Why does the Trivium Method matter? Learning about how we learn and how we think allows us to improve our ways of thinking and therefore learning as well. Content: 1.1 Trivium in Reality 1.2 Grammar and Logic in Reality Video Audio Download .mp3: Trivium in Reality – Language and Reality Pt.1 1.1 – Trivium in Reality The Trivium […]
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If man has the capacity to be the most rational animal, even if we are not always the most rational animal, we can determine if it is accurate to say we are being rational by examining the word rational and what it means. Rationality deals with previous topics of existence, consciousness, knowledge, memory, etc. Video Audio Download .mp3: Words, Reality […]
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This started off as research into the word morality itself. Another little word journey and weaving a larger tapestry from it. Video Audio Download .mp3: Characters and Our Character Morality “moral qualities,” “moral instruction; morals, manner, character,” http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=morality directly from Latin moralis “proper behavior of a person in society,” literally “pertaining to manners,” coined by Cicero (“De Fato,” II.i) to […]
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“If we look at the etymology for axiom, we can see how important concepts are in our lives. An axiom is related to what we think is worthy, fit, of value, of weight. It comes from the Proto-Indo-European word ‘ag-ty-o‘, with the root ‘ag’ meaning to drive, draw, and move. Axioms are those beliefs that we take into ourselves at […]
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The word kind, as in to be kind towards, friendly, etc., is completely related to greater care and inclusion of others into your circle of compassion, empathy, conscience and morality. The story of being kind (caring) is related to how we view what our kind is. This work developed from an inquiry, questioning, curiosity, doubt, on the accurate use of […]
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We can presume, from previous lessons, previous trials and errors, learning from past mistakes, that certain behavior will produce certain results. It is not certain though, hence it’s a presumption, due to the nature of free will choice. Not every action will produce the same result in a free will causal agent. But, the tendency, the probability, for the same […]
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All subjugation of animal life is done on the basis of physical superiority, the fact that your strength can manipulate others against their well being. This moral relativism is the survival of the fittest ideology, the weak are meat for the strong to eat. Social Darwinism is only a new label for a preexisting psychological mindset with additional false validation […]
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You buy something. You didn’t enslave anyone yourself. You didn’t murder anyone yourself. What is the product? Is it a shoe? Was it produced in slave labor conditions whereby you support a form of slavery that you already recognize is wrong but the people accept to do the work anyways? Was it made in prison camps with 0 pay and […]
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Words can have dual meanings when looking at them in relation to truth or falsity, good or evil, etc. By associating words in relation to truth and good in one perspective, and then associating the word with falsity and evil in another perspective, the several meanings and etymological root relations and derivations can be better more clearly understood. Video Audio […]
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“The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words.” – Philip K. Dick Simplify language, reduce many words to singular meanings, combine meanings into single words, and you introduce ambiguity, confusion, and cryptography of occulting the true meaning […]
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