The word terrorism is notoriously hard to define, for reasons which will become clear in a few minutes. The term "terrorism" comes from Latin terrere , "to frighten." A dictionary definition is: the act of terrorizing; use of force...
Friedrich Nietzsche - "The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself...
The Matrix is one of the greatest metaphors ever. Machines invented to make human life easier end up enslaving humanity - this is the most common theme in dystopian science fiction. Why is this fear so universal - so compelling? Is it because we really...
This book is available at http://www.freedomainradio.com/free in print, PDF and audiobook versions. Real-Time Relationships: The Logic of Love S ome of the greatest movies of the past ten years explored what it is like to live in an illusion . “The...
Preface Any author who gives his work away faces the unique challenge of convincing people who have not invested their money in buying it that it is worth investing their time to read it. Samuel Johnson once wrote: “No man but a blockhead ever wrote...
p“Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.” - Aristotle ask Plausibility is a trap for the truth laid by lies. - Yvan Audauard This book is available at http://www.freedomainradio.com/free in print, PDF and audiobook versions. This...
This book is available at http://www.freedomainradio.com/free in print, PDF and audiobook versions. Introduction It’s hard to know whether a word can ever be rehabilitated – or whether the attempt should even be made. Words are weapons, and...
Universally Preferable Behaviour A Rational Proof of Secular Ethics Foreword In many fairy tales, there lives a terrible beast of stupendous power, a dragon or a basilisk, which tyrannizes the surrounding lands. The local villagers tremble before this...
From a short-term, merely practical standpoint, you really do not want to read this book. This book will mess up your life, as you know it. This book will change every single one of your relationships – most importantly, your relationship with yourself...