Domenico Ghirlandaio, Old Man and his Grandson, circa 1480
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In this video, speaker Dan Buettner reviews three world spots — Sardinia, Okinawa, and Loma Linda, California (home of a community of 7th-day Adventists) — where people regularly live to be 100.
He throws in some political correctness (like claiming that the Adventists are racially mixed, which I question the extent of), but the biggest conclusion is: You live long by having a connectedness with your fellow humans, as well as a sense of both daily and ultimate purpose. Read more …
Julian Young’s Nietzsche’s Philosophy of Religion, Part 2
Part 2 of 2
Julian Young
Nietzsche’s Philosophy of Religion
New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006
By the time he came to write Thus Spoke Zarathustra
, Nietzsche had liberated himself from naturalism by means of his doctrine of perspectivism – no viewpoint, including science, is epistemologically privileged, though some, like the Dionysian, are healthier than others. Read more …