The Dignity In Mankind

When we accept agape in our soul we begin to see the universal dignity in mankind. Sometimes it's hard to see it in an individual, because it lays dormant, but when it is sparked and catches fire it's a sight to behold. What I'm referring to is the dignity that Rousseau and Kant express inside …

On Agape by Martin Luther King Jr

The Greek language comes out with another word for love. It is the word agape. …agape is something of the understanding, creative, redemptive goodwill for all men. It is a love that seeks nothing in return. It is an overflowing love; it’s what theologians would call the love of God working in the lives of …

Know Thyself

Alone in his flat, flashes of memories flooded his cave of creativity. He closes his eyes and imagined what it must be like to be an atom or quark with some sort of fundamental consciousness as it travels through space and time. Lost in the thought of passing particles crashing and colliding, then thoughts of …

The Pure Symmetry of the Ancient Greeks

Leonardo DaVinci's dying last words were, "I have offended God and mankind because my work did not reach the quality it should have." What he strived for his entire life, and believed never to be achieved, was the pure symmetry of the ancient Greeks.