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- December 13th, 2009
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Arashmania has posted a new entry on: Arash's World
Blame it all on Pandora: Holding onto Hope in a World of Pain and Suffering
According to Greek mythology, the mighty Zeus was very angry (to use a euphemism for “pissed off”) that Prometheus had given humans the secret gift of sacred fire. So Zeus ordered Hephaestus to…
- November 29th, 2009
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Arashmania has posted a new entry on: Arash's World
Balding - The Common Plight of (most) Middle-aged Men
Balding must be one of the most uncomfortable and uneasy transitions for most men out there. Hair is often tied to youth and force, the same way Samson used to be invincible until his beloved forced h…
- November 15th, 2009
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Arashmania has posted a new entry on: The World of Arameis
My trip to the beach!
This was during the height of summer when it was really hot here in Vancouver. Can’t believe it because now it is cold and rainy most of the time. But it was my first trip to the beach in downt…
- November 11th, 2009
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Arashmania is celebrating his birthday today!
- November 5th, 2009
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Arashmania has posted a new entry on: Arash's World
You are what you wear: A Brief Look at Ancient Sumptuary Laws on Fashion
Nowadays, especially in the Western world, we take for granted the fact that we are free to wear what we like. It comes as an addition to the highly prized freedom of expression since people do not me…
- October 22nd, 2009
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Arashmania has posted a new entry on: Arash's World
The “Neck Verse” or Why Medieval Gangsters benefited from Literacy
During the Middle Ages, monks had a special status and with it came various privileges. For all the poor people who were struggling for survival (or those who were simply looking for a means of educat…
- October 16th, 2009
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Arashmania has added
Kiranchee to his friends list. - October 14th, 2009
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Arashmania has posted a new entry on: Arash's World
Humanity first - Rules and Regulations later
As a general rule I believe that compassion should be first and foremost - right before any rules and regulations. Although I appreciate and understand the necessity of bureaucracy, we should not bury…
- October 5th, 2009
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Arashmania has posted a new entry on: Arash's World
Balance and Equilibrium in the Ups and Downs of Life
In my experience, life consists of a continuous cycle of ups and downs, the wheel of fortune, the goddess Fortuna herself in the driving seat. As in the saying “what goes up must come down” there…
- September 23rd, 2009
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Arashmania has posted a new entry on: Arash's World
Being versus Acting:The Ethical Dilemma of Morality
When we hear that so-and-so is a “good” person, we automatically assume that the person in question is a virtuous and moral being. But is it enough to simply "be" a good person? Can we simply equ…
- September 16th, 2009
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Arashmania has added
alnwick to his friends list. - September 13th, 2009
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Arashmania has posted a new entry on: Arash's World
Sophistry, Flattery, Art and Philosophy in a Commercial World
In the modern understanding of the word, “sophistry” has a decisively negative connotation. It refers to people who envelop, even purposely trick and deceive you with words. Nonetheless, the origi…
- September 1st, 2009
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Arashmania has posted a new entry on: The World of Arameis
My Many Names and Identities!
My parents are a creative bunch indeed! My Dad says that he has been struggling for months to find an “appropriate” for me. He wanted it to be unique and interesting and rather internation…
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Arashmania has posted a new entry on: Arash's World
An Ancient Greek Sense of Female Beauty: The Platonic Aspirations of an Aesthetic Lover
A true aesthete is concerned and fascinated by beauty itself, by beauty for its own sake. It could be nature, an object of art, a real person or even a life-style. It may have its roots in the eyes of…
- August 26th, 2009
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Arashmania has posted a new entry on: The World of Arameis
Sweet Watermelon!
I have recently found a taste for watermelons. I really like them. My parents say that it’s good for my digestion because I haven’t been the most regular kind of babies. This particluar wa…
- August 25th, 2009
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Arashmania has posted a new entry on: Arash's World
Why Submission - and Islamic Thought - seem so Foreign to Western Thinking
Our Western world seems to be obsessed with winning. Try and be your best, we are told. Never give up. Fight for your dreams and ideals. There is an air of invincible force over the North American spi…
- August 24th, 2009
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Arashmania has posted a new entry on: The World of Arameis
My very first classes
Where’s Waldo? Try spotting me in this interactive game and song.This has been one of my first encounters with other babies and also with songs and rhymes for babies like me. It was really grea…
- August 14th, 2009
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Arashmania has posted a new entry on: Arash's World
Adam in Paradise and Calling a Spade by its Correct Name
A name is important indeed. For better or worse, we identify with the name we are given by our parents. Few of us actually legally change it; it’s something that we have grown accustomed to, that ha…
- August 4th, 2009
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Arashmania has added
mhanan to his friends list. - August 3rd, 2009
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Arashmania has posted a new entry on: Arash's World
The Buddhist Concepts of Right Thought and Right Speech and the Perception of Others
Our thoughts color our perception of reality. Whatever we see is filtered through the lens of thought and it often becomes twisted and transformed into something else. The great German philosopher Kan…
- July 27th, 2009
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Arashmania has added
deepakmd to his friends list. - July 25th, 2009
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Arashmania has posted a new entry on: Arash's World
What are you on (about), dear Socrates?
