I felt let down by his discourse in the end. His strongest tool against all counter arguments seemed to be "your evidence is wrong" and "read my book". We all read about personalities who may or may not have existed, Shakespeare himself is 1, from there to deny Hamlet is weird
Brunelleschi and construction of the Duomo in Florence in the renaissance is also wrong. Bacon formulating the scientific method method also concoction. I know why Bacon was incarcerated and it's not his witch hunting excuse. Renaissance did not happen. All conspiracy of church.
But chronologically Martin Luther comes after the renaissance. So protestantism can have shades of the renaissance the reverse is chronologically unlikely. Besides. Again, Leaving evangelism aside, protestantism liberated minds to stop looking otherworldly begun by humanism
But what is the point in negating the good that came of it. That's what I failed to grasp in his discourse.
You can say same seed I will say one was an inevitable consequence of the other. As the yoke of non thinking imposed by the church went all flowed from there. He's dismissing western scientific achievements lock stock n barrel
https://twitter.com/AloPal/status/1058599108636626944?s=19
He says... Is not mantra.... Show the limits and real inhibition to progrèss and knowledge via critical thinking
What's changed since the day Galileo was forced to recant!?
Rather when did that sort of control become the norm in India!?
https://twitter.com/AloPal/status/1058536799486627840?s=19
But no serious student ever reads that Greece invented all. Infact it stood on the shoulders of river Valley civilisations, phoenicians n Rome stood on the shoulders of Greeks. Even their books say that. But for Europe their history starts with Greece. When I teach I change that
https://twitter.com/AloPal/status/1058428935090786305?s=19
I've come to look at all such unequivocal West bashing or anything bashing without qualification, with skepticism.
https://twitter.com/AloPal/status/1058418422436913153?s=19
East or West nothing should be accepted without thought. And the critique of critical thinking basing on the assumption that the science that coined the term is false therefore critical thinking is bad is not convincing to me
https://twitter.com/AloPal/status/1058609983741259776?s=19
"London has been built upon the imperatives of money and power. It is not a formal or elegant city. It has not been built to accord with the wishes of its citizens. It has had a sort of natural organic growth..."
Peter Ackroyd picks five books on #London.
https://t.co/j8vDibcuO0
"That’s the other thing we have to acknowledge: All these lists are faintly ludicrous." British journalist Robert McCrum nonetheless selects the best novels in English: https://t.co/62eyDNbNIj
"One of the great oversights when we talk about classical American philosophy is not noticing how brilliant Margaret Fuller was. Thoreau, Emerson, and Poe all considered her probably the most intelligent woman of their day."
John Kaag on US Philosophy.
https://t.co/1vyUmbF33t
“Water is such an iconic molecule, and such a ubiquitous one. It’s in the clouds and the oceans; it runs in our veins, and is tucked into the inner spaces of our cellular machinery.”
“There are billions more atoms in a teaspoon of water than there are stars in the Milky Way.”
The best books on Chemistry, a #readinglist by @MichelleFrancl https://t.co/lhr41ntUBh
Our 'Best Introductions to Philosophy' were recommended by the British philosopher, @philosophybites:
https://t.co/lvIMVr9JqI https://t.co/1P61K2lTlZ
"You have got Hitler, Stalin, Trotsky, Mussolini, Franco, Baldwin, Chamberlain, Leon Blum, fascism, communism, socialism, anarchism and liberalism – you name it, it was all there."
Sir Paul Preston CBE picks the best books on the Spanish Civil War
https://t.co/jE1UmRx2YZ
"The siege of Leningrad is one of the great tragedies of 20th century European history. Like the Holocaust and the Gulag, it’s something we all have a moral duty to know about."
Anna Reid recommends the best books on #Leningrad.
https://t.co/wIcOu8UTt6
Our 'Best Introductions To Economics' were recommended by the British economist, @TimHarford:
https://t.co/hH2TRpQgTF https://t.co/dwZe9FDpGj
"The problem is that although MRI can tell us where things happen, it can’t tell us *how* things happen."
Identity and the Mind, a #readinglist by @PrincetonNeuro neuroscientist @SebastianSeung https://t.co/wq5H2OGlZR
If you really want to understand the philosophical underpinnings of the anti-liberal camp in its full glory, you ought to read the book by James Buchanan: Liberty, Markets & the State. It takes a bleak & reductionist view of humanity but believes in free enterprise & markets.
https://twitter.com/sonaliranade/status/1058207717456658432?s=19
[By the term liberty , I mean the positive ability of individuals to control their lives, support their families, shape their cultures, and speak their minds. Liberty requires wealth, and questions arise about how wealth is created and distributed.] -Tyler Cowen
Can we expect better basic research on articles? @SwarajyaMag Kavalu isn't among top3 notable works, even if thats subjective, Avarana talks about Aurangzeb not Tipu Sultan.. https://t.co/6z7Vfd5cgz
While an article about SLB is refreshing, could you please address mistakes - https://t.co/nkk7UdpvZu
https://twitter.com/vishchan/status/1058260034491039754?s=19
Savitri Era Learning Forum: Overcome juvenile love for own culture https://t.co/wAt4AWdV2y
Congress definitely implies a continuation of the Colonial regime and in that sense Modi Govt is far more genuine. Courts are doing their job of upholding Enlightenment in trying circumstances for which they must be congratulated. Universities unfortunately are in Marxists' grip.
https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1058219215813898241?s=19
Since science is becoming more and more shaky in its assumptions day by day, it's profitable to maintain an attitude of healthy scepticism without falling prey to atheism. To steer clear of a worldview founded on unfettered mythology and popular culture is another huge challenge.
https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1058227795719946241?s=19
After 80K years of human civilisation, it's amply clear in 2018 that the mystery of our existence is hidden and remains a secret. The Mother & Sri Aurobindo have written elaborately on higher zones of consciousness corroborating Vedic utterances which are met with "Access Denied" https://t.co/S7Cbyhj1OD
https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1058618451537756161?s=19
The Mother & Sri Aurobindo foregrounded spirituality known as Integral Yoga. It can't be taught as a College degree nor there's any time-bound practical course. So endorsing it is a bit problematic and should be left to individual's choice. Reading his books however is mandatory.
https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1058240314836582401?s=19
RIMI JHIMI| SRI AUROBINDO SCHOOL| BIRMITRAPUR| RASRAJ: https://t.co/lPyvi7c79W via @YouTube
https://twitter.com/reallyraj/status/1058396259118125056?s=19
Two day long #State level #Girls Meet began at Sri #Aurobindo Purnanga Shikhya Kendra , #Koraput at 10 am today . https://t.co/NWUV0cknyu
https://twitter.com/santakar/status/1058585665611300865?s=19
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