Elements of Passion
Acknowledgements to the Masters
Karl Marx (1818-1883): A social reformer, left-wing radical, a real revolutionary. Apparent class conflict concepts of Bourgeois and Proletarians in Capitalist structures. The master says: 'the philosophers have interpreted the world in differrent ways. What matters is changing it.' He believes in dynamic social change with the greatest faith in people. Mike Milken (1946-x): The constant ME is always greater than the variable U - capital is not scarce. A financial king guru, junk bond extroardinaire, player of players. At his financial peak of investments he had control of over $200 billion... $200 billion! Obviously all not liquid but shiet! He definitely rocked America. No one still really knows how he did it. fyi: he was incarcerated 22 months and paid over $200 million in fines but gave three quarters of a billion dollars to charitable causes on his own free will.
Max Weber (1864-1920): Rationalization and disenchantment, ahh yes, and of course my favorite - Geisteswissenschaften - knowledge is not external but internal. The natural sciences can do no more than explain observed events by relating them to natural laws...Very interesting. fyi: He was also fond of Marx and Kant.
Rene Descartes (1596-1650): Had a dream of devising a universal intellectual system. View that all the universe is either matter or mind - Dualist. decartes doubted everything from his existence including himself, 'I think, therefore I am'. Uniquely pursuited knowledge through filtration from tinted knowledge. Cool guy. Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900): 'Obedience - is now innate in the average man.' Puppets are what most of us have become, somebody else decide how we shall live our lives. Example in Capitalism, you strive to climb the corporate ladder, act inside and perhaps get higher means that you must obey and never ask too many questions as too 'what is all this for? none of this will matter at my last dying breath. Be aware of the big picture before you waste your life to regret it'. fyi; In 1879, he wrote a series of important works including Beyond Good and Evil, in 1889 he lost his sanity and never recovered from his illness
Mother Teresa (1920-1977): Many people in this world live like animals but in her arms they are reminded that there's an angel that would never give up.

George Soros (endless): Thinking and reality, Theory of Reflexivity, disequilibrium. I see him as the mind of the market. Started his flagship Quantum Funds w/ $12 million, add another three zeros and that's where he's at. Known as the 'man who broke the Pound', made a billion dollars while he was at it. He always stayed ahead of the curve. He thinks philosophy before finance, not the other way around. Has an organization called Open Society, an iconoclastic view of the world. He is absolutely fantastic, fantastic! unbelievable! I guess you can tell by now he's my favorite. He is the catalyst of my nucleus inside the world of Capitalism. Oskar Schindler (1908-1974): He was a playboy, liar, briber, womanizer, and wheeled and dealed. He was popular when he was a youth and a big trouble maker. Nobody would have ever thought he would save over 1,300 people. Bravery beyond the herd, had fun while he was at it too.
Francois-Marie Arouet, called Voltaire (1694-1778): One of my favorite words is through him - 'Universality' - Welcome to the Enlightenment. fyi: he spent a short imprisonment in Bastille, France for his opinions and eventually exiled in England. Have you noticed how many of the greatest people spent some time in prison? Salvador Dali (1904-1989): A surreal artist that portrays reality into reality, that's how I feel when I see his works. I like to call his works as the arts of reality b/c I think reality is enveloped by emotions, the unreal