Arcane Knowledge http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/ Essays and source texts on obscure topics in history, philosophy, theology and science. Analysis of Historical and Scientific Claims about the Shroud of Turin http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/catholic/shroud.htm http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/catholic/shroud.htm Tue, 30 Dec 2025 01:49:00 GMT Review historical evidence regarding the origin and provenance of the Shroud of Turin. Judicial Activism and Natural Law Jurisprudence - Part V http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/histpoli/activism4.html http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/histpoli/activism4.html Thu, 31 Jul 2025 23:00:00 GMT Pre-Lochner and Lochner era cases, focusing on economic issues. Judicial Activism and Natural Law Jurisprudence - Part IV http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/histpoli/activism4.html http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/histpoli/activism4.html Mon, 27 May 2024 17:09:00 GMT Substantive due process, police power review and contracts clause cases before the Lochner era. Mathematical Resolution of the St. Petersburg Paradox http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/science/petersburg.htm http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/science/petersburg.htm Mon, 11 Dec 2023 03:00:00 GMT Paradoxes in probability theory related to the St. Petersburg lottery problem. Judicial Activism and Natural Law Jurisprudence - Part III http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/histpoli/activism3.html http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/histpoli/activism3.html Thu, 06 Apr 2023 01:10:00 GMT Civil War Amendments and early post-war judicial review. Plato and the Good: Part I http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/philtheo/ethics4.htm http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/philtheo/ethics4.htm Mon, 16 Jan 2023 16:40:00 GMT Plato's notion of the absolute Good, beginning with the motivation of his Ideas (Parmenides) and the Idea of Happiness (Philebus). Basic Issues in Natural Philosophy: Part VII http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/philtheo/physics/physics7.htm http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/philtheo/physics/physics7.htm Wed, 23 Nov 2022 21:50:00 GMT Continuity and movement; modern mathematics and continuity; coming to rest; finite and infinite distance and time. Judicial Activism and Natural Law Jurisprudence - Part II http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/histpoli/activism.html http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/histpoli/activism.html Sun, 03 Jul 2022 20:45:00 GMT Exercise of judicial review from the Founding to the Civil War. Judicial Activism and Natural Law Jurisprudence - Part I http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/histpoli/activism.html http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/histpoli/activism.html Sat, 21 May 2022 15:10:00 GMT Judicial activism considered as a rhetorical concept and as a useful descriptor of judicial philosophy. Plato's Parmenides: An Exercise in Antinomic Dialectic http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/philtheo/parmenides.html http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/philtheo/parmenides.html Sat, 12 Feb 2022 17:00:00 GMT Explaining and resolving paradoxes in Plato's Parmenides dialogue, in defense of doctrine of Forms. The Incompleteness of Formal Logic: Part IV http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/philtheo/formal/formal4.htm http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/philtheo/formal/formal4.htm Wed, 29 Dec 2021 17:00:00 GMT Boole's calculus of logic and probability theory. Objective Measures of Human Inequality - Parts I-II http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/science/inequality.htm http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/science/inequality.htm Mon, 25 Jan 2021 02:30:00 GMT Objective measures of inter-individual and inter-group variability of human physiological and psychological traits. Introduction to statistical concepts. Locality and Determinism under Bell Tests and Delayed Choice Experiments - Part IV http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/science/ldbell4.htm http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/science/ldbell4.htm Sun, 15 Nov 2020 22:40:00 GMT Implications of Bell's inequality violations; Wheeler's delayed choice experiments; 't Hooft's challenge to the free choice assumption; free will and the Big Bell Test. The Priority of St. Matthew's Gospel - Part VII http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/catholic/matthew7.htm http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/catholic/matthew7.htm Sat, 07 Nov 2020 21:36:00 GMT Conclusion summarizing argument in favor of Matthaean priority and probable mode of