philosophy

Plato: How Does Dictatorship Begin?

There is something which the members of an oligarchy have come to accept as good, and which is the raison d'êtra of oligarchy... an insatiable greed for wealth – being too busy making money to pay attention to anything else – which causes its downfall. So what I'm wondering is whether democracy's downfall is also…Read more Plato: How Does Dictatorship Begin?

Spock: The Needs of the Many

"Of my friend, I can only say this: of all the souls I have encountered in my travels, his was the most... human." ~ Admiral James T. Kirk

IntoTruth: Cracking the Jewish riddle

A Film by Amit Shalev, 48 min, 2015 Set against the backdrop of a multifaceted global crisis that is worsening every day, and the waves of anti-Semitism and anti-Israel sentiments that are growing stronger by the hour, one person is offering an improbable solution, which may just be the most logical one yet. "Into Truth"…Read more IntoTruth: Cracking the Jewish riddle