Religion can be explained as a biological phenomenon. From an evolutionary / biological point of view, without imagination, the human mind is a mistake, why? unlike animals, the human mind is aware of its coming death, which creates the risk of an over-powered mind, rationally giving up life knowing everything will be lost in the […]
Author: NIHILVS
Over guilt, shame and conscience
“nobody can rule guiltlessly” -Saint just This is the opening quite from Arthur Koestler’s “Darkness at noon” and he was mentioning it in the context of the horror and The absurd of a totalitarian regime, the guilt in that sense is a strong psychological mechanism that is related to political ethics or political morality. Guilt […]
Lady Chatterley’s Lover 1928
“he was troubled by no conscience in that respect. He knew that conscience was chiefly tear of society, or fear of oneself.” The book main contemplation is one’s existence in relation to society. This is being analyzed though parameters of class, psychology, instincts, sex, society, regime etc’. Sexuality and sensuality can reduce shame on individual […]
Mist / Niebla 1914
And now in which direction shall I go? To the right or to the left?”
For Augusto was less of a traveler through life than a stroller. “I will wait until a dog passes,” he said, “and I will start out in the direction that he takes.”
Darwin and the bad conscience
Language as a boundary As a part of a philosophical investigation which tried to grasp the limit of our abilities as human beings, being subjected to the use of language, Ludwig Wittgenstein is discussing the subject of pain. Pain is a very good example of showing clearly how a feeling cannot be transferred or transmitted […]
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001 “Grace, compassion, humility and surrender are all moral values which Christianity promotes, the will to power is the absolute foundation for a morality which is not definitive truth” “Lies are crucial for society to function because the truth is something most people cannot handle” “Man is the law and the creator therefore only he […]
The house that Jack built (2018)
In this article I am going to address how one can interpret or make use of the narrative of Lars von Trier’s film. I am not going to address the way director was self reflecting on his career or the use of excessive violence which is common anyhow in todays entertainment, but rather stay on […]