by Ric Vatner | Jan 1, 2010 | Chinese Philosophy
Chinese Philosophers Mencius on Human Nature In part one I introduced you to Mencius who was a second generation Confucian and basically he says: “Human Nature is good and the reason we become bad is that we forget our own heart.” But like all ancient Chinese texts...
by Ric Vatner | Oct 15, 2009 | From the Editor to You
Hello Everyone, I want to apologise for not moderating the comments for the last two days, I have been extremely busy and just too tired when I get home to log on. Today when I looked I saw that we had over 2,700 comments waiting to be moderated and I have to say I...
by Ric Vatner | Oct 4, 2009 | Nietzsche
Excerpt from Part 2 Thus Spoke Zarathustra By Friedrich Nietzsche This is the second excerpt from Thus Spoke Zarathustra mentioned in the post headed “Sex and the Philosopher who Specialised in Feeling Wretched” The Night-Song ‘TIS night: now do all gushing...
by Ric Vatner | Oct 4, 2009 | Nietzsche
From Part 4 Thus Spoke Zarathustra By Friedrich Nietzsche This is the Poem referred to by H. W. Brann in his book on Nietzsche’s sex life, Nietzsche und die Frauen mentioned in the post headed “Sex and the Philosopher who Specialised in Feeling Wretched” In his book...
by Ric Vatner | Sep 15, 2009 | From the Editor to You, The Man, Serialised Philosophy Novel, By Ric Vatner
Hello everyone. Thank you so much for all your comments they really do give me the incentive to keep writing. More than that, they are an important part of the blog. Today I made some slight changes to chapter 3. Most are quite minor but I rewrote the ending which I...
