O cunning guide, son of Maia, I fear that you might steal my lyre and my curved bow. For you hold the office from Zeus to establish deeds of exchange among men throughout the fertile earth. But if you would suffer to swear the great oath of the gods for me, either by nodding your head or by the mighty water of the Styx, you would accomplish everything pleasing to my own heart. —Homeric Hymnes 1...

The term 'The Divine Command Theory of Ethics' is similar to 'The Ontological Argument' in that there is no unique entity deserving of that title. Rather, there is a multiplicity of theories, each of which is appropriately taken to be a divine command theory. The strongest versions are, if not the finest, at least definist. That is, according to these versions moral predicates, such as 'is obli...

and the concrete come together in the dojo andprovide a key to the doors. The threshold leads to an aug-mented understanding of Aikido and Kabbalah, and forsome, much more.These complexities may have a basis in human nature. Writing about brain science and the biology of belief,Newberg and d’Aquili note “that the root of the ceremonialrites of all human societies, from t...

Abstract This paper will demonstrate that the best descriptor of Qohelet is divine hedonist, not absurdist, skeptic, pessimist, realist, nihilist or “Preacher Joy.” be done by examining relationship between Qohelet’s hebel -judgments and his carpe diem ethic comparing strategy with philosopher David Hume. serve to deconstruct traditional formulation Tun-Ergehen-Zusammenhang , opening space for ...

Robert Brodrick Boston College 
 This paper advances the claim that the perceived rift between theology and scientific cosmology is not merely due to the advances of modern science but also to particular philosophical and theological developments in the realms of epistemology and the social imaginary. In light of this perspective, the author suggests that the recent work done regarding scientif...

The great chemist Robert Boyle was also a serious student of the Bible and Christian theology, both which profoundly influenced his natural philosophy. beliefs moral attitudes motivated him to extend human dominion over creation by advancing scientific knowledge giving medicines from laboratory poor. His outspoken advocacy empiricism, against those who believed that unaided reason sufficient pr...

Abstract This article reflects on the connections that can be established between characterization Deleuze and Guattari make of “civilized capitalist machine” in their Anti-Oedipus Walter Benjamin’s analyses “capitalist religious structure” his fragment entitled Capitalism as religion, especially with regard to concept guilt. As seen, what seems different thought compared Deleuze-Guattarian app...