"There are two essential facts about time that most will agree on. First, we think of events as arrayed in a sort of order, where what is happening depends on where we are in that order. Second, we think of events as coming to be and passing away, as undergoing change over, or in, time. But these two characteristics seem to be in tension: If events are arrayed in an order, then how can we also say that they come to be and pass away? Is the passage of time real, or is it merely a subjective aspect of our experience? What is it for an event to be ‘in’ time in the first place? Upon reflection, it is very difficult to explain just what a temporal description of the world really amounts to."

"Most White people are either partially or wholly addicted to, and afflicted with Christianity, and use it as an escape mechanism from reality. They go to church on Sunday and listen to the preacher bl…"

"We know that as soon as our competition is done there’s another Canadian taking their place at the starting line or waiting to race. I think that’s what’s so powerful is that we’re just part of someth…"

"number of points are worth making at once : There is ample evidence of medieval cruelty towards the insane; In the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance, the mad were already confined, to cells, jails …"

"In fact, this infinitesimally spread-out consciousness is a direct feeling of its contents as spread out. In an infinitesimal interval we directly perceive the temporal sequence of its beginning, midd…"