Fate, Death, and Renewal What is it, in the end, that induces a man to go his own way and to rise out of unconscious identity with the mass as out of a swathing mist? Not necessity, for necessity comes to many, and they all take refuge in convention. Not moral decision, for nine times…
Every whole [natural] number is detached from the others, it possesses its own individuality To my mind, however, this viewpoint omits the fourth, irrational, “just-so-ness” of individual natural integers. This element has certainly been recognized time and again, but no one quite knows what to make of it. Henri Poincare, for instance, says: “Every whole…
On Behalf of the Fool by Gaunilo & Reply to Gaunilo by St. Anselm of Canterbury Gaunilo or Gaunillon (11th century) was a Benedictine monk of Marmoutier Abbey in Tours, France. He is best known for his criticism of the ontological argument for the existence of God which appeared in St Anselm’s Proslogion. In his work…
The Avesta of Zoroaster The Zend Avesta of Zoroaster The Avesta is the primary collection of religious texts of Zoroastrianism. The Avesta texts fall into several different categories, arranged either by dialect, or by usage. The principal text in the liturgical group is the Yasna, which takes its name from the Yasna ceremony, Zoroastrianism’s primary act of worship,…
Meister Eckhart: SERMON THIRTY-TWO (a) (Pf 32, Q 20a ) 1 St. Luke writes for us i n his Gospel, “A man had made a great supper or evening feast. ” Who made it? A man. What does he mean by calling it a supper? One master says that it means great love, for God…