August 29th, 2011 at 12:37AM

In the fifth part of my eight part series, I address the second of three major orientations in the spiritual history of humanity: the humanization of the world. 

What we have is one another. Solidarity stands in the place of metaphysics. Nature is indifferent to our concerns. The sacred is our experience of personality and interpersonal encounter. Our best hope is to build a civilization, established on the basis of the obligations we owe each other, by virtue of the roles that we perform.

The most important instance of the humanization of the world is the teaching of Confucius and the tradition of Confucianism…

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August 11th, 2011 at 4:15PM

Starting today I’ll start releasing some of my videos on philosophy, economics, and politics.

If you’re on Tumblr I hope you’ll subscribe, comment, and share. We are also creating a podcast so that you can follow in iTunes and elsewhere.

Enjoy!

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