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Greed, Dependence, and Envy Aborting Rather Than Prudence and Ethics Birthing Truth In the first domain of RS, Kratos, societies define themselves through the acceptance or rejection of rules, and the powers these rules have, especially when it comes to balance in the other proceeding domains. In There Will Be Blood (2007), this is embodied…
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Illusion of Victory History is a battlefield itself where the victors trip each other up in the record in order to reshape the entire terrain. The winners write their victory, crafting a story that obscures the chaos of the struggles, minimises the losses, and magnifies their own roles variously as saviours or agents of fate.…
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An Exploration of Control Through Narrative, Complacency, and the Erosion of Meaning (If you like this article, please consider reading a more complete investigation of the war against nations through culture and degeneration in The Filth Column.) Throughout history, empires have sought to redefine how we thought about the world, most especially through religion and…
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A Christian Philosopher’s Take on Batman Versus Joker In the sprawling metropolis of Gotham, teetering on the brink of chaos, we find ourselves confronted with a moral conundrum as old as humanity itself. The Dark Knight is a philosophy film cloaked in the garb of cartoonish comic book heroism. It invites us to ponder the…
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Sin and Error; Most Outwardly Amnesis The sin of Amnesis is a dreadful forgetting eroding all virtues into nothingness, so it becomes much more than some personal failing; it is the rot at the heart of all failures in civilisation. Most horrible of all forgetfulness is in our godly purpose. The erosion of history’s lessons,…
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A Christian Philosopher Watches The Godfather There exists a profound confusion in this age of noise regarding greatness. We tend to equate importance with stature: a towering building, a commanding voice, or an unquestioned position. Something within each of us admires the one who sits highest upon the mountain, yet they more often remain blinded…
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Slapped Face of Honour or Reflections on Dignity, Insult, and Justice What is honour? It is individual justice, within and in honesty, it is your wisening conscience. True honour is moral force in moderation by honesty, that first aspect of reason necessary for the expansion of virtues, a flame that burns within the soul, unextinguished…