The iPhone is one of the most versatile phones on the planet. With thousands upon thousands of apps available, why not turn it into an ebook reader? The slightly larger than usual phone screen and its touch feature make this idea a possibility. The following iPhone apps make it a reality. Stanza: Developed by Lexcycle, ...
Kurt Vonnegut “We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be”. Have you ever felt that there is a discrepancy between who you know you are and who people think you are? Deep inside you know you are not like that. We start every day by putting ...
Is mankind evil by nature? Mankind invented the concepts of good and evil. Our ancestors knew the difference between the law of the land and the law of the sky – the Gods, much like it is now with the Church and the State. To them there was something strange about the word ‘good’. It ...
The Lovely Libra: Indecisive or Complex? Libra is a diverse sun sign. Born from September 24 to October 22(or 23), Libras are known as peace-seeking diplomats who tend to have problems making decisions. The reason they are given the bad rap of indecisiveness is because they are able to see both sides to many topics. ...
Both Friedrich Nietzsche and Fyodor Dostoevsky existed at the epicenters of churning changes in thought and contributed to the forward movement of ideas by provoking further philosophical progress. Nietzsche’s Beyond Good and Evil is described as “one of the most remarkable and influential books of the nineteenth century” on its back cover, and Dostoevsky’s Notes ...
In Beyond Good and Evil, one of Friedrich Nietzsche’s most famous works, he condemns the popular moral philosophy of his day. He denies that traits such as pity, humility and meekness are universal virtues. In fact, Nietzsche goes on to call a philosophy that deems such traits to be universally good one of “slave morality;” ...
Xenosaga and it’s related games, the trilogy for the Playstation 2 and the original Xenogears, are filled with religious, science fictions, and other allusions. Some are subtle, but others are very obvious, it just depends on the extent of the knowledge of the player. The following are some of the most stunning, and important, and ...
It is fascinating to me, that a man can see the work of the devil, and still worship him. The man in this case, being Truman Capote, and the devil being Perry Smith. Smith and his cohort, Dick Hickock brutally murdered four members of the Clutter family in 1959. Capote, an established writer, author of ...
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) is one of the most controversial philosophers in history. Many philosophers regard him as a top tier thinker, a more intellectually respectable Ayn Rand-type advocate of selfishness and egotism that academics don’t have to be embarrassed to admit they agree with. On the other hand there are at least as many philosophers ...
Most serial killers come from dysfunctional families, and they seem to have little love and more abusive tendencies due to a lack of emotional reactions to the horror that they have caused. These types of people start out sometimes harming animals. They also tend to have issues in school or can’t seem to get anyone ...
