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JULY 26: A MOMENT FOR REFLECTION
(Liberia clocks 176 years today since gaining political independence on July 26, 1847. Yet, despite Liberia’s age, the nation remains one of the poorest in the world, plagued by rampant corruption and bad governance. The following is a short reflection piece I wrote back in 2019, as a call to reawaken our national consciousness. I…
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Can We Know the Truth?: St. Augustine, Sextus Empiricus, and Skepticism
Skepticism, both a philosophy and movement, questions and doubts the certainty of knowledge. It attempts to dismantle the very foundation of truth or anything that can be said to be objectively true. Beginning with the ancient Greek philosopher Pyrrho, skepticism seeks to dismiss any claim to absolute truth, insisting that beliefs are mere opinions that…
