(Originally written September 15, 2011 in The Journal)
I just finished up my notes on Tolstoy and as I was reading it and typing it a thought occurred to me on the similarity between Tolstoy and Marx. How close are Tolstoy's ideals of art to the Marxist idea of proletariat struggle? Did Marx have an overt influence on Tolstoy?
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Showing posts with label Marxism. Show all posts
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
The Artist and His Time (1953)
(Originally written October 14, 2008 in The Journal)
The Artist and His Time (1953) by Albert Camus
The artist accepts his time as it is. He minds his own business.
Word, though perverted, provisionally keep their meaning.
Marxism is religious in nature.
The end of history cannot have any definable significance to us in our present condition. It is only knowable by faith.
Artists have no need to interfere in the affairs of the world, but men do. The artist however does not need to sacrifice his nature to some social preaching.
The ivory tower and the social church are two points of the resignation of life.
The artist must simultaneously serve suffering and beauty.
The artist is to give voice to the sorrows and joys of all.
Art justifies itself by proving it is no one's enemy.
Art gives form, not content to justice and liberty.
Any authentic creation is a gift to the future.
The Artist and His Time (1953) by Albert Camus
The artist accepts his time as it is. He minds his own business.
Word, though perverted, provisionally keep their meaning.
Marxism is religious in nature.
The end of history cannot have any definable significance to us in our present condition. It is only knowable by faith.
Artists have no need to interfere in the affairs of the world, but men do. The artist however does not need to sacrifice his nature to some social preaching.
The ivory tower and the social church are two points of the resignation of life.
The artist must simultaneously serve suffering and beauty.
The artist is to give voice to the sorrows and joys of all.
Art justifies itself by proving it is no one's enemy.
Art gives form, not content to justice and liberty.
Any authentic creation is a gift to the future.
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Chapter 11 - Pocket Guide to World Religions (B)
(Originally written February 22, 2007 in Book 14)
Pocket Guide to World Religions
Winfried Corduan
Chapter 11 (continued)
Jehovah's Witnesses
Founded by Charles Taze Russell in 19th century America.
Born as a prophecy movement within Christianity.
Believe one's soul lies in their blood.
Jehovah's Witnesses tries to be considered a legitimate form of Christianity, but their beliefs are truly incompatible.
Juce
Juce is the official religion of North Korea and is a spiritualized form of Marxism.
Mormonism
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints began in 1830 in America, under Joseph Smith.
Smith claimed to receive new revelations in tablets from the angel Moroni. Moroni told Smith that none of the churches of his day represented Christ.
The Book of Mormon tells the story of how Jesus came to America after the resurrection.
Mormons hold that human beings eventually become gods and rule over their own planets.
Nation of Islam
The American Black Muslim movement.
Founded in 1930 by W.D. Ford and Elijah Muhammad (Poole) who claimed to be the incarnations of Allah and Muhammad.
The Nation of Islam holds that blacks are the only true humans and all other races are evil imitations.
Malcolm X realigned the Nation of Islam with more traditional Islamic teachings. But, Louis Farrakhan and 20,000 followers still adhere to the Nation's more radical teachings.
Rastafarianism
Began in the 1930's with the coronation of the Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie.
Some preachers in Jamaica, under the influence of Marcus Garvey's philosophy of black self-determination saw the coronation as the coming of liberation for African people.
They saw Selassie as an incarnation of god.
There are about 600,000 Rastafarians.
A part of Rastafarian worship includes sacramental smoking of marijuana (ganja).
Scientology
Resembles eastern thought like Tibetan Buddhism in certain ways.
Founded by L. Ron Hubbard, an American science fiction writer.
It's aim is to bring about, "increased awareness and spiritual freedom for the individual and rehabilitation of his basic decency, power and ability" (Corduan, 111).
Scientology is known for the book of Dianetics. Hubbard explains his conception of the relationship between the body and soul here.
Soka Gakkai
A Japanese form of Buddhism beginning with the Japanese monk Nichiren (1222-1282). Nichiren claimed the primacy of the Lotus Sutra.
There are about 10 million followers of Nichiren in Japan and 1.5 million followers elsewhere.
Tenrikyo
An offshoot of Shinto.
Tenrikyo means "sect of Tenri".
Founded by a female faith healer in the 19th century. Nakayama Miki claimed to be possessed by the god Oyagami.
She taught suffering was due to spiritual dust accumulating on human souls. This dust is wiped away by devotion to Oyagami.
Followers still believe that Miki is alive today.
Unification Church
Founded by Sun Myung Moon in Korea in the 1950's.
Combined Eastern ideas with Christian teachings.
Believes that spiritual redemption was done by Christ, but full physical redemption would be carried out by the second Messiah, Sun Myung Moon.
It has about 3 million members.
Wahhabite Islam
Began as an 8th century reform movement under Muhammad Ibn Abd al-Wahhab in Saudi Arabia.
Al-Wahhab believed Islam had been corrupted by superstitions.
When Saudi Arabia became a nation in 1932, King Abdul Aziz al Saud implemented the harsh Wahhabite principles.
Wahhabite schools eventually produced the Taliban and aided Al-Qaeda.
Wicca
The Western religion of witchcraft.
It does not endorse evil or worship Satan. It promotes goodness and healing by drawing on spiritual powers in the Universe.
It is polytheistic, whose supreme goddess is represented by the moon.
Pocket Guide to World Religions
Winfried Corduan
Chapter 11 (continued)
Jehovah's Witnesses
Founded by Charles Taze Russell in 19th century America.
Born as a prophecy movement within Christianity.
Believe one's soul lies in their blood.
Jehovah's Witnesses tries to be considered a legitimate form of Christianity, but their beliefs are truly incompatible.
