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Archives for June 2015

What Do Collectors Collect and Why? One Dedicated Collector Speaks to Decoded Past

June 29, 2015 by Frances Spiegel Leave a Comment

What Do Collectors Collect and Why? One Dedicated Collector Speaks to Decoded Past

Why do collectors collect things, what makes them collectible, and what can we learn from the collections? A collector shares details about his collection.

Gottfried Leibniz’s Proofs of God’s Existence

June 29, 2015 by Janet Cameron 5 Comments

Gottfried Leibniz’s Proofs of God’s Existence

Does God really exist? Leibniz believed he could prove there was a God through a process of pure reason, but his was an a God of the intellect rather than a God found in the Old or New Testaments, and other thinkers had different ideas.

Gottfried Leibniz (1646-1716) and Free Will

June 23, 2015 by Janet Cameron 2 Comments

Gottfried Leibniz (1646-1716) and Free Will

A master of Metaphysics, Leibniz believed every part of your body has a soul, although your dominant soul is the boss. This allows you to have free will, just as God has free will.

Voltaire – Personal Liberty in the “Best of All Possible Worlds”

June 7, 2015 by Janet Cameron Leave a Comment

Voltaire – Personal Liberty in the “Best of All Possible Worlds”

Voltaire upheld reason over ignorance, tolerance over bigotry and religious superstition, and caused mayhem and discord amongst his fellow philosophers and the Establishment.

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