Some thoughts by the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) from his famous work “Τhus spoke Zarathustra”

“ … It is true: We love life, not because we are used to living but we are using to loving. There is always a certain madness in love. But also there is always a certain method in madness. And to me too, who love life, it seems that butterflies and soap – bubbles, and whatever is like them among men, know most about happiness …”

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Respect for the other

“…Whoever praises his own religion, due to excessive devotion, and condemns others with the thought “Let me glorify my own religion”, only harms his own religion. Therefore contact (between religions) is good. One should listen to and respect the doctrines professed by others. Beloved – of –the-Gods, King Piyadasi (Ashoka), desires that all should be well-learned in the good doctrines of other religions.”
(Ashoka, 304 B.C. – 232 B.C.)

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Is the American Mass Media (A.M.M) today presenting a true picture of its own society? (Part II)

With very few exceptions, American Mass Media today, and especially American television, provides its American audience and people beyond its national borders with very little substantial information concerning the elementary parts making up the mosaic or puzzle of what America is today.

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Is the American Mass Media (A.M.M) today presenting a true picture of its own society? (Part I)

thumbmwcHaving spent almost half of my life on the North American continent, I am well aware of the power of the American Mass Media (A.M.M), especially American Television, to influence, to cajole and to brainwash, as well as to selectively inform its American audience about what is happening beyond its own national borders. Being part of the 60s generation, and also having lived in other continents, I find the A.M.M. today as compared to the 60s and 70s has honestly deteriorated both in content and in purpose.

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Friendship

A verse from the epic story of “Gilgamesh”, the oldest known written epic originating from the ancient city-states that belonged to the Sumerians during the third millennium B.C. in Mesopotamia. It talks about the relationship between “Gilgamesh”, a powerful demi-god king and a primal human being whom the gods of the universe sent to save “Gilgamesh” and civilized human kind from their self-destructive arrogance and egoism. Redemption comes through the realization of real friendship between humans.

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