A History of Pragmatic Education When I began teaching, I almost exclusively taught mathematics. I had students ranging from third grade through twelfth grade. A common question that I was asked particularly by the junior higher was, “When am I ever going to use this?” Now this is a legitimate question for a student to …
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A Defense of Pure Theology
As a follow up from my previous post, there is a reality that what you believe is vital to how you live your life. What you do really does depend upon your doctrine. To push this all the way to the corners of your life, it is best to start with some definitions. Doctrine is …
A Modern View of Reality
Since man has started to write down thoughts for how the world works, there has been a division among thought systems on the source of truth. Each side has been clarified over the years and there have been additions and tangents off of each main branch, yet the division has been the same. There has …
A Modern View of Morality
In ancient times, there was seldom a question about what was right and wrong. Through the application of natural law and reason, one could come to a close approximate to how each society would work within the civilized world. Those who did not fit the social normative standards were labeled as barbarians and not fit …
An Investigation into The Meaning of Life
Kant was at a unique place in the history of thought. He understood the ancients and the validity that came from their thoughts. He could see the holes in their thinking in that one had to agree with their mythologies in order to fully accept their philosophies. He understood the Scholastics and may even have …
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An Investigation into Inequality
Why does man have to answer to those who are in power around them? Who writes the rules for who gets to have power and who has to serve? Where does the convention of power and might come from? Is it possible to change the system in order to make it fit those who are …
Locke’s Guide to Government Startups
Each person starts out life in a very similar way: in a whirl of blurring unknown that speeds up as things are understood. While it is similar for each person, it is also vastly different as starting points through time and space all give a person their own unique perspective on life, one that shapes …
The Misunderstood Steppingstone
Reading one opinion on an idea can give one a single-faceted understanding of the subject. One person can give a good introduction or grounding for the greater context of something. To know something deeply though, it must be seen in its entirety. It needs to be observed as it changes through time and cultures. People …
The Path of Education
Looking back at a life lived, one can see things in a different perspective. Looking at over 100 lives lived will color and fill in the picture of what a life can accomplish even more. Speaking of history and particularly Plutarch and Livy, Michel de Montaigne saw how these studies could be wasted or used, …
A New Thought on Governance
It can be difficult to establish a new political system, but even more so when you are trying to prop up the old system in new ways and with new invigoration. The democracy of Ancient Greece was long ago replaced by the Caesars of Rome, fortifying power into a singular man. The tyrant or monarch …