philosophy
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Meditations on the Impermanence of Life
Meditation l: Ozymandias by Percy B Shelley I met a traveler from an antique land,Who said—“Two vast and trunk-less legs of stone; Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand; Half sunk, a shattered visage lies,… Continue reading
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The Rise of Neo-Feudalism and the Decline of Western Democracies
The signs and indicators have been around for a long time. The rise of the Oligarchs and their unbridled wealth. The Tech Billionaires and their Trillion dollar corporations. Mass poverty across nation states in the face of this extraordinary global… Continue reading
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Forgotten Books: A Review of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s A Discourse on Inequality
Ever wondered about inequality today, and how it came about? Rousseau’s treatise offers some insight. Published in the middle of the 18th century, the essay attempts to show the link between humanity, the natural world, and how we evolved to… Continue reading
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Grappling Then and Now with Demons by Seamus Cole
This article appeared in Quadrant Online, May 19th, 2025. It is re-posted here with the kind permission of the writer, Seamus Cole, and Quadrant Online. I am increasingly reminded that what’s old is also new again” and I suspect great… Continue reading
The LB Chronicles by Lawrence Burke, Ed.D 