Posts in 2022
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Government: meaning, methods, and maximizing
Sunday, August 28, 2022 in My Philosophy
This is a DRAFT Why do we have government? Basically governments exist to organize. A basic family group has it own organization that is not formalized. As we move from a single family group to a tribe of families and then to a organization of many …
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Not a Slave to Superstition
Monday, August 08, 2022 in My Philosophy
The word atheist is defined in relation to gods. I prefer the phrase “not slave to superstitions” of which belief in gods is but one of many that must be suppressed. There are natural tendencies in humans to be superstition and so …
Posts in 2020
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Basic Philosophy
Monday, April 27, 2020 in My Philosophy
For a post like this, the question is where to start and how much to explain. I will try to write as little as possible and point to other thinkers whenever possible. Stoicism I am a Stoic, especially in the tradition of Epicetetus. I was a Stoic …