[…] Perhaps the essence of the Liberal outlook could be summed up in a new decalogue […]. The Ten Commandments that, as a teacher, I should wish to promulgate, might be set forth as follows: 1 – Do not feel absolutely certain of anything. 2 – Do not think it worth while to proceed by concealing evidence,…
Tag: Commandments
Three Lists About Sex
In his book Sex in Public: The Incarnation of Early Soviet Ideology, Eric Naiman provides some bizarre examples of the rhetoric used in the Soviet Union, during the 1920s, in order to discourage sex and desire. For instance Dr. M. Lemberg, writing in 1925, recommended five rules for “avoiding sexual stimulation”: Never drink alcohol. Sleep…
The 10 Commandments of Logic
Ad hominem – Thou shall not attack the person’s character, but the argument. Straw man fallacy – Thou shall not misrepresent or exaggerate a person’s argument in order to make them easier to attack. Hasty generalization – Thou shall not use small numbers to represent the whole. Begging the question – Thou shall not argue…
Kuangalia 