Tag: Religion Philosophy
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Painting… Praying… Reading…
During the European Middle Ages, literacy and written texts were largely the province of religious institutions. Richly illustrated manuscripts were created in monasteries for use by members of religious institutions and by the nobility. Some of these illuminated manuscripts were embellished with luxurious paints and pigments, including gold leaf and ultramarine, a rare and expensive […]
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Coronavirus, Christianity, Death, “sissies”…
There is a lot of discussion about the new coronavirus affecting the world as we speak. Harmonia Philosophica usually does not deal with such news since our focus is philosophy and not everyday matters. Our subject is the eternal, not the ephemeral. And yet, as we have said many times here, the ephemeral is sometimes […]
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Memento Mori. [Remember to Die] (Poem)
Don’t worry. Everything is fine. For even when everything is not all right. At the end… Everything will be all right… [Photos from Hietaniemen cemetery in Helsinki, Finland]
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Testability. The criterion for good theories. The death of modern humans.
Scientists are testing a theory of particles in a Weyl semimetal instead of testing it near a black hole. Because the behavior or particles in a semimetal is similar to the behavior of particles near a black hole. At the same time string theory has been maligned because it makes predictions that cannot be tested. […]
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Give. And you shall receive…
Generosity makes people happier, even if they are only a little generous. People who act solely out of self-interest are less happy. Merely promising to be more generous is enough to trigger a change in our brains that makes us happier. This is what UZH neuroeconomists found in a recent study. (1) Religion teachings are […]
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