Philosophy

here you will find

h ow a philosopher was created
s ome medieval philosophy
a t hesis about universals

there is a thesis unique to this website; it attmpts at undestanding reality and explaining paradoxes of life. Instead of endlessly searching on the Internet from link to the link ad infinitum., you may rest a while. If you have a love for paradoxes, dialogue , and learning - read on! Be forewarned that the language of Acadamia is to be found here. Get out the Oxford English Dictionary, a beverage, and settle down as I tell you some things that experience and inspiration have taught me...

In sixth grade I endevoured to advance my learning so I picked up a forbidden book by my teachers - it would be beyond me they said. In Geography class I was caught with it but my teacher was slick - he stopped class because no student could seem to concentrate that day. I was engrossed with the book sleaved between my textbook. Yes I was reading Physics...it seemed really cool to me that and object in motion would continue forever - how could they know things like this?

.gif file Each student had to tell the teacher what they planned to do one day once they grew up... Lawyers, doctors, mommies, nurses abounded. As I was reading how Newton thought that the ultimate study was philosophy and alchemy I was jerked back into the reality of class:"Mr.Rossman?"

When I blurted I wanted to study Philosophy, my teacher's face wore an expression of bemused surprise. "Good, and will you tell the class what is Philosophy?" I mumbled something about it being a way of like and looking for answers and everything else I could remember from the last night's 'Kung Fu' TV show. I felt as foolish as the young disciple named Grasshopper...Soon the teacher was on to another student but Newton's advise was imprinted in my mind. This love for Oriental philosophy and Western science led full circle to Western philosophy and Eastern science. A commonality to many of the thoughts and perceptions to reality to exist. It seemed to me that there were universals within cultures and nature that hadn't yet been understood. I started looking for what a 'universal' was to better undestand these things. I alsobecame as attracted to issues about consciousness and the consequential abilities and responsibilities that awareness brings. This type of searching has been perpetually motivating me to learn, hopefully about relevant ideas and issues.

I'm still philosophizing and having fun being foolish as I delve into the inherent nature of reality. Fortunately I'm able to feed my desultary reading habit these days via the Internet. Free information, paid with consideration and reading time edifies my soul. May you too find some thoughts herein to ponder...

To get accustomed to the problem of universals, one might like to look at some good sites related to the issue - whether historically or conceptually. I've started a meager link list here to help my own studies in the area, as mental warm-ups, for reference, or fun.

medieval sources:
PHIL252: Medieval Philosophy and
PHIL360: Later Medieval Philosophy
from Macquarie University's John Kilcullen

The Atrium : manuscripts, articles, mirrored sites

Georgetown Univ.'s Labyrinth : medieval studies.

European Texts and Images
from before 1620 and
articles of Medieval and Renaissance sources

The Life and Works of Hildegard von Bingen:
I've been listening to her songs on CD lately - I love her music so much!
philosophical resources
Sean's One-Stop Philosophy Shop : a master index of sources

APA Gopher
The American Philosophical Association's gopher

Internet Philosophy Resources at McGill University.

The International Philosophical Preprint Exchange

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Updated 10 Oct. 97 by by Todd R. Rossman.