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Personal Salvation Begin Reading this Post at Note-1 Under the idea of ethics, we discuss what a properly functioning human being is and requires. Under the idea of morality, we discuss what a rational functioning society is and requires. A … Continue reading →

Explaning The Real Nature of The idea described by the concept of capitalism does not address why human happiness exists, in abundance, on this planet. Capitalism was not created to address the issue of happy human existence. Capitalism was created … Continue reading →

Survival to Happiness When insanity, and its religious counterpart, is removed from the discussion, we are left with the above “Human Nature” graphic. We now have only the real, and its rational counterpart, as the focus of our discussion. We … Continue reading →

Human Nature Revisited Recall when we discussed the above “Human Nature” graphic. Recall that we discussed the premise that to become intellectual, one needs to fully remove oneself from the stupefying influence of religion. I will now continue this discussion, … Continue reading →

The Philosophical Ladder Revisited The final group of the philosophical ladder is “The Explanation Group.” This group consists of a single rung, the esthetics rung. The esthetical rung of philosophy is that science concerned with explaining the nature of human … Continue reading →

The Explanation Group ***************************************** The Truth Devotion to truth is the hallmark of intelligence. To tell the truth is to reveal ones intelligence. The truth stands above the moral rung of the philosophical ladder. To tell the truth requires acknowledgement of … Continue reading →

The Perspective Group As previously noted, as the focus of our interest changes from one rung of the philosophical ladder to another, we must also change the terms we use. Since we are now moving from “The What Group” of … Continue reading →

The What Group Under “The What Group,” our goal is to differentiate:          METAPHYSICS         and           EPISTEMOLOGY           Words               and                 Concepts       Knowledge            and               Intelligence   Communication        and                 Language ******************************************************** Differentiating Words and Concepts The Metaphysics of Words When considering how to … Continue reading →

The Philosophical Ladder The above graphic illustrates the structure of a properly constructed philosophical ladder. Any proper philosophy is constructed in this hierarchical manner. A properly constructed philosophical ladder will consist of these five steps or rungs. These are then … Continue reading →

The most useful and applicable philosophy developed to date is the philosophy of objectivism. Where it is based on the existence of the absolute nature of physical existence (knowledge), the philosophy of explanation is based on the existence of the abstract nature of … Continue reading →