From the monthly archives: February 2010
Wael Al-Mahdi The Arabs reject democracy for as long as they can, and when they accept it they distort it. We fought the devil for millennia until we discovered we were fighting ourselves. A man in a village was caught reading a book. He became the laughing stock of the village. The most celebratory mood is [...]
Wael Al-Mahdi “The genius which runs into madness is no longer genius.” -Otto Weininger One of the lasting contributions of evolutionary psychology to our understanding of human nature is undoubtedly a list of human universals composed by Donald Brown. The list runs into the hunderds and includes: Actions under self-control distinguished from those not under [...]
On Religion In olden times there were generals and heroes who were given the epithet of “the Hammer”. Some grow livid at the mention of this name since the hammer was directed against them. This is our world: generals and heroes struggle, fight, kill, and wallow in the mud of time; the universe does not notice. But [...]
Elia is a modern philosopher and man of wisdom who travels the world with his disciples and offers his views on both ancient and current issues. He is the latest stage in the evolution of men of wisdom; he speaks freely and fallibly, is not a saint or prophet, and is not out to set [...]
On Finance One of the disciples had lost his job, and that was the talk of the day. Some of the disciples were indignant, and other were trying to console their jobless companion. The unemployed man sought comfort from Elia, and so he spoke, “Your crises are many but your follies are more. You sow [...]
Elia is a modern philosopher and man of wisdom who travels the world with his disciples and offers his views on both ancient and current issues. He is the latest stage in the evolution of men of wisdom; he speaks freely and fallibly, is not a saint or prophet, and is not out to set [...]
Elia is a modern philosopher and man of wisdom who travels the world with his disciples and offers his views on both ancient and current issues. He is the latest stage in the evolution of men of wisdom; he speaks freely and fallibly, is not a saint or prophet, and is not out to set [...]
A representative of the workers’ guild met Elia and asked him to speak on work. Elia spoke: “If you would have your work be fruitful, count not the days and nights of your labor. Counting the miles always lengthens the journey. Some would hold that work demeans. Yet work can demeaned him who is already [...]
Elia is a modern philosopher and man of wisdom who travels the world with his disciples and offers his views on both ancient and current issues. He is the latest stage in the evolution of men of wisdom; he speaks freely and fallibly, is not a saint or prophet, and is not out to set [...]
Wael Al-Mahdi Iu penso, iu ŝtuparo. Ĉielen, ne paradizen. Iu strukturo, ne suspektita En silento alimonda kaŝita.
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