When we experience fear as young people - when we are shamed or humiliated - something happens: time stops. It freezes at this moment. And a part of us ends up locked at that age forever, as if in a trap.
... many indigenous parents are happy when a raking toddler rushes to the rescue. They are happy that the baby takes initiative, and explains his assertiveness with the desire to contribute to the life of the family. Yes, the child is too young to know how to best help. But he just needs to learn. How can you learn if you don’t try?
Three cornerstone practices of modern parenting - the need for toys, obsession with learning and endless praise - appeared for very strange reasons. Toys were given to us by the industrial revolution, the desire for early development is a political race of powers, and the pop concept of self-esteem, which does not exist in any other culture in the world, requires praise.
Who will you become, how will your future life turn out? It's always your decision! This is our freedom! Each of us has a unique meaning in life and no one except ourselves can say what it is, what it is, we just need to find it.
The main reasons for human ignorance: trust in dubious authority; long-term habit of known opinions; vulgar nonsense of the crowd; ignorance of scientists hidden under the guise of know-it-all.
Truth is a child of time, and science is the daughter of not one or two scientists, but of all mankind, therefore each new generation of people must correct the mistakes made by previous generations.
In reality, we find a gradation of beings that differ in the degree of perfection, kindness, nobility, truthfulness, etc. But the very fact of gradation implies the presence of something maximally perfect, kind, noble, etc. But what is maximal in truth, maximum and into being. Therefore, there must be a reason for perfection, kindness, nobility. This is what is called God.
Knowledge and faith, reason and Revelation are in a state of harmony, complement each other and do not contradict each other. Some of the religious truths, for example about the trinity of God, are not accessible to the human mind; in this case, a person can only believe.
Abelard considered doubt to be the starting point of any research, and the scientist’s job is to, following the path of reason, move from doubt to truth. This is possible only with the consistent and correct application of dialectics (logic). The dialectical mind is a questioning mind, in constant search, questioning even the statements of Holy Scripture, but with the goal of understanding it more deeply.
Quote Explanation: Abelard (1079-1142) - French philosopher, theologian, writer, poet.
The capture of Rome in 476, considered the beginning of the Middle Ages, was for Europe only one of the episodes of the Great Migration of Peoples, which took place in the 5th-8th centuries. This period was called the dark period in history.
Features of Byzantine philosophy: almost complete immersion in religious issues: philosophical ideas and methods are used almost exclusively to discuss theological problems; the unconditional primacy of faith over reason: the authority of Holy Scripture and Holy Tradition is placed much higher than the authority of science.
Quote Explanation: The existence of Byzantium 395-1453
Realizing the detrimental nature of theological conflicts for the life of the empire, the authorities pursued a policy of developing a unified ideology, which did not at all contribute to the free development of philosophical teachings and rational methods of research.
The transformation of Christianity into the state religion led to the use of political and forceful methods to combat paganism: by order of the authorities, not only pagan temples were closed and pagan beliefs were banned, but also pagan philosophical schools began to be closed. Within the framework of various philosophical teachings, the most consistent criticism of Christianity was carried out at the theoretical level; philosophical teachings and methods served as the basis for the emergence of many different movements in Christian theology, which were later recognized as heretical.
