A world of φαίνεσθαι, a world of lies…

We live in a world where φαίνεσθαι (Greek for “appearances”) seems more powerfull than “is”. People adore women who are just plainly UGLY just because they have concealed their uglyness under tons of makeup.

Modern people are not able to see beyond flesh and bones – they actually want to be fooled. Its too hard to think beyond what you see. Not too many are able of such a feat…

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Appearances over Essence…

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Author: skakos

Spiros Kakos is a thinker located in Greece. He has been Chief Editor of Harmonia Philosophica since its inception. In the past he has worked as a senior technical advisor for many years. In his free time he develops software solutions and contributes to the open source community. He has also worked as a phD researcher in the Advanced Materials sector related to the PCB industry. He likes reading and writting, not only philosophy but also in general. He believes that science and religion are two sides of the same coin and is profoundly interested in Religion and Science philosophy. His philosophical work is mainly concentrated on an effort to free thinking of "logic" and reconcile all philosophical opinions under the umbrella of the "One" that Parmenides - one of the first thinkers - visualized. The "Harmonia Philosophica" articles program is the tool that will accomplish that. Life's purpose is to be defeated by greater things. And the most important things in life are illogical. We must fight the dogmatic belief in "logic" if we are to stay humans... Credo quia absurdum!

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