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		<title>The Lie That Is Art</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Philosophers have often argued that art is useful because it speaks to an underlying truth. Data can lead to Knowledge which can lead to Understanding &#8211; art can help us get there. In his early work Friedrich Nietzsche spoke against this view. Influenced by Schopenhauer (and through him, the Buddhist tradition) he conceived of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=magisteria.wordpress.com&blog=2285585&post=342&subd=magisteria&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why have you forsaken us?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[When the Babylonians and Medes destroyed Nineveh they heralded the end of the Assyrian Empire. Splitting its provinces between them they inherited a huge swathe of land across the Middle East. The Babylonians were in no doubt as to why the mighty Empire had fallen. The Assyrian King Sennarcherib had destroyed the city of Babylon [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=magisteria.wordpress.com&blog=2285585&post=323&subd=magisteria&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Enmerkar</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:35:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Around four and a half thousand years ago the warrior king Sargon established an Empire amongst the city states of southern Mesopotamia. His grandson, Naram-Sin, expanded the Empire to the north, defeated rebelling cities and was declared a God by the people. As a God, Naram-Sin was allowed to sport some fancy horns which can [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=magisteria.wordpress.com&blog=2285585&post=310&subd=magisteria&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In The Cave</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:53:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a cave where people are tied in chains. Their heads are fixed, staring at the back wall, where images appear. There is a fire behind them and in front of the fire pass a series of objects which cast shadows on the wall of the cave. The inhabitants of the cave have lived [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=magisteria.wordpress.com&blog=2285585&post=301&subd=magisteria&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Less than a Virus</title>
		<link>http://magisteria.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/less-than-a-virus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We animals are susceptible to a bewildering array of infections. On the largest scale we can be infested by other animals. Worms, lice and other parasites can rather literally get under our skin and cause great harm. Smaller than the animals are bacterial infections. Single celled organisms that reproduce far more rapidly than our own [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=magisteria.wordpress.com&blog=2285585&post=289&subd=magisteria&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Medical Ethics</title>
		<link>http://magisteria.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/medical-ethics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:26:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Often in life we are faced with problems that we cannot solve ourselves. In many cases we can go to specialists who will be more able to analyse the problem and give us a solution. When your car breaks down and you take it to the garage to be repaired you trust that the service [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=magisteria.wordpress.com&blog=2285585&post=283&subd=magisteria&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Infinity</title>
		<link>http://magisteria.wordpress.com/2009/07/14/infinity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:43:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The manager of Hilbert&#8217;s Hotel had a problem. He prided himself on the fact that his hotel, having an infinite number of rooms, was always open and had space for new guests. It was what made Hilbert&#8217;s that little bit special. The hotel could afford to run since an infinite number of guests had arrived [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=magisteria.wordpress.com&blog=2285585&post=263&subd=magisteria&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Revelation at Kurukshetra</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:10:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arjuna stood in the chariot and gazed out over the valley. Thousands of warriors had gathered here at Kurukshetra, alliances of Kings bound together into two great forces. Spearmen, archers, chariots and elephants filled Arjuna&#8217;s sight. The larger force was on the other side of the valley, lead by Arjuna&#8217;s cousin. This was a family [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=magisteria.wordpress.com&blog=2285585&post=253&subd=magisteria&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Spiritual Centrist</title>
		<link>http://magisteria.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/the-spiritual-centrist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:59:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Siddhartha Gautama was born, his father the King sent for the wise men to foretell his future. After examining the infant child they all proclaimed the same thing: &#8220;Siddhartha is destined to become either a great ruler whose Empire will cover the world, or else to become a great prophet, who will discover the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=magisteria.wordpress.com&blog=2285585&post=245&subd=magisteria&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The problem with parody</title>
		<link>http://magisteria.wordpress.com/2009/04/28/the-problem-with-parody/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:09:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has often been noted that in some cases parody becomes almost impossible. The idea of parody is to take ideas to their extremes, but what if your subject is more extreme than can be believed? This is most apparent in trying to distinguish parody like the Landover Baptist church from the real (if equally [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=magisteria.wordpress.com&blog=2285585&post=235&subd=magisteria&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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