The very definition of liberalism can be summarised in Voltaire’s famous quote, ‘I don’t agree with what you’re saying, but I’ll fight to the death for your right to say it.’ It is rare that the essence of an ideology can be truly captured in a single sentence, but I feel […]

Next year marks 100 years since the outbreak of the First World War.  David Cameron recently called on people to remember that it was a war fought in ‘defence of democracy’. Indeed, tragically, it was called ‘the War to End all Wars’. Standing where we are today, we know this to […]

“All that glitters is not gold” An old-fashioned proverb and well-known dimension in which we use to view things, people and, even places in the world, mostly to our unconscious awareness. In fact, what truly got the cogs turning for me on this saying was a quote that I once […]

Today marks the last day for Pope Benedict XVI. Pope Benedict has become the first pontiff to resign his position in a total of 600 years.  To mark his last day Pope Benedict XVI arrived at Castel Gandolfo. Supporters of the Pope arrived in the main square of Castel Gandolfo […]

 It would appear that people simply adore making up new bizarre terms that baffle and bemuse anyone without the faintest understanding of what these said phrases could possibly mean. God, that’s such ‘low hanging fruit’ isn’t it? In my opinion, Jargon is simply the grown-ups version of the children’s playground […]

“WORKING MEN OF ALL COUNTRIES, UNITE”, is the dramatic end of The Communist Manifesto; one of the most influential, idealistic, but impractical pieces of political literature that has ever been written. It’s a shame that Marx never lived to see his “solution” to history being employed innocently into a state; or perhaps […]

At first glance this title may seem obscure, because, on a purely scientific basis, of course we’re responsible for our actions. On the metaphysical side of things, however, different assessments may lead to different answers. Theories about absolute freedom are the main factors which may cause variation between answers. Determinism […]

Ancient Greece Around 2000 years ago the Ancient Greeks, with their infinite wisdom, considered philosophy a science. We don’t do the same today, however, so why would the Greeks have done so when their science was so developed, creating the first models of things like vending machines, fire hoses and […]