Tag Archives: 18th century

If You Kant Beat Them, Join Them

Immanuel Kant (April 22, 1724 – February 12, 1804) Philosophers are a boring lot. It’s hard to get excited about them. ESOTERICA‘s video about Kant, yesterday, almost put me to sleep. But, because I’d previously written about Emanuel Swedenborg, whom … Continue reading

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Listen Very Carefully to the Sound of My Voice

Franz Anton Mesmer (May 23, 1734 – March 5, 1815) I have always wondered why this whole ‘thing’ about Mesmerism should be the cause of so much concern. Today, we call it Hypnosis, but in the early stages it was … Continue reading

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