Excerpts from chapter 11 in N. F. Gier, Spiritual Titanism: Indian, Chinese, and Western Perspectives (SUNY Press, 2000) Daoism protests not so much against gods who transcend the world as against humans masquerading as gods. –Ellen Chen1 There are two…
Month: November 2025
Deism is the Religion of the Declaration of Independence
by Nick Gier, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Idaho Philosophers of religion such as myself have high regard for Catholic theologian Thomas Aquinas. He supported the role of reason in all human discourse, and he had great respect for…
“Happy Hour” as not What Aristotle had in Mind
by Nick Gier, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, University of Idaho There has been much in the press these days about happiness. Since the 1950s, those who interview us have found little change in the number of those who are…