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‘How happy is the blameless Vestal’s lot! The world forgetting, by the world forgot; Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each pray’r accepted, and each wish resign’d’ (Alexander Pope, Eloisa and Abelard) Yesterday I took a class on Kafka’s Metamorphosis.…
The University of Virginia has a great page at giving profiles for a huge number of religious movements: be it the Amish, Falun Gong, Jesus Army, UFO cults or Zoroastrianism – they are all there…Enjoy… d.
The University is joining the Al Mahdi Institute in Birmingham in an exploration of the topic of Sacrifice in the three Abrahamic faiths: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The focus is a single text: the story of Abraham’s near-sacrifice of his…
The October meeting for the Philosophy Society will be held on the 8th, at 7pm in The Gallery Room above the SU Bar at Park Campus. All following meetings will fall on the first Thursday of the month. I found…
I read this in the Guardian the other day. Though, as students in RPE 201 know (Philosophy, Science and Belief), I am not an ardent fan of his, I do believe he’s absolute right about this, when he writes about…
Interesting – but is it that persuasive? http://video.google.co.uk/googleplayer.swf?docid=8358646220672429933&hl=en&fs=true OR… [dailymotion id=x4j2u7]
The Philosophy Society has ended its first year with the promise of a successful second year now dawning. We have a new wave of fervour from a long list of Freshers to add to our small, but dedicated, core group.…
Next week in the RPE 103 lecture slot I will be giving a lecture on philosophical/argumentative essay-writing. I would highly recommend that ALL students taking RPE 103 and RPE 107 with me attend this lecture. You should all want to…
Hello all. Please remember that each group must hand in a short summary/bullet-point document to do with their presentations… This is not necessary for the 103 presentations.