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Gabriel the Apostle
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It is quite clear that we are now becoming less intelligent for genetic reasons—and not just due to “dumbing down” through television, social media, and pop culture. This is evidenced by a decline across generations in the percentage of
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“Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good.”
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“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”
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“Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you get”
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“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”
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“Simplicity, patience, compassion.
These three are your greatest treasures.
Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being.
Patient with both friends and enemies,
you accord with the way things are.
Compassionate toward yourself,
you reconcile all beings in the world.”
― Tao Te Ching
These three are your greatest treasures.
Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being.
Patient with both friends and enemies,
you accord with the way things are.
Compassionate toward yourself,
you reconcile all beings in the world.”
― Tao Te Ching
Political Philosophy and Ethics
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Study and discussion of the important questions of ethical and political philosophy from Confucius and Socrates to the present. Rules (see also the ...more
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