IN THE STATE OF LEARNING.--THAT IT IS NEITHER PROSPEROUS NOR GREATLY ADVANCED, AND THAT AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT WAY FROM ANY KNOWN TO OUR PREDECESSORS MUST BE OPENED TO THE HUMAN UNDERSTANDING, AND DIFFERENT HELPS BE OBTAINED, IN ORDER THAT THE MIND MAY EXERCISE ITS JURISDICTION OVER THE NATURE OF THINGS.
Friedrich Nietzsche has been one of the most influential and misunderstood philosophers of the modern era. (His influence in the twentieth century has been greater than his influence in the late nineteenth century.) Nietzsche was critical of the traditions that had most influenced Western Civilization: the Judeo-Christian tradition and the rationalist tradition that dated back to the ancient Greeks but had found new authority in the era following the Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment. The following excerpts provide a glimpse at the basis for his criticism of these traditions and his efforts to chart a new direction.
In observance of the 50th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Exploratorium presents the photographs of Japanese Army photographer Yosuke Yamahata, along with a public forum on issues related to the atomic age.
Remembering Nagasaki is an online exhibit produced by the Exploratorium that presents black and white photographs of Yosuke Yamahata taken after the dropping of the atom bomb, and also features fascinating commentary from the public. From July to November of 1995, visitors to the exhibit were asked to contribute their recollections of learning about the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Some of the hundreds of narratives received from around the world are presented on the website. In addition, the public forum discussing the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki as well as the nuclear age is preserved on the site.
The VL is the oldest catalog of the web, started by Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of html and the web itself. Unlike commercial catalogs, it is run by a loose confederation of volunteers, who compile pages of key links for particular areas in which they are expert; even though it isn't the biggest index of the web, the VL pages are widely recognised as being amongst the highest-quality guides to particular sections of the web.
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An Index to Online Great Books in English Translation
The term "cosmology" has several different connotations, ranging from a society's world-view to the scientific study of the universe at large. I shall deal only with the latter meaning of the term, but even then it is far from obvious what cosmology is, exactly. We may provisionally define it as the attempt to understand the universe in scientific terms, which in practice means those of the mathematical-physical sciences. The keyword is the domain of cosmology, the universe, and it is this domain which makes cosmology as most peculiar science, for the reason that the universe is a most peculiar entity.
Before the Communist Revolution, a number of religious and philosophical systems were practiced in China. Traditionally Taoism and Confucianism provided ethical guides to the proper behavior of individuals and officials. Both of these systems originated in China during the so-called Golden Age of Chinese thought, several centuries before the beginning of the Christian era. Taoism sought to promote the inner peace of individuals and harmony with their surroundings. Confucianism, based on the teachings and writings of the philosopher Confucius, is an ethical system that sought to teach the proper way for all people to behave in society. Each relationship--husband-wife, parents-children, ruler-subjects--involved a set of obligations which, if upheld, would lead to a just and harmonious society. Following his teachings would also promote a stable, lasting government.
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