http://www.articledashboard.com/Category/Philosophy/120 Philosophy articles from Article Dashboard Rss Follow Up Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:06:28 -0600 The immediate universe we live in, the Milky Way Galaxy, is essentially a group of billions of stars spiraling inward toward a black hole. In geometry, a spiral can be considered one of the most important patterns ever to emerge on planet Earth as it is, essentially, a scaled down representation of the Milky Way. This is because spirals are very simple fractals. Fractals are any system of patterns and chaos that work together to form a unified spectrum. http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/Astrology-for-the-Fractal-Minded/1171770 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/Astrology-for-the-Fractal-Minded/1171770 Peoples interest in taking up a course in psychology is increasing by the day. The present days environmental factors such as work stress, emotional stress, study stress and even the stress arising from the present economic crunch; has probably contributed in increasing peoples passion to build a career in psychology. The different areas of specialization in psychology include sports psychology, organizational psychology and forensic psychology. All these courses are available through psychology schools online. http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/Study-at-Your-Own-Pace-through-Psychology-Schools-Online/1132813 Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/Study-at-Your-Own-Pace-through-Psychology-Schools-Online/1132813 Mark was not only a great artist; he was pre-eminently a great American artist. No other writer that was born has ever been more extravagantly national. Whitman dreamed of an America that never was and never will be. Poe was a foreigner in every line he wrote. Even Emerson was no more than an American spigot for European. His humor was American. His incurable Philistinism was American.... http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/Mark-twain-The-Great-American-philosopher/1064158 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/Mark-twain-The-Great-American-philosopher/1064158 If we want to get anywhere in life we have got to learn how to develop peace of mind. When the mind is in turmoil, we cannot function properly. You will make poor decisions and your life will take a downward spiral. One of the biggest factors that hold us back from having peace of mind is worry. So if you find yourself worrying a lot, read on to discover how worry will ruin your life and how you can stop it... http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/Find-Peace-of-Mind/1062897 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/Find-Peace-of-Mind/1062897 This article deals with the issue of how college students can find cheap textbooks. http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/Buying--affording--textbooks-during-a-recession/1037522 Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/Buying--affording--textbooks-during-a-recession/1037522 There is a belief that facial skin moles will tell you what your future holds. Learn how to read them and what awaits you. http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/Tips-On-Reading-Your-Facial-Skin-Moles/1019112 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/Tips-On-Reading-Your-Facial-Skin-Moles/1019112 A year ago, when the Chabad community in Vancouver gathered to initiatethe writing of a new Torah for the Jewish Center, I thought to myself –why? We had a perfectly serviceable Torah – albeit borrowed – why wouldwe need one of our own? I just didn’t get it. Yet, the excitement forthis project was palpable – almost as if the birth of a child was uponus. http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/Reflections-on-a-Mitzvah/993043 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/Reflections-on-a-Mitzvah/993043 Excerpt of an editorial viewpoint in New York Newsday, April 15, 1994, by Rabbi Michael Paley. The Rebbe passed away two months later, on June 12.  Rabbi Michael Paley is scholar-in-residence and director of the Jewish Resource Center of the UJA-Federation of New York http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/Still-the-Rebbe-Reaches-Out/954398 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/Still-the-Rebbe-Reaches-Out/954398 The following letter was sent to the Lubavitcher Rebbe probably inthe early 1980s, and brought to the attention of the Wellspringsjournal by the Rebbe’s secretariat. To protect the identity of theindividuals involved, the writer’s name, and that of her partner’s werechanged. http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/Dear-Rebbe--I-Have-A-Story-For-you/954320 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/Dear-Rebbe--I-Have-A-Story-For-you/954320 Residents of quiet Cambria Heights, Queens, are watching neighborhood traffic swell this week as visitors begin to stream through the little house at the corner of Francis Lewis Boulevard, leading to the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s resting place at the Old Montefiore Cemetery. http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/50-000-To-Visit-Rebbe---s-Resting-Place-in-Queens/953776 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/50-000-To-Visit-Rebbe---s-Resting-Place-in-Queens/953776 In a shift unheard of since pre-Nazi Europe, multitudes of Hungarians took to the polls last week in support of an extreme neo-Nazi party. As often happens in times of economic meltdown and general woe, far-right parties (representing anti-Semitic and racist views) come out on top. http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/Far-Right-Gains-Shock-Hungarian-Jewish-Community/938580 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/Far-Right-Gains-Shock-Hungarian-Jewish-Community/938580 Derbent’s Jewish community recently celebrated a ground-breakingceremony for the construction a new synagogue. Home to one of Russia’soldest Jewish communities, the city counts some 8000 Jews today, underthe leadership of its Chief Rabbi Ovadya Isaakov, a Chabad-Lubavitchrepresentative. http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/New-Synagogue-to-Rise-in-Derbent/932917 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/New-Synagogue-to-Rise-in-Derbent/932917 While the investigation into the disappearance of Air France Flight 447 continues, and inquiries about the 228 passengers and crew membersabound, the Jewish community of Paris has confirmed