Books no longer available on Amazon. I headed to amazon last night to pick up some books for my kindle and found that a majority of the books have been taken down. I’d like to start archiving some of this material, I’m going to try and hunt down as much as I could find. If…

Gödel set out his religious worldview in fourteen points. Seriously, to all empiricists, would you like to explain how you are smarter than Gödel and would you also like to show how you are right and he, one of the greatest geniuses of all time is wrong? Here are his 14 points:

Hypatia was born around 360 CE in Alexandria of Egypt, which was then a thriving center of learning and culture in the Eastern Roman Empire. Her father, Theon of Alexandria, was a mathematician and philosopher, and he played a significant role in her education. Theon recognized Hypatia’s talent and potential from an early age and…

No materialist has provided even one reason – not one! – to believe that life can come from lifelessness, mind from mindlessness, and consciousness from things that are inherently devoid of consciousness or the seed of consciousness (which is of course the unconscious, that which is the state that precedes consciousness and generates consciousness from…

Empedocles was a Greek philosopher and poet who lived around 490-430 BCE. He was born in Acragas (modern-day Agrigento) in Sicily, which was a Greek colony at the time. He came from a prominent and wealthy family, and he was very well-educated. Empedocles is known not only for his philosophical contributions but also for his…

Consciousness is an evolutionary activity of mind. Mind, by its nature, is a striving, teleological entity, aiming to optimize itself, to have the optimal experiences, the optimal power. To optimize itself, mind needs a way to organize its thoughts, to structure its thoughts, to create the framework for planning, for working out how to advance…

Heraclitus was a Greek philosopher from Ephesus (in modern day Turkey) who lived around 535-475 BCE. Some sources suggest that he came from an aristocratic family, however, details about his upbringing, education, and early experiences are largely speculative. What is not speculative is that his philosophical ideas and writings, which focused on the fundamental nature…

You must be ready to burn yourself in your own flame. How could you rise anew if you have not first become ashes? -Friedrich Nietzsche

The first official Grand Master of the AOI was Pythagoras. Born in 570 BCE, Pythagoras was recognized early on for his genius. The world’s intellectual elite sponsored Pythagoras to travel the world, learning from the the greatest thinks of their time. During this period he is believed to have traveled to Egypt, where he studied…

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.