composition. The Priority of St. Matthew's Gospel - Part VI http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/catholic/matthew6.htm http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/catholic/matthew6.htm Sun, 01 Nov 2020 01:00:00 GMT Comparison of semantic content and sequence of Matthew and Mark, in view of competing hypotheses of priority. Number of Humans in Space (1961-Present) http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/science/spaceflt.htm http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/science/spaceflt.htm_02Aug2020 Sun, 02 Aug 2020 12:00:00 GMT Updated charts. Locality and Determinism under Bell Tests and Delayed Choice Experiments - Part III http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/science/ldbell3.htm http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/science/ldbell3.htm Sun, 19 Apr 2020 21:30:00 GMT Review of David Bohm's treatment of EPR paradox and J.S. Bell's original 1964 theorem. Boxing Championship Lineages http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/sports/boxchamps.htm http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/sports/boxchamps.htm_7Sep2019 Sat, 07 Sep 2019 17:35:00 GMT Updated lineages through 6 Sep 2019. Capital Punishment as Self Defense in Catholic Ethics http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/catholic/capitalp.htm http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/catholic/capitalp.htm Tue, 30 Jul 2019 01:49:00 GMT Reviews development of Catholic teaching on capital punishment in light of human dignity and the duty of charity. Origen and Origenism - Part IV http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/catholic/origen4.htm http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/catholic/origen4.htm Mon, 20 May 2019 00:30:00 GMT Examines which Origenist doctrines can be found in Origen's Peri Archon. Locality and Determinism under Bell Tests and Delayed Choice Experiments - Part II http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/science/ldbell2.htm http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/science/ldbell2.htm Tue, 12 Mar 2019 00:25:00 GMT Philosophical concepts relevant to EPR paradox; Bohr's response with "complementarity"; Einstein's "separation principle." Locality and Determinism under Bell Tests and Delayed Choice Experiments - Part I http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/science/ldbell.htm http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/science/ldbell.htm Mon, 04 Mar 2019 02:35:00 GMT Introduction to entangled states for non-physicists, followed by discussion of Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen argument against completeness of quantum mechanical theory. Obsessing over Infallibility http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/catholic/infall.htm http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/catholic/infall.htm Fri, 01 Mar 2019 01:35:00 GMT Critiques the abuse of criteria of infallibility to circumscribe the authority of the living Magisterium. Number of Humans in Space (1961-Present) http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/science/spaceflt.htm http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/science/spaceflt.htm_12Nov2018 Tue, 13 Nov 2018 01:25:00 GMT Updated charts. Boxing Championship Lineages http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/sports/boxchamps.htm http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/sports/boxchamps.htm_15Jul2018 Sun, 15 Jul 2018 21:30:00 GMT Updated lineages. The Incompleteness of Formal Logic: Part III http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/philtheo/formal/formal3.htm http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/philtheo/formal/formal3.htm Sun, 25 Mar 2018 20:20:00 GMT Philosophical discussion of classical term logic, including predication and syllogisms. Historiography of the Apparition of Guadalupe: Part XIII http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/catholic/guadalupe13.htm http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/catholic/guadalupe13.htm_04Mar2018 Sun, 04 Mar 2018 21:00:00 GMT Revision to section titled "Retouches to the Face" in light of new evidence presented by Franyutti (2015). <i>Plessy</i> and <i>Brown</i> under Originalist Principles http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/histpoli/brown.htm http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/histpoli/brown.htm_10Feb2018 Sat, 10 Feb 2018 19:13:00 GMT Style updates and revised intro to re-titled essay on segregation cases under originalist analysis. On the Reality of Temporal Succession http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/philtheo/temporal/temporal.htm http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/philtheo/physics/temporal.htm Mon, 29 Jan 2018 00:30:00 GMT Past, present and future in light of relativity. In two parts. Basic Issues in Natural Philosophy: Part VI