knowledge of one ofthe passengers. http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/Passenger-of-Air-France-447--Member-of-French-Jewish-Community/919905 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/Passenger-of-Air-France-447--Member-of-French-Jewish-Community/919905 Everyone is different. Each person has different opinions, tastes, and motivations. As a result, not everyone learns in the same style. Techniques for studying that work wonders for one student, may be completely ineffective with another student. That is why it is so important for parents, tutors, and the students themselves to know the learning style of their children so they can help the student achieve academic success. There are four distinct learning styles. http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/How-to-Improve-Your-Child-s-Study-Skills-by-Discovering-Their-Learning-Style/911394 Wed, 27 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/How-to-Improve-Your-Child-s-Study-Skills-by-Discovering-Their-Learning-Style/911394 We can identify the zeitgeist as a major force that casts a veil of illusion over humanitys thinking. http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/An-Historical-Perspective--from-No-to-Yes-in-7-Words/903696 Fri, 22 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/An-Historical-Perspective--from-No-to-Yes-in-7-Words/903696 Skin moles are considered by many to be a blemish or even a birthmark - but in the Chinese culture they believe it is a way to tell us the kind of people they are and the lives they will have. http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/How-The-Chinese-Culture-Read-Skin-Moles/902636 Thu, 21 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/How-The-Chinese-Culture-Read-Skin-Moles/902636 After the trophies and closing ceremonies at last week’s World School Chess Championship in Thessaloniki, Greece, the Israeli and Iranian teams met with their coaches and local Chabad Rabbi Yoel Kaplan to talk chess and peace. http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/Israeli--Iranian-Children-Get-Acquainted-At-World-Chess-Championship/888015 Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/Israeli--Iranian-Children-Get-Acquainted-At-World-Chess-Championship/888015 Such a daily achievement on the part of thousands of men would seem to the savage to show a race of beings who, although quite crazy, yet possessed superhuman and miraculous powers to an astounding degree, and an abnormal strength in order to stand it at all. http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/The-Impossible-Becomes-Possible/871204 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/The-Impossible-Becomes-Possible/871204 South Africans are facing the unknown, again. Following new president, Jacob Zuma’s triumph last week, many in the broader Jewish community are trying to decipher their place in this ever-changing land. More than 30 years ago, the Lubavitcher Rebbe encouraged the community to stay put, stating that, “South Africa will be good for the Jews until Moshiach comes.” Today, despite widespread concern, his 40 Chabad representatives stationed throughout the country are ensuring that his pledge remain true.   http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/Diamond-in-the-Rough/871153 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/Diamond-in-the-Rough/871153 In this advance review, Shmuel Klatzkin looks at Channeling the Divine and Feminine Faith, two new translations of Chasidic works written by the fourth Rebbe of Chabad, Rabbi Shmuel of Lubavitch, and part of the Chasidic Heritage Series. CHANNELING THE DIVINE (82 pp)FEMININE FAITH (84 pp)Kehot Publication SocietyRelease date: May 2009 http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/Books--Meditations-on-Mitzvot/869163 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/Books--Meditations-on-Mitzvot/869163 Communities in Israel and around the world are commemorating the deaths of six million Jews on Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. But for the steadily dwindling generation who survived those horrific years, Holocaust Remembrance is a daily experience. http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/Remembering-Every-Day/855972 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/Remembering-Every-Day/855972 When the lights dimmed at Congregation B’nai Avraham Sunday night, the audience settled in with fresh popcorn and coke, for a night at the movies. http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/Take-Two--Chabad-at-the-Movies/812672 Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/Take-Two--Chabad-at-the-Movies/812672 The objective of political critique is, or has always traditionally been, to uncover instances of domination of individuals by forces of power in the present and to ascertain the possibility of securing individual freedom from domination in the future. This essay comprises the first part of a longer study whose intention was to establish the utility of Michel Foucaults critical method as a mode of political critique. http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/Foucault--History-and-the-War-on-Terror/809358 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/Foucault--History-and-the-War-on-Terror/809358 On June 21, 2002 Israel soldier Kfir Levy’s Givati unit was operating in the Gaza strip, responding to terrorist rocket strikes and artillery fire, when a rocket-propelled grenade designed for use against armored vehicles and buildings struck him directly in the face. http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/Challenge-Aspen-Chabad-Project-Welcomes-Disabled-Israeli-Soldiers/809294 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/Challenge-Aspen-Chabad-Project-Welcomes-Disabled-Israeli-Soldiers/809294 Back in 1897, when two Lower East Side rabbis tried to bless the “newsun”—a once-in-28-years Jewish ritual event—they got in trouble withthe law. According to a report in the New York Times dated April 8,1897, a local police officer became alarmed by a crowd of “Hebrews”that had converged on Tompkins Square at 8 a.m. without a permit. Therabbis, transplants from Europe, were unsuccessful in their attempts toexplain this obscure tradition in broken English to an Irish policeofficer, leaving him more suspicious than curious. http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/Sunrise-------112-Years-Later/807496 Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/Sunrise-------112-Years-Later/807496