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This page has links to some of my articles and instructional materials on religion, psychology, philosophy, and society.
Religion |
Wisdom |
Plato |
The Republic |
Allegory |
Cicero |
Transcendentalism |
Education |
Society |
Psychology |
Third Parties |
Peace |
Patristics |
Augustinian Spirituality
My weblogs on Cultural psychology and Christian Platonism contain many additional articles.
Religion
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CP
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Christian Platonists and Neoplatonists
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CP2
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Christian Platonism as Spirituality
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IP
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Islamic Platonists and Neoplatonists
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Meditation
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A Meditation on Psalms 1:1–2
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Psalm1
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The Psychological Significance of Psalm 1
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Psalm23
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Meditation on Psalm 23, the Good Shepherd
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Beatitudes
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On the Interior Meaning of the Beatitudes
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Strange
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The 'Strange Woman' in the Book of Proverbs
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Pater1
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The 'Our Father' Explained by the Church Fathers
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Exegesis1
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Principles of Psychological Exegesis of the Bible
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Exegesis2
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Noetic, Sapiential, and Spiritual Exegesis
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Form |
What is the Platonic Form of 'Jesus Christ'?
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Jung |
Jung and Christianity
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Heart1
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Scripture's Heart: An Empirical Study of the Word 'Heart' in the Bible
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Contempl1
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The Contemplation to Attain Love of
St. Ignatius Loyola
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Anselm
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St. Anselm: A rousing of the mind to the contemplation of God
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Santos2
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Santos de Andalucía
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Routes
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Routes of Mystical Traditions: Antiquity to St. Teresa of Avila
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Bible |
A Short Guide to the Bible for Non-Christians
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4Ezra7 |
The Apocalypse of Ezra, Ch. 7 (with Bensley fragment)
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Agnostics |
Christianity for Agnostics
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Charity1
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True Charity and Anamnesis
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Wisdom and Noesis -
Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get Wisdom.
(Pr 4:7)
Reason
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Higher Reason and Lower Reason
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Greek
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Ten Esssential Greek Philosophical Terms
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Delphi
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The Inscriptions at Delphi
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Delphi5
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Sayings of the Seven Sages
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Lexicon
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Wisdom Lexicon Project
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Colloq
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Metaphors and Colloquial Expressions for Mental Experience
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Wisdom1
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Book of Wisdom (King James Version)
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Wisdom2
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Book of Wisdom (Greek Septuagint Version)
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Platonism and Neoplatonism
Myths
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Plato's Myths as Psychology
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Introduction to Platonism (in progress)
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Diotima
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Diotima's Ascent to Beauty (Symposium)
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Plato3
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Plato's Chariot Allegory (Text and Commentary)
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Plato4
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Did Plato Believe in Reincarnation?
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Plato5
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Platonism as Psychotherapy
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Plato6
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Divinus Plato: Is Plato a Religious Figure?
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Plato7
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Plato's Proof of God's Existence
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Plato8
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The Purpose of Plato's Arguments for the Immortality of the Human Soul
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Plato9
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Plato's Various Arguments for the Immortality of the Human Soul
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Plato10
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Plato's Reign of Cronos and the Perennial Philosophy
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Socrates
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Socrates and the Daimonion
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Triad
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Truth, Beauty and Moral Goodness: The Platonic Triad of Higher Forms
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Tetral
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Links to Plato's Dialogues on the Web (English, Greek, French, and Spanish)
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Plotinus
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The Oracle of Delphi on Plotinus
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Porphyry
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Porphyry on the Mystical Experiences and Initiation of Plotinus
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Dialectic
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Epitome of Enneads 1.3: On Dialectic, or the Upward Way
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Enneads |
Indexed links to the Enneads of Plotinus, by Ennead, treatise, and chapter for
quick reference, and links to other online resources
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Plato's Republic
Psychpololis
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Psychpololis:Plato’s Inner Republic and Personality Theory
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Plato1
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Plato's Divided Line Analogy (English/Greek text)
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Plato2
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Plato's Cave Allegory (English/Greek text)
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Republic1
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The Republic: Plato's Allegory for the Human Soul
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Republic2
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Psychological Correspondences in Plato's Republic
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Republic3
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The 'Natural City' in the Republic: Plato and Anarchism
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Republic4
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Is Plato's Republic About Psychology or Politics? What Can Bayes' Rule Tell Us?
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Republic5
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On the Psychological Meaning of the Myth of Metals in Hesiod and Plato (draft)
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Republic6
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On the Psychological Meaning of Plato's Nuptial Number
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Republic7
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Hiram K. Jones on the Allegorical Key to Plato's Republic
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Spens
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Harry Spens and the First English Translation of Plato's Republic
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Allegory
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Hercules
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The Archetypal Meaning of Hercules at the Crossroads
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Procopius
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Psuedo-Procopius of Gaza’s Platonic Commentary on Proverbs
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Hugh
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Hugh of St. Victor: Noah’s Ark as an Allegory for Contemplation
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Richard1
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Richard of St. Victor: The Ark of the Covenant as an Allegory for Contemplation
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Richard2
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Richard of St. Victor: Allegorical Meaning of Jacob’s Wives and Children
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Philo
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Philo’s Psychological Exegesis of Cain and Abel
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Hesiod
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Hesiod's Ages of Man Myth
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Pandora
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Allegorical Meaning of the Pandora Myth
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Odyssey
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The psychological meaning of Homer's Odyssey
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Cicero
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Cicero1 |
Links to Cicero's Philosophical Works in Various Editions
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Cicero2
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Cicero on Just War
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Cicero3
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Is Cicero the Father of Just War Theory?