http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/philtheo/physics/physics6.htm http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/philtheo/physics/physics6.htm Sat, 25 Nov 2017 18:00:00 GMT Opposition to movement and rest; natural and violent motion, acceleration and rotation; simple motion. Basic Issues in Natural Philosophy: Part V http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/philtheo/physics/physics5.htm http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/philtheo/physics/physics5.htm Tue, 30 May 2017 00:50:00 GMT Types of physical movement: accidental and essential, direct and indirect; factors in movement; ontological categories of movement; species and unity of movements; regular and irregular motion. U.S. Political Representation by Party http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/histpoli/usreps.htm http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/histpoli/usreps.htm_20May2017 Sat, 20 May 2017 17:20:00 GMT Updated table with 2017 representation. Reconciling Hesychasm and Scholasticism in the Triads of Gregory Palamas - Part II http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/catholic/palamas2.htm http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/catholic/palamas2.htm Sun, 07 May 2017 23:00:00 GMT Ontological reality of divine attributes, theophanic energies; hesychast body-soul mysticism, prayer in the heart, physical techniques. Boxing Championship Lineages http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/sports/boxchamps.htm http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/sports/boxchamps.htm_30Apr2017 Sun, 30 Apr 2017 23:00:00 GMT Updated lineages. Nietzsche's Challenge to the Idea of Moral Good - Part X http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/philtheo/ethics3_10.htm http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/philtheo/ethics3_10.htm Fri, 28 Apr 2017 15:45:00 GMT Conclusion: valuation by will to power; ressentiment and bad conscience; critique of egalitarianism; the Superman; ascetic ideal; will to truth; Dionysian impulse; failure to transvaluate; racialism; Dionysian Christianity. The Real Emily Rose: Fact and Fiction about Anneliese Michel http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/movies/annam.htm http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/movies/annam.htm Wed, 01 Mar 2017 02:15:00 GMT Review of The Exorcism of Emily Rose, and case history of Anneliese Michel. Nietzsche's Challenge to the Idea of Moral Good - Part IX http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/philtheo/ethics3_9.htm http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/philtheo/ethics3_9.htm Sat, 12 Nov 2016 23:30:00 GMT Will to truth; eternal recurrence; Dionysus. Nietzsche's Challenge to the Idea of Moral Good - Part VIII http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/philtheo/ethics3_8.htm http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/philtheo/ethics3_8.htm Sat, 27 Aug 2016 03:00:00 GMT Against moral idealism; utility and happiness; asceticism. Nietzsche's Challenge to the Idea of Moral Good - Part VII http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/philtheo/ethics3_7.htm http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/philtheo/ethics3_7.htm Tue, 19 Jul 2016 03:00:00 GMT Modern herd morality; the Superman. Boxing Championship Lineages http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/sports/boxchamps.htm http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/sports/boxchamps.htm_10May2016 Wed, 11 May 2016 02:40:00 GMT Updated lineages; added super bantamweight. Nietzsche's Challenge to the Idea of Moral Good - Part VI http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/philtheo/ethics3_6.htm http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/philtheo/ethics3_6.htm Sat, 30 Apr 2016 14:30:00 GMT Origin of good and evil; guilt, bad conscience and punishment. Reconciling Hesychasm and Scholasticism in the Triads of Gregory Palamas http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/catholic/palamas.htm http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/catholic/palamas.htm Wed, 30 Mar 2016 01:30:00 GMT Compares essence-energies theology of Greek Orthodox hesychasm with Latin Scholastic concepts. The Origins of Original Sin - Part VII http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/catholic/original7.htm http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/catholic/original7.htm Sat, 19 Mar 2016 03:10:00 GMT Medieval and modern doctrines on original sin and the limbo of infants. The Origins of Original Sin - Part VI http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/catholic/original6.htm http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/catholic/original6.htm Thu, 18 Feb 2016 01:30:00 GMT Juridical issues in Augustinian doctrine on original sin. The Priority of St. Matthew's Gospel - Part V http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/catholic/matthew5.htm