Brentano against the infallibility dogma

The philosophy of Franz Brentano (Marienbenrg 1838 -1917 Zurich) influenced the thought of many modern authors especially in the psychology field but in his life while trying to support his dissertations that were based on the Aristotelian teaching was not much heard, he found many misunderstandings and had serious crises of conscience; for example in 1870 the rigid dogma of the infallibility of the pope led him to leave the priestly habit in the 1873 to devote himself to teaching and to the study, then after various clashes on the intellectual level came to the writing of important works as "psychology from the empirical point of view". The author make a careful examination of the expressions in the concept that distinguishes them even if insists in a necessary unity of all psychic phenomena and in the text "Of the classification of psychic activities" argues that the representation occupies the first place, the judgement the second and the sentiment-will the third.

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Tel:   +39 338 1809310        Date:    May 13, 2017              n°:   3455      



Spiritual difficulties of Leibniz

In the life of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (Leipzig 1646 -1716 Hanover) is presented many difficulties, both spiritual and philosophical - mathematician; for example he worked diligently but unnecessarily for religious unification, then had several clashes on philosophy and mathematics, among them the one on infinitesimal calculus with accusations of plagiarism against a famously shrewd scientist (the one known to history for the universal gravitation formula ..even those of questionable attribution) and other misunderstandings that left him very bitter. The activity of Leibniz was encyclopedic with studies and discoveries in many fields since its "Concilatio philosophiae platonicae et aristotelicae" to the important "Monadology" with a vision that seeks to find an harmony in various religious and philosophical thoughts and in creation. Although it was abandoned even by friends who had benefited.

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Tel:   +39 338 1809310        Date:    Nov 18, 2016                         n°:   3306      



A reminder to Hypatia

In 415 the famous and charming thinker Hypatia was abducted by force from a cart in Alexandria of Egypt by a group of Christians who tore eyes, then the body was to pieces and burnt because accused of pitting the Governor of Alexandria against them; not clear in this horrifying crime the responsibilities of the rude Bishop Cyril (up to a maximum of the altars) defined authoritarian and intolerant and so even if he not directly attend to the event some claim that riot was not alien to the vicissitude. Ipazia, called depending also from the pronunciation Hypatia, daughter of the mathematician and astronomer Theon of Alexandria was a woman of extraordinary culture of understated beauty that had opened a school of philosophy in Alexandria on Platonic-Aristotelian model; Unfortunately there came his writings, but we know that was equipped with considerable intellect.

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Tel:   +39 338 1809310        Date:    Aug 27, 2015                         n°:   2926      



Innovations and experiments of Roger Bacon

To investigate the nature according to Roger Bacon (about 1214 Ilchester - 1294 Oxford) is necessary to conduct trials that use accurate in finding all the sciences, and even religion, then for the British scientist religious and philosopher, known as Doctor Mirabilis for the vastness of the his knowledge and foresight of his insights pupil of Robert Grosseteste, it is possible to bring together philosophy and religion with a project that includes the study of ancient languages to understand the message of religious texts and the natural sciences through the medium of mathematics. Bacon proposed a humanistic reform guided by an inner illumination that would not ignore the discoveries of the ancient and the innovations brought by science, but he paid with long years of prison his love for research. Noteworthy his studies on optics that into practice allowed the first astronomical discoveries.

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Tel:   +39 338 1809310        Date:    Jun 25, 2014                         n°:   2556      



The crowd of Kierkegaard

What can be called a kind of thinking almost without time can be attributed to the philosopher-theologian Sören Aabye Kierkegaard was born in Copenhagen 5 May 1813 and trained with the dialectic to doubt about everything and then switch to an active life characterized by religious crises until arrive at a clear position against the "crowd" and city system, its false categories seen as a real attack on the spiritual life and the origin of the dissolution of Christianity. Some speak of a "kierkergaardian logos" with the Providence that drags up the man from the abyss into which he has fallen, everything in a perspective that sees almost a drawing even in misfortune and the faith in the anguish, whereas the philosopher was persecuted by the church and mocked by the humor magazine of his city (the Corsair) forcing him to a vehement answer that probably has undermined his inner balance bringing it to die in 1855 singing the Alleluia.