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Cicero4
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Cicero, Just War and American Foreign Policy
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Cicero5 |
Study Notes on Cicero and Natural Law
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Moral
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On Moral Duties (de Officiis), Cicero's masterpiece on ethics, philosophy, and happiness.
English translation by Walter Miller and Latin translation on facing pages.
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Tusculan
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Cicero's Tusculan Disputations - Chapter Summaries
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Pain
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Cicero's Tusculan Disputations Book 2 (On Bearing Pain) - parallel Latin and English
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Passions
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Cicero's Tusculan Disputations Book 4 (On the Passions) - parallel Latin and English
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New England Transcendentalism
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Emerson1
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Emerson the Platonist
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Starr King
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Transcendentalism as Spiritual Consciousness
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Hedge1
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Frederic Henry Hedge on Emerson's relationship to Christianity (Christian Examiner, 1845)
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Hedge2
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Frederic Henry Hedge on the experiential meaning of the Transfiguration of Jesus (Western Messenger, 1838)
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Channing1
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William Ellery Channing, Excerpts from Self-Culture (1839)
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Channing2
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William Ellery Channing on the Harms of the Partisan Spirit (1839)
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Channing3
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William Ellery Channing, 'On War' (1839)
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Channing4
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William Ellery Channing, Excerpts from 'Likeness to God' (1838)
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Clarke
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James Freeman Clarke — 'Self-Culture by Reading and Books' (1880)
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Occupy1
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Transcendentalist Writings for the Occupy Wall Street Movement
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Agrarian
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Agrarianism and Occupy Wall Street
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Thoreau
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Thoreau and Occupy Wall Street: Life Without Principle
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Dwight
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John Sullivan Dwight, The Religion of Beauty (1840)
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Parker1
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Theodore Parker, The Divine Presence in Nature and in the Soul (1840)
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Parker2
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Theodore Parker, On Immortal Life (1846)
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Peabody
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Elizabeth Peabody, A Glimpse of Christ's Idea of Society (1841)
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Channing5
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William Ellery Channing, Likeness to God (1828)
[audio version]
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Channing6
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William Ellery Channing, Self-Culture (1838)
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Channing7
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William Ellery Channing, Spiritual Freedom (1830)
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Whitman
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Walt Whitman, Song of Myself (1855)
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Florigelium
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Flower quotes and photos
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Education
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Ideal1
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Materialism, Idealism, and Higher Education in California
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Reading2
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The Great Books Lists of Thomas Jefferson
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Tuition1 |
College Tuition: Inflation or Hyperinflation?
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Tuition2 |
Hyperinflation of Tuition & Fees in the University of California
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Tuition3 |
How to Give Yourself a Superior College Education for Almost Free
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Reading
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A Reading List for all Americans
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Harvard
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The Harvard Classics - list with download links
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Society
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Crisis |
Culture in Crisis: The Visionary Theories of Pitirim Sorokin
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Love |
Pitirim Sorokin and the Transformation of Society by the Power of Love
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Transform |
Pitirim Sorokin: Techniques for the Altruistic Transformation of Individuals and Society
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Ideal2 |
What is Materialism? What is Idealism?
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Winthrop1 |
John Winthrop's 'A Model of Christian Charity' (1630): A Reader's Edition
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Fable |
The Fable of the Ten Dollars
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Agrarian
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The Occupy Movement, Land Reform and Agrarianism |
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Gaia |
The Gaia Hypothesis and 9/11
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Psychology
Sorokin2
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Pitirim Sorokin’s Personality Theory
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Monomyth
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The Monomyth of Fall and Salvation
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On the Motif of Two Spirits that Contend in the Soul
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Anhai
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Psychological Commentary on the Hall of Judgment Scene in
the Egyptian Book of the Dead
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Alchemy
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Alchemy, Systems Theory, and Psychology
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Alchemy2
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The Alchemical Paradigm
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Enemy
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Your Greatest Psychological Enemy
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Third Parties
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Third |
Why Vote Third-Party?
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Lions |
The Lions and the Tigers (A Political Parties Fable)
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Dilemma |
The Prisoners' Dilemma and Third-Party Voting
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Parties |
Game Theory and the American Two-Party Racket
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Voting1 |
Voting as Constructive Idealism: Why Principles Do Matter More than Expediency
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Voting2 |
Third-Party Voting and Kant's Categorical Imperative
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Debates2
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The Commission on Presidential Debates: A National Scandal |
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Platforms
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Summary of Third-Party Platforms |
Peace
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Prayer
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Prayer as a Condition for Just War
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Proclam
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National Days of Prayer to Avert War: A Historical Comparison
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Peace1
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The American Antebellum Peace Movement
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Upham
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Thomas Cogswell Upham – America's Psychologist of Holiness and Peace
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Library |
The U.S. as Benefactor: The American Library of Leuven
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Peace |
Peace Party Manifesto and Platform – A Thought Experiment
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Drones1 |
Drone Strikes: What Are the Moral Issues?
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Drones2 |
The Four Kinds of Drone Strikes
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Eikasia
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How Plato's Divided Line Might Have Helped Us Avoid an Iraq Debacle
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Reply |
A Reply to Osama bin Laden
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Patristics
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Ambrose1 |
St. Ambrose' Platonic Exegesis of Ezekiel's Chariot Vision
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Augustine1 |
The Great Prayer of St. Augustine
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Augustine2 |
St. Augustine and Intellectual Vision
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Origen1 |
Early Christianity and Reincarnation: Modern Misrepresentation of
Quotes by Origen
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Origen2 |
Links to Works of Origen in English, Greek, and Latin
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Augustinian Spirituality
Letters
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Drones1
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On the Immorality of Pakistan Drone Strikes – open letter to Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), March 2011
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Drones2
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Release Drone Strike Civilian Casualty Data – open letter to Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), April 2011
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