http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/catholic/matthew5.htm Sun, 14 Feb 2016 23:00:00 GMT Examination of Marcan redactional syntax, compared with usage in Matthew. Basic Issues in Natural Philosophy - Part IV http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/philtheo/physics/physics4.htm http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/philtheo/physics/physics4.htm Sat, 24 Jan 2016 01:00:00 GMT Relativistic Spacetime The Origins of Original Sin - Part V http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/catholic/original5.htm http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/catholic/original5.htm Thu, 10 Dec 2015 12:00:00 GMT Role of concupiscence in Augustininan doctrine on original sin. Boxing Championship Lineages http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/sports/boxchamps.htm http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/sports/boxchamps.htm_06Dec2015 Sun, 06 Dec 2015 12:00:00 GMT Updated featherweight to heavyweight lineages. Commentary on Council of Ephesus http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/catholic/councils/comment03.htm http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/catholic/councils/comment03.htm_23Aug2015 Sun, 23 Aug 2015 23:30:00 GMT Corrected an error and updated code. Basic Issues in Natural Philosophy - Part III http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/philtheo/physics/physics3.htm http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/philtheo/physics/physics3.htm Sun, 19 Jul 2015 18:30:00 GMT Place or Space; the Void; Time. U.S. Political Representation by Party http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/histpoli/usreps.htm http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/histpoli/usreps.htm_28Jun2015 Sun, 28 Jun 2015 12:00:00 GMT Updated table; corrected Supreme Court justices. Nietzsche's Challenge to the Idea of Moral Good - Part V http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/philtheo/ethics3_5.htm http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/philtheo/ethics3_5.htm Sat, 27 Jun 2015 12:00:00 GMT Master morality and slave morality. The Priority of St. Matthew's Gospel - Part IV http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/catholic/matthew4.htm http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/catholic/matthew4.htm Mon, 20 Apr 2015 12:00:00 GMT Evidence of oral and written tradition in Matthew and Mark. Basic Issues in Natural Philosophy - Part II http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/philtheo/physics/physics2.htm http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/philtheo/physics/physics2.htm Sat, 31 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT Movement and the Infinite. Nietzsche's Challenge to the Idea of Moral Good - Part IV http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/philtheo/ethics3_4.htm http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/philtheo/ethics3_4.htm Sun, 18 Jun 2015 12:00:00 GMT Aristocracy or nobility. Commentary on the First Lateran Council http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/catholic/councils/comment09.htm http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/catholic/councils/comment09.htm Tue, 30 Dec 2014 12:00:00 GMT Historical background, Concordat of Worms, Council of the Lateran, canons. Boxing Championship Lineages http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/sports/boxchamps.htm http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/sports/boxchamps.htm_30Dec2014 Tue, 30 Dec 2014 12:00:00 GMT Updated featherweight to heavyweight lineages. The Priority of St. Matthew's Gospel - Part III http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/catholic/matthew3.htm http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/catholic/matthew3.htm Mon, 29 Dec 2014 12:00:00 GMT Ancient use of oral and written sources. Basic Issues in Natural Philosophy - Part I http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/philtheo/physics/physics1.htm http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/philtheo/physics/physics1.htm Sat, 06 Dec 2014 12:00:00 GMT Physics as philosophy, problem of change, principles of change, natural forms, explanatory factors, chance, necessity. Nietzsche's Challenge to the Idea of Moral Good - Part III http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/philtheo/ethics3_3.htm http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/philtheo/ethics3_3.htm Wed, 26 Nov 2014 12:00:00 GMT Epistemology, self-assertion and self-surpassing, virtue as aesthetic good taste. Nietzsche's Challenge to the Idea of Moral Good - Part II http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/philtheo/ethics3_2.htm http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/philtheo/ethics3_2.htm Sat, 20 Sep 2014 12:00:00 GMT Against teleology in ethics and nature; atheism; against materialism; against skepticism and nihilism.