PHILOSOPHY

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• The ultimate goal of enlightenment—the total eradication of suffering, or total freedom from hatred, greed, and self-centered delusion—may be elusive, but progress is certainly possible.

  

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  Take the Red Pill: Why Buddhism Is True, and Needed

  psychologytoday.com - Ravi Chandra M.D., D.F.A.P.A.

  Personal Perspective: Is it time for us to drop into our bodies, free from delusion? Robert Wright describes a central scene in The Matrix in his …

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  Alfredo D

  

  Merging East and West: Who Was Alan Watts?

  thecollector.com - Maysara Kamal

  Alan Watts was a British philosopher, author, and speaker famous for bridging Eastern and Western thought. His works were greatly instrumental in …

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  Plato's Allegory of the Cave and its Connection with the Present

  greekreporter.com - Luis Ospino

  Plato’s allegory of the cave is one of the greatest stories of philosophy. It allows us to understand how the Greek philosopher perceived the world …

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  Alfredo D

  

  Hegel’s Master-Slave Dialectic Explained

  thecollector.com - Baran Barlas

  Philosophers often find it useful to narrate a hypothetical conversation or confrontation between individuals in order to illustrate a theoretical …

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  Alfredo D

  

  Philosopher: Non-Materialism Is Fashionable Orthodoxy Now

  mindmatters.ai - Denyse O'Leary

  From the introduction to Giuseppina D’oro’s essay at Institute for Arts and Ideas (IAI) online journal, we learn something that might surprise many: …

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  Alfredo D

  

  The Harder Problem of Consciousness: Us

  psychologytoday.com - Iris Berent Ph.D.

  Consciousness is hard for psychological reasons. As I lounge on my couch typing, my gray cat sits defiantly across the room, with his back turned …