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#75: Philosophy: 0) Korea Symbols. 1) Capitalist Decivilization. 2) Ayn Rand. 3) Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) ----------------------------------------------- 0) South Korean Symbols: Posted Jun15k08 http://tinyurl.com/6ozymd East: Heaven=geon: Spring: Virtue West: Earth==gon:: Summer: Justice South:Sun====n:::: Autumn: Courtesy North:Moon===gam:: Winter: Wisdom http://tinyurl.com/3qs7vl http://tinyurl.com/3sjmko http://tinyurl.com/3rkpfq ------------------------------ 1) Capitalist Decivilization 'A Civilizing Port in a Storm' Jun14,08 http://tinyurl.com/5ffn3n : "" The website LewRockwell.com has as its slogan "Anti-State, Anti-war, Pro-Market" with the explanation given that its founder "is an opponent of the state, its wars and its socialism." Given the founder’s association with the Mises Institute, the site has come to be known as a "libertarian" website. " " we can continue to drink ancient Portuguese fortified wines today is testament to Portugal’s maintenance of civilization over the centuries (not coincidentally, Portugal managed to avoid the two World Wars.) " ------------------------------- ------------------------------- 2) Ayn Rand:---------------------- 'Religion and Libertarianism'Walter Block Jun19,08 http://tinyurl.com/6nsswn : "" The relationship of libertarianism and religion is a long and stormy one.

It cannot be denied that Ayn Rand has had a long, strong and deep relationship with libertarianism. Although she dismissed us as "hippies of the right" (pronounced "ippes of de racht") many of our number are still enthralled by her, inspired by her, and in debt to her for first introducing us to the moral case for free enterprise. I certainly include myself in this category.

One of the strongest influences she has had on the libertarian movement is her belligerent atheism. For many adherents of the freedom philosophy, an aggressive rejection of God and all things religious might as well be the basic axiom of their world-view. I confess that this too was roughly my own belief on the subject, for many years. It is also the perspective of a rich potential donor to the Mises Institute who would have contributed heavily were that organization to change its viewpoint on this matter and take a principled stand against all religion. Happily, Lew Rockwell refused to pervert the mission of his Institute in this regard. Although a believer himself, Rockwell stuck to his guns: the Mises Institute would continue to involve itself in the study of economics and liberty, and not directly with religion at all. "

" It is time, it is long past time, that the Austro-libertarian movement reject the virulent Randian opposition to religion. Yes, Ayn Rand has made contributions to our efforts. We must not throw out the baby with the bathwater. But, surely, anti-religious sentiment belongs in the latter category, not the former.

The views expressed above are consistent with the perspective of my long time mentor, Murray Rothbard. This scholar, who was often called "Mr. Libertarian," was very pro-religion, especially pro-Catholic. He ascribed the concepts of individualism and liberty to Christianity (and almost everything else good in Western civilization), and argued strongly that as long as libertarians made hatred of religion a basic or organizing principle, they would go nowhere, since the vast majority of people in all times and places have always been religious.

Walter Block would like to thank William Barnett II and Guido Hülsmann for helpful suggestions regarding an earlier draft of this essay. All errors, omissions and other infelicities are his own responsibility, of course.

June 19, 2008

Dr. Block [send him mail] is a professor of economics at Loyola University New Orleans, and a senior fellow of the Ludwig von Mises Institute. He is the author of Defending the Undefendable and the newly-released Labor Economics From A Free Market Perspective. ""

------------------------------- ------------------------------- 3) Hannah Arendt (1906-1975), Majid Yar, Lancaster University, UK 2006 http://tinyurl.com/556bcd -----The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy:----- 1. Chronology of Life and Works 2. Arendt's Thought: Context and Influences 3. On Totalitarianism 4. The Human Condition 5. On Revolution 6. Eichmann and the 'Banality of Evil' 7. Thinking and Judging 8. Influence 9. Criticisms and Controversies 10. Bibliography