As I read Godbeer’s essay I kept thinking about the Salem Witch Trials and how the witchcraft bubble exploded with such force, why people were so quick to condemn their neighbors and sell them out. Whether on some occasions it was due to a calculated personal hatred of a specific individual or a desire to obtain their capital, it […]
The development of human intellectual capability has produced a wider range of emotions than perhaps we even have names for. Our transcendental complexities and desires have a need to be resolved that far outstrips Nature’s faculties for maintaining equilibrium in the world. In The Social Construction of Sexuality Jeffrey Weeks comments on the intrinsic […]
I always find it hard to discuss philosophy because of its digressive nature – as soon as you answer one question, you realize that there are a million other questions you need to ask in order to come close to “truth”. And even then that truth is subjective, as it could change depending on the […]
