Aristoxenus
- Location
- Athens, Ancient Greece
- Birthday
- December 31
- Title
- Philosopher
- Bio
- "As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed, and demand a rent even for its natural produce. The wood of the forest, the grass of the field, and all the natural fruits of the earth, which, when land was in common, cost the labourer only the trouble of gathering them, come, even to him, to have an additional price fixed upon them. He must then pay for the licence to gather them; and must give up to the landlord a portion of what his labour either collects or produces. This portion, or, what comes to the same thing, the price of this portion, constitutes the rent of land"
MY RECENT POSTS
- Authoritarianism is the
Problem
May 25, 2012 06:36PM - Immersion
May 23, 2012 07:16PM - Principium Similis
April 27, 2012 12:59PM - Strange Karma Working
February 19, 2012 07:26PM - New Girl-$95,000...a month!
February 19, 2012 01:08AM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “And actually in
reference to marijuana and
drug users, the
explanation is
far mor…”
May 24, 2012 10:13AM - “The problem Steve, is
that lesser men have ascended
to
positions of authority,
an…”
May 24, 2012 09:07AM - “I'm actively shopping
around for new communities,
possibly
new nations.”
May 24, 2012 09:02AM - “Yes, the culture wars.
I've been battling them for
over 20
years now. The
seden…”
May 09, 2012 06:27PM - “Here's the problem.
Despite those big box
office
numbers...the movie was
terribl…”
May 08, 2012 01:48AM
Aristoxenus's Links
Authoritarianism is the Problem
It’s no secret. I live in an authoritarian household. It’s dominated by an individual who fancies herself as The Boss…of everything. I try to defend myself with logic & reason, when the Authoritarian makes her illogical decrees, but it always ends… Read full post »
Immersion
I want to announce the failure of the American experiment. The gig is up.
With the release of the Happiest Nations in the Developed World list, it’s confirmed what many of us “socialists” have long known…having a strong social safety net, g… Read full post »
Principium Similis
Principium Similis
The principle of similar as it translates to English. A doctrine which finds common denominators and builds a philosophy for rules of governance based on shared traits.
For example, the most obvious common denominator among living things is the need to sleep.&… Read full post »
Strange Karma Working
There's some strange karma at work. I was on top of my game the last couple days, working hard building new guitars and planning for still more, and then today I woke up and it was like a sledgehammer hit me...and kept hitting me all day long. I'm so weak I… Read full post »
New Girl-$95,000...a month!
I finally got around to watching about 15 minutes worth of Zooey Deschanel's new Fox sitcom "The New Girl", before I felt the need to blog about the obnoxious $95,000 a month salary she gets paid for doing the show.
Okay, she has pretty blue eyes and dark hair, she sings well and… Read full post »
Standardizing Wiring Colors
Wiring Colors Standardized
All electrical wiring for any application should be color code standardized so that one color designates positive, negative and ground. It’s too confusing otherwise. Presently in various applications from house wiring to automotive, the color design… Read full post »
Following A Trail
I was surprised this early morning to follow a Nazi trail that started from
this: (Atlantic Wire / Yahoo News Story)

which soon led to this: (Shutzstaffel Flag)

which very quickly l… Read full post »
Bring Back Philosophy To Our Children
Reading about the Missouri female teenager Alyssa Bustamante who killed a 9 year old child to "find out what it felt like to kill someone", is more of a case against smalltown religious upbringing than it is about "broken morals" in our society, although it undoubtedly contains elements of both.
&nbs… Read full post »
The Selection
He was standing naked, alone. He could only see himself in the reflection. His pouch belly oftentimes looked bloated, compared to the rest of his proportional taller frame. His knees were somewhat knocked, and turned awkwardly in. His smooth olive skin was peppered with small… Read full post »
Our Future Depends On It
It is possible that one may become 'reborn' into this world-randomly. Therefore prudent souls should do what they can to secure a better world in even the remote chance they become born into another tumultous region, which presently may be in a state of great disarray and turmoil, but barely pa… Read full post »
Origin of Sin
ORIGIN OF SIN
I need to take a moment to discuss the issue of biological sickness as a form of psychological torture and punishment.
When our bodies are sick and in a weakened state, the body tends to resonate a ‘punishing’ psychological barrage of negativity… Read full post »
Voter ID Cards
You may be following the ruckus surrounding voter ID cards in South Carolina. Because SC had a problem in the past with providing equal rights for black people, it is closely monitored by the Federal Government to make sure they don’t return to their old Jim Crow ways. Up until 1952,… Read full post »
Things Not Explained Well
I agree with the Jury
I agree with the Casey Anthony verdict, not because I'm insensitive to the horrible thing that happened to little Caylee, but because the criminal justice system in America is wrong, and needs to be dealt blow after blow to help diminish its power over people's lives. Jose Baez makes excellent… Read full post »
World Philosopher Gathering
As a philosopher and amateur organizer. I've decided to extend the invite the world over for professional and amateur philosophers alike to embark on the creation of a new sub-state / community in North America. While it is preferable in Canada, the United States should suffice as a secon… Read full post »
Marman's Point
Okay, I'll admit...Marman may have a point on this one.

White guy---okay.
Black guy----go to jail. Read full post »
Buried @ Sea
And now with news that Obama isn't releasing the deathmask photos of Bin Laden...this just confirms that our troubled government has attempted to pull off what will soon prove to be the worst planned corpse-insertion in modern history. It will probably destroy Obama's presidency along with many… Read full post »
Revolt against God
You know it occurred to me. We should launch all of our anger and frustration against God. We only have a few decades to live right? So why should we spend those years trying to build a life...when we will only be shot down at the end of it? We should… Read full post »
Guided
I know how we were duped.
Basically we've been given a set of occupying activities: reading stimulation, typing activity, interaction in a controlled manner - yet not enough to actually change anything in our lives.
The criteria has been created for us. We have only to open up our b… Read full post »
Reverse Fisherman 2011
There's the mixed message story of the boy who tried too hard. Tried to balance the delicate fulcrum between expenditure of energy and go with the flow. He heard rumors that you have to fight like hell to get what you want, but realized that hippy tranquility and keen awareness don't… Read full post »
Single vs. Multi Player Society
Is there supposedly some level of sophistication far off from us which we will never reach, and so therefore should delegate our power to? Or is it more simple than that? Perhaps all our deepest intuitions are correct...we were correct all along, and that which is termed "sophistication"… Read full post »
Force Dialogue
Awaken Imbecelia!
Open Salon break out of your comfy little zone. Force a dialogue upon yourself. You are far too secretive, cliquish, and mundane. Now I the great Aristoxenus, pupil of Aristotle have put forth a proposition. How dare ye ignore thy?
One World - One Goal
So if one was to plan an event that would be worthwhile to pursue...I should think blowing up the world in a concerted official world government effort (UN) would suffice.
Although on an individual level I'm sure many would resist...for how could they blow up children? But on the macroscopic level… Read full post »
Random Qu'ran
On this Christmas morning, I opened up a copy of the Qu'ran randomly, - and this is what I saw:
Chapter 5 THE QU'RAN Verses 66-77&… Read full post »
Dream of the Rebirth
I wonder if I were to live my final days in Mumbai, and dream every night of being reborn there, as an Indian man, in a musician family, where I could resume the guitar at the first possible age...and I thought about this strong enough...would I be reborn there?
Would the… Read full post »
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