Selfishness as driver of civilization in a fearless art critique
A authorial meditation traces ego and power from primitive tribes to monarchs and Napoleon to modern industry. It argues that personal self interest fuels progress, with moneyed moderns and vast industries shaping society while providence and noble acts counterbalance. The piece ends by asserting three impulses—self preservation, family, ambition—as driving forces, culminating in the claim that selfishness ultimately serves humanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis the Fourteenth
France
Ohree
Esch
Queen Elizabeth
Vatenian
United States
Fies
Earth
Any Hypothesis Better Than None
Fragmented essay fragment discusses how people, including scientists like Bacon and White, have used hypotheses to advance knowledge, arguing that even wrong early ideas can lead to eventual truth through presenting facts, while noting caution about religiously offensive material and urging the public library as a resource.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Bacon
Elizabeth
Locay
Beliefs on Creation and Discovery Across Ages
The article reflects on shifting ideas from 18th–19th century geology to modern science. It contrasts Buffon’s cautious challenge to geologic age with later acceptance of a Earth millions of years old, notes historic views of divine creation, and traces how early thinkers misread the cosmos. It highlights the move from literal creation in six days to understanding atoms, electrons, and vast cosmic distances, and remarks on how prior beliefs about a flat earth and heavens as a dome gave way to scientific scale and structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffon
Paris
Magen
BoYbh Artrow
Lightfant
Agaut
Leeferth
B.C
Hell
Earth
Pacific Ocean
Calvin
Ancient Celestial Theories and Shifting Views of Earth
The text surveys early beliefs about the earth and sun, noting medieval and ancient ideas that the earth was the center, or that the sun moved, and contrasts these with the heliocentric notion known by some ancient Greeks. It discusses how religious influence shaped teaching and inquiry across eras, and reflects on how faith offered guidance through centuries of doubt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Anken DL White
Glen
Fotin
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Xepeleon
Napcleon
Corsica
Italy
Asia
Wellington
Valetos
St. Helena
Charlemagie
Napoleon
Napoleon Bonaparte
Austria
MY Empire
Hithae
England
Andrew D. White
Cornel University
Christendom
Lightfcor
Presscents
Corning Ass Works
Horman Pdeligs
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