The dictatorship of fear
Fear ensnares and petrifies the mind, shutting it down, making us break into a cold sweat. Certainly, the fight-or-flight reaction can always be triggered. Still, as Western human beings of the twenty-first century, we have unfortunately distanced ourselves even from this primitive mechanism, as our very condition as a “species” falters.Fear has always existed, and […]
The Haste of Hypocrisy
An old adage we are all familiar with goes: “Haste makes waste!” Often, popular sayings carry wisdom that seems obvious and is therefore blatantly dismissed as trivial by some well-read intellectuals who, at best, are nothing more than warehouses of miscellaneous facts. We live in a society that has elevated haste, or speed, to a sort […]
Where does war originate?
This is a rather peculiar question; perhaps it would be more fitting to ask, “Why do we engage in wars?” or “What causes a war?” or even “When does a war start?” Therefore, it may seem strange to ask, “Where?” Wars occur everywhere, and according to human history, they have always existed. The Egyptians, Babylonians, […]