What Has Philosophy Ever Done For Us?
Philosophy criticizes science while it has been unsuccessful in epistemology, metaphysics and ethics.
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Hermes Solenzol
Nov 24, 202313 min read
Is Everything Made of Information?
Information as the basic nature of reality avoids the pitfalls of materialism, idealism and dualism.
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Hermes Solenzol
Jul 21, 202311 min read
The Uniqueness of Human Suffering
Unique characteristics of the human brain let us experience suffering as extending to the past and the future, and to others.
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Hermes Solenzol
Mar 20, 202310 min read
The Traps of the Ego
The idea that we deserve the best, as well as craving happiness and virtue, are traps of the ego.
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Hermes Solenzol
Mar 19, 202315 min read
The Way of the Warrior Writer
A writer’s Way of the Warrior has intellectual honesty, self-reliance, humility, courage, restrain and personal power.
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Hermes Solenzol
Feb 24, 20238 min read
Death is Nothing to Us
Since there is no consciousness after death, we experience nothing, so there is nothing to fear.
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Hermes Solenzol
Jan 2, 20238 min read
The Evidence for Free Will and How Denying It Devaluates Freedom
Denial of free will is based on religious or mystical ideas and can have dire consequences by making it ethical to control the mind.
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Hermes Solenzol
Dec 6, 202214 min read
Pain Is Not Suffering
Pain is a sensation that is not always unpleasant, while suffering is a state of being based on emotions, values and meaning.
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Hermes Solenzol
Nov 21, 202212 min read
Musings About My Ego
The ego appears when shame and pride take over our consciousness and fill it with cravings.
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Hermes Solenzol
Apr 26, 20225 min read
My Spiritual Path
This has been my quest for self-knowledge, self-transformation and meaning I started developing my philosophy of life when I left...
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