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Tel:   +39 338 1809310        Date:    May 04, 2013                         n°:   2201      



Difficult period for the well-being because of crisis

Economic conditions are always an important parameter to consider in determining the state of global well-being even if it is possible to live decently, and most recently the world's population survives on small revenue, but it is often the psychological condition to play a decisive role nervous balance of an individual who sees every private source of livelihood or who can not find a solution for economic problems and finds himself alone. Many studies have shown how to deal with a phase of confusion and imbalance maintaining the calm with a positive suggestion and apposite relaxation exercises, then a healthy religion disposition can help to understand the true importance of material values that should not affect the individual psychological sphere without considering the positive health effects can be obtained through prayer and meditation.

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Tel:   +39 338 1809310        Date:    Apr 06, 2012                         n°:   1864      



Deadly crowd to see the body of Shenouda III

A crowd of tens of thousands of pilgrims traveled to Cairo to see the body of Patriarch Shenouda III and there are three dead and forty injured in the senseless crush, but that can be explained for the difficult of the moment for the minority of the eight million Christians in Egypt who have lost a guiding that promoted unity values with tolerance and innovative initiatives. The body covered with vestments remain on display until Tuesday [20/03] placed on a "throne" according to the rites typical of the Coptic Orthodox Church, one of the oldest and has tried to keep intact the tradition over time not neglecting the dialogue with other confessions favored by the patriarch, whose action had been weakened by recent health problems that forced him to undergo several treatments until the death (Saturday to eighty-eight years) to try to defeat various tumors and other serious diseases.

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Tel:   +39 338 1809310        Date:    Mar 19, 2012                         n°:   1848      



Tortures in Syria and crimes against humanity

The government operations in place to quell the protests in Syria would be an act of violence major than those already seen in cases of mass riots and organizations complain that it was drawn up a secret list of Syrian officials accused of crimes against humanity since that were reported unheard torture, and at least five hundred children killed. The attack plans to crush the opponents would be the "work of government leaders" and thousands of protesters were killed including many women and violence did not stop even in hospitals against the injuries with a scenario similar to that already seen in Libya with humanitarian health staff and journalists inexplicably gone under the fire of soldiers without considering that the level of fighting is growing with groups recruited strategically to commit crimes against humanity, deliberately ignoring the many calls for a truce.

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Tel:   +39 338 1809310        Date:    Feb 24, 2012                         n°:   1827      



Torture justified for national security and violence

The images seen in the media of a man tortured with a kind of simulated drowning (water boarding) do reflect on the violent modern society that we have become accustomed by now to see a savage beating against a journalist who tried to report the wrongdoings; and about a year ago in Italy was broadcast in full even the video, filmed by a security camera, of a murder committed from behind at point blank range. Science has proven long ago that show the public the uncontrolled violence generates more violence and torture as well as declared illegal is also unnecessary, from the moment that is usually possible extort by force any confession. To remember, that the great philosopher, writer and poet Thomas Campanella (1568-1639) was able to withstand harsh physical torture inflicted by the clergy probably above the "man threshold" of resistance.

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Tel:   +39 338 1809310        Date:    Nov 10, 2010                         n°:   1418



Poor supervision of the priests' abuses

After the discovery of hundreds of victims in Belgium of abuse of the priests on minors as well as other reported cases in many countries, religious authorities have stated that there was little supervision and also lack of early intervention to prevent priests could still commit this set of, incomprehensible perversion, on kids. Previous investigations had denounced as there was a mechanism to move elsewhere priests accused of abuse after the first complaints came to the authorities and ensure that the sad events were passing in silence about this kind of attitude and there were controversies and repeated protests. Some lines of thought supports that who misuses only of one person, abuses of the "whole world" since there is one single source of the Creation and of all creatures, even if to the appearance and evolution can look variegate and very different. [However should pardon]

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Tel:   +39 338 1809310        Date:    Sep 17, 2010                         n°:   1372



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