Category: Politics
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Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Trump as an important philosophical reminder.
"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" Who guards the guardians? The famous phrase from a Roman poet, is essentially reminding us of the dangers of relying too much on anyone or anything. Harmonia Philosophica is inherently apolitical and you can find multiple posts explaining that. We are focused on philosophy and want nothing to do with politics…
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French Revolution: Why it failed. Why we still live in it...
"May my blood unite the French! I forgive all..." The phrase was never completed. The guilotine fell and its thud ended the life of Louis XVI, giving its place to silence. For some seconds. "Vive la démocratie" Cheers echoed across Place de la Concorde after the execution. A king had fallen. Democracy was born. But…
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Against Trump (but everyone else too). Why politics is dead.
The recent coronavirus crisis revealed many things which remained safely hidden under the comfort of our everyday routine. As usual, a crisis of such proportions exposes the real self of men (and women). And what emerged from those ICU beds, the agony, the fear, the irony and the disbelief (of those who do not believe…
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Why communism (and modern capitalistic society) is against Christianity.
Many people confuse things which should not be confused. Many people believe the first Christians were communists. Nothing could be further from the truth. Christians believe in the after life and despise property because they are not materialists. Communists are based on materialism, they are atheists and are against property only because they want property.…
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Tutankhamun: Pharaoh of the stars… [An account on the de-evolution of leadership]
Tutankhamun had an iron weapon thousands of year before the official “Iron Age” of Egypt. The known pharaoh’s iron dagger blade seems to have a meteoritic origin, according to a more recent study. (1 ,2) Modern leaders like holding money and earthly power. Old leaders liked holding heavenly power. Old leaders liked holding (literally) the…
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