Tag Archives: Philosophy

Book Review – Age of AI by, Henry A. Kissinger, Eric Schmidt & Daniel Huttenlocher

Posted on October 5, 2025 by Tarun Rattan

  The Age of A.I. and Our Human Future by Henry Kissinger5 of 5 stars   I’ve been long searching for a book which could explain the philosophical foundations upon which the edifice of today’s AI frameworks has been built … Continue reading →

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Book Review – The Human Situation by Aldous Huxley

Posted on June 3, 2024 by Tarun Rattan

The Human Situation: Lectures at Santa Barbara 1959 by Aldous HuxleyMy rating: 5 of 5 stars This is a pertinent book in the current chaotic world as it deep dives into the human condition and unravels the social, economic and … Continue reading →

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They muddy the waters…

Posted on June 3, 2024 by Tarun Rattan

 

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प्रातः स्मरामि स्तोत्रम ‘Remembering the Self at Dawn’ Hymn by Ādi Śankara

Posted on March 17, 2024 by Tarun Rattan

This is a prayer composed by Sri Adi Shankaracharya consisting of three stanzas in which the mind (manas) speech (vak), and body (kaya) of the individual are sought to be dedicated to the supreme Spirit. The first thoughts, words and actions of everyday exert a … Continue reading →

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Book Review – Stages of Meditation by Dalai Lama XIV

Posted on October 4, 2021 by Tarun Rattan

Stages of Meditation by Dalai Lama XIV 5 of 5 stars This book records the commentary on Kamalashila’s “Stages of Meditation” as rendered by His Holiness Dalai Lama to his close followers in Manali 1989. Acharya Kamalashila was a great … Continue reading →

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Book Review – An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume

Posted on October 3, 2021 by Tarun Rattan

An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding: with Hume’s Abstract of A Treatise of Human Nature and A Letter from a Gentleman to His Friend in Edinburgh by David Hume 5 of 5 stars David Hume is considered the greatest British philosopher and, … Continue reading →

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Book Review – What is Philosophy? by Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari

Posted on February 15, 2021 by Tarun Rattan

This is the book to learn about philosophy, what it means, what good it does to us and what makes it different from science and art. Deleuze and Guattari delved into these questions and have produced some convincing answers in … Continue reading →

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Book Review – The Myths We Live By Mary Midgley

Posted on January 6, 2021 by Tarun Rattan

The Myths We Live Byby Mary Midgley My rating: 5 of 5 stars In this book Mary Midgley explores the common myths of modern civilisation. According to the author myths are not lies nor are these detached stories but instead … Continue reading →

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Book Review – Ethics by Spinoza

Posted on December 28, 2020 by Tarun Rattan

Ethics by Baruch Spinoza My rating: 5 of 5 stars This masterpiece from Spinoza is a manual for ethical living, to be free through reason. In this book Spinoza sets out to prove the nature of God not HIS existence per … Continue reading →

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Pushing Right Back!

Posted on September 24, 2020 by Tarun Rattan
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