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The paradox of the love mystery

The writer Aventinus stated that the Minne and the Minnesingers did not have anything to do with love and constant courting. That’s not entirely true. There are many enigmas and paradoxes concerning the Troubadour movement and their theme “LOVE” in the middle ages. They propagated the quest for selfhood, the birth of the individual. And the individual’s love is discriminative,...

The Tolerance Paradox

Let us begin with biology. The class Mammalia takes its name from the Latin mamma — breast. The defining characteristic of every mammal on earth, from the blue whale to the common field mouse, is the production of milk to nourish offspring. It is not a secondary feature. It is the feature. The one that named the entire class. Humans...

This statement is a lie

“One should not think slightingly of the paradoxical; for the paradox is the source of the thinker’s passion, and the thinker without a paradox is like a lover without feeling: a paltry mediocrity.” – Søren Kierkegaard Paradoxes appear in all shapes and forms. Some are simple puzzles of reasoning, while others reveal the foundations of entire scientific disciplines. Many can...

Thomas More and Utopia

Known to some as Sir Thomas More and to others as Saint Thomas More, the author of 1516’s Utopia—and inventor of the word utopia itself—lived from 1478 to 1535. He was a man of great conviction, deep Catholic faith, and remarkable rhetorical skill. It’s not often possible to trace the origins of an entire literary genre (Utopian and Dystopian Works...