Juce
Juce is the official religion of North Korea and is a spiritualized form of Marxism.
Mormonism
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints began in 1830 in America, under Joseph Smith.
Smith claimed to receive new revelations in tablets from the angel Moroni. Moroni told Smith that none of the churches of his day represented Christ.
The Book of Mormon tells the story of how Jesus came to America after the resurrection.
Mormons hold that human beings eventually become gods and rule over their own planets.
Nation of Islam
The American Black Muslim movement.
Founded in 1930 by W.D. Ford and Elijah Muhammad (Poole) who claimed to be the incarnations of Allah and Muhammad.
The Nation of Islam holds that blacks are the only true humans and all other races are evil imitations.
Malcolm X realigned the Nation of Islam with more traditional Islamic teachings. But, Louis Farrakhan and 20,000 followers still adhere to the Nation's more radical teachings.
Rastafarianism
Began in the 1930's with the coronation of the Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie.
Some preachers in Jamaica, under the influence of Marcus Garvey's philosophy of black self-determination saw the coronation as the coming of liberation for African people.
They saw Selassie as an incarnation of god.
There are about 600,000 Rastafarians.
A part of Rastafarian worship includes sacramental smoking of marijuana (ganja).
Scientology
Resembles eastern thought like Tibetan Buddhism in certain ways.
Founded by L. Ron Hubbard, an American science fiction writer.
It's aim is to bring about, "increased awareness and spiritual freedom for the individual and rehabilitation of his basic decency, power and ability" (Corduan, 111).
Scientology is known for the book of Dianetics. Hubbard explains his conception of the relationship between the body and soul here.
Soka Gakkai
A Japanese form of Buddhism beginning with the Japanese monk Nichiren (1222-1282). Nichiren claimed the primacy of the Lotus Sutra.
There are about 10 million followers of Nichiren in Japan and 1.5 million followers elsewhere.
Tenrikyo
An offshoot of Shinto.
Tenrikyo means "sect of Tenri".
Founded by a female faith healer in the 19th century. Nakayama Miki claimed to be possessed by the god Oyagami.
She taught suffering was due to spiritual dust accumulating on human souls. This dust is wiped away by devotion to Oyagami.
Followers still believe that Miki is alive today.
Unification Church
Founded by Sun Myung Moon in Korea in the 1950's.
Combined Eastern ideas with Christian teachings.
Believes that spiritual redemption was done by Christ, but full physical redemption would be carried out by the second Messiah, Sun Myung Moon.
It has about 3 million members.
Wahhabite Islam
Began as an 8th century reform movement under Muhammad Ibn Abd al-Wahhab in Saudi Arabia.
Al-Wahhab believed Islam had been corrupted by superstitions.
When Saudi Arabia became a nation in 1932, King Abdul Aziz al Saud implemented the harsh Wahhabite principles.
Wahhabite schools eventually produced the Taliban and aided Al-Qaeda.
Wicca
The Western religion of witchcraft.
It does not endorse evil or worship Satan. It promotes goodness and healing by drawing on spiritual powers in the Universe.
It is polytheistic, whose supreme goddess is represented by the moon.
Monday, April 24, 2006
Class Notes on Hegel
(Originally Written April 24, 2006 in 3 Subject Book)
History of Philosophy II
Hegel
-agrees with Plato that knowledge is acquired through a dialectical method
-Yet, Plato's and Hegel's dialectical methodologies vastly differ
Existence (apparent & publicly manifest)
Essence (the hidden and internal)
The in between of existence and essence is actuality
example: The in between of Being and Non-Being is becoming
Master-Slave Dialectic
-Slave (labor, objectification)
-Master (desire, consumption)
-There is conflict and domination between the two
-The product of the slave's labor and the master's desire leads to the object being created
Political Philosophy:
Three moments of the Ethical
1) Family
2) Civil Society
3) The State
History is teleological: it has a goal, which for Hegel, is freedom
The Hegelian & Christian God
Being itself, the totality (Hegel) v. Infinite being that is still distinct from the world (Christian)
Self-thinking thought (Hegel) v. Spirit with thoughts distinct from itself (Christian)
Immanence without transcendence (Hegel) v. Immanence with transcendence (Christian)
God of process of becoming (Hegel) v. Primordial being, which is immutable (Christian)
Criticisms of Hegel
-Too abstract
-Too esoteric
-Not grounded enough in experience
-Hegel's theology is not Biblically backed
-Dialectical method can justify things that are problematic (Dewey & Marx)
History of Philosophy II
Hegel
-agrees with Plato that knowledge is acquired through a dialectical method
-Yet, Plato's and Hegel's dialectical methodologies vastly differ
Existence (apparent & publicly manifest)
Essence (the hidden and internal)
The in between of existence and essence is actuality
example: The in between of Being and Non-Being is becoming
Master-Slave Dialectic
-Slave (labor, objectification)
-Master (desire, consumption)
-There is conflict and domination between the two
-The product of the slave's labor and the master's desire leads to the object being created
Political Philosophy:
Three moments of the Ethical
1) Family
2) Civil Society
3) The State
History is teleological: it has a goal, which for Hegel, is freedom
The Hegelian & Christian God
Being itself, the totality (Hegel) v. Infinite being that is still distinct from the world (Christian)
Self-thinking thought (Hegel) v. Spirit with thoughts distinct from itself (Christian)
Immanence without transcendence (Hegel) v. Immanence with transcendence (Christian)
God of process of becoming (Hegel) v. Primordial being, which is immutable (Christian)
Criticisms of Hegel
-Too abstract
-Too esoteric
-Not grounded enough in experience
-Hegel's theology is not Biblically backed
-Dialectical method can justify things that are problematic (Dewey & Marx)
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