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singular_me
23rd August 2012, 10:54 AM
The issue of ment/mente:
The only use of government is to control the mind. The mente is Latin for mind, like "meant". Some try to confuse the 'mente' with the suffix ment, but, in the political sense, there is no application for governing (steering/controlling) others outside the human mind.


http://youtu.be/F66h8ViFz4g

and

The Quadrivium - Gene Odening (entire) - what you should have been taught in school but weren't

http://youtu.be/CZkL9ufF3Kc

singular_me
23rd August 2012, 12:52 PM
The issue here is that as long as people feel that a government is needed, some problems will surface.... freedom from coercion is what we are here to learn.

singular_me
25th August 2012, 01:57 PM
for those who are interested, the quatrivium speaks of "mystery schools" attended by Pythagoras among others