Lives Wind Universal Response Males Definitions Myth Bias Our Past Lenses Drifting

Book:Blood, Bread, and Poetry: Selected Prose 1979-1985

Source: Blood, Bread, and Poetry: Selected Prose 1979-1985

“For the Platonic or Aristotelian philosophy, it is of no importance whether Plato or Aristotle ever lived. For the mystical practice of an Indian, Persian, Chinese, or Neo-Platonic mystic it is a matter of indifference whether Rama, Buddha, Laotse, or Porphyrius are myths or not. The mystic has no personal relation to them. It is not here a question of somebody telling me the truth which of myself I cannot find, but of my finding an access to the depths of the world in the depths of my soul.”

World Soul Matter Philosophy Practice Findings Importance Relation Depth Myth Access My Soul Chinese Indian Indifference Mystical Plato Rama Mystic Persian Platonic

Book:The Word and the World

Source: The Word and the World

“One may call the world a myth , in which bodies and things are visible, but souls and minds hidden. Besides, to wish to teach the whole truth about the Gods to all produces contempt in the foolish, because they cannot understand, and lack of zeal in the good, whereas to conceal the truth by myths prevents the contempt of the foolish, and compels the good to practice philosophy.”

World Mind May Soul Philosophy Whole Body Wish Teach Practice Produce Myth Foolish Visible Contempt Zeal Whole Truth

Author:Sallust

“Your being alone is important and has validity beyond any philosophy. That is the message that you are trying to give to yourself. You are each trying to rediscover for yourselves, in your terms now - after centuries of myths and distortions - the validity of your own beings.”

Giving Trying Important Philosophy Term Century Messages Myth Distortion Validity

Author:Seth

“Science is much closer to myth than a scientific philosophy is prepared to admit. It is one of the many forms of thought that have been developed by man, and not necessarily the best. It is conspicuous, noisy, and impudent, but it is inherently superior only for those who have already decided in favour of a certain ideology, or who have accepted it without ever having examined its advantages and its limits.”

Men Has Beens Philosophy Form Certain He Man Limits Advantage Decided Prepared Myth Accepted Superiors Ideology Favour Noisy

Book:Against method: Outline of anarchistic theory of knowledge

Source: Against method: Outline of anarchistic theory of knowledge