Socrates is an enigmatic, highly influential figure of Western philosophy. Although we see him through the eyes of his admiring student Plato, Socrates has been accredited for creating his own method,…
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Arashmania has posted a new entry on: The World of Arameis
My very first plane ride!
My parents were worried that I’d make their flight painful and difficult. They had no idea how I would react up there in the air floating in a confined space. And guess what? I simply loved it!…
- July 16th, 2009
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Arashmania has added
perira to his friends list. - July 12th, 2009
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Arashmania has posted a new entry on: Arash's World
Zoos, Habit(at)s and Thoughts on Animal and Human Freedom
In Yann Martel’s acclaimed book “Life of Pi” the first person narrator defends the case for zoos and discusses notions of freedom from the point of view of animals. Some people criticize zoos fo…
- June 27th, 2009
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Arashmania has posted a new entry on: Arash's World
You are what you do: Job Impressions, Serial Killers and our Different Selves
What you do for a living often reflects of how you are seen and responded to in society. It is an immediate quick judgment that one makes on the other and so the question of what one does becomes what…
- June 12th, 2009
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Arashmania has posted a new entry on: The World of Arameis
My last day in Morelia
This is my last day in Morelia at the Plaza de Armas Square. My parents have decided to take me to new places and I am quite excited about the whole deal. It is just before my very first flight and th…
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Arashmania has posted a new entry on: Arash's World
Know Thyself and the Dangers of Too Much Knowledge
“Know Thyself” was the inscription in the temple of Apollo at Delphi. However, its meaning may have been quite different from today’s understanding of the phrase. We live in a world where indivi…
- June 3rd, 2009
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Arashmania has started a new discussion: What's your take on open relationships?
- May 29th, 2009
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Arashmania has posted a new entry on: Arash's World
Marriage and in favor of open relationships, but …
The tradition or rather “institution” of marriage seems to make intuitive sense. Husband and wife form a union and have children and it becomes the nucleus of a family. As parents they take care o…
- May 9th, 2009
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Arashmania has posted a new entry on: Arash's World
The Color of Paradise and Reading God’s Wor(l)d
The Iranian film “Color of Paradise” by Majid Majidi, which in its original title literally translates as “God’s Color”, is an impressive and genuinely moving spiritual portrait of a blind b…
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Arashmania has joined the discussion: The Root of All Evil is...
- May 7th, 2009
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Arashmania has added
RiveMagazine to his friends list. - April 28th, 2009
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Arashmania has updated his friends list.
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Arashmania has joined the discussion: Will Pork sales drop because of swine flu?
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Arashmania has joined the discussion: swine flu outbreak
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Arashmania has started a new discussion: Are you worried about the swine flu?
- April 27th, 2009
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Arashmania has posted a new entry on: Arash's World
Mexico’s Swine Flu Crisis: A Time for Literary Reflection amidst Fear and Paranoia
It is a strange image to see people roaming the streets with their faces covered by masks to protect themselves from this mysterious and ominous influenza outbreak. It seems like a scene from a post-a…
- April 26th, 2009
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Arashmania has joined the group: THE FIVE ELEMENTS: all truths revealed
THE FIVE ELEMENTS: all truths revealed
Welcome to The Five Elements’ Group & we hope that will contribute to your purpose for being here on bc. The purpose of this group is to share ideas, because exchanging ideas can lead to growth & understanding for the betterment of people. T… - April 20th, 2009
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Arashmania has started a new discussion: A recipe for everlasting empires?
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Arashmania has joined the discussion: Was Jesus Christ a Christian?
- April 19th, 2009
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Arashmania has posted a new entry on: Arash's World
Why Empires Crumble : The Downfall of Rome
What causes the downfall of large and invincible-seeming empires like those of the Romans? The Romans had almost the entire world in the palm of their hands. So what happened?One of the crucial reason…
- April 13th, 2009
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Arashmania has posted a new entry on: Arash's World
Meditations on God’s Nature and Existence and the Origins of the Universe
In two previous posts “God’s Omnipotence and the Rules of the Game of Existence” and “Nothing can come out of nothing - or can it?” I attempted to tackle questions on apparent contradictions…
