How do you know that what you believe is true? That is the question known as epistemology or the “theory of knowledge.” I don’t think we can know very much for certain. We have to give up that search. But I do think we can discover how probable a claim to truth is. I will…
I am in pursuit of wisdom, because wisdom leads to flourishing, and flourishing leads to serenity. But what is wisdom? I don’t think we really know for sure. I have tried a number of times to define it, so here goes another attempt. Wisdom is the overall perspective from which one sees the true nature…
I am afraid that any guidance I give you here will be misunderstood unless I first define what I mean by a philosopher. There are at least two kinds of people that are called philosophers, the academic professor of philosophy and the lover of wisdom. To be honest, it is only recently that lovers of…
It is interesting, in fact, fascinating, that those who are interested in Gnosticism tend to speculate all over the place. They bring in occult ideas such as alchemy, Kabbalah, and astrology. But their interests and mine are different. I'm in a quest to discover the historic Christianity. I want to understand the early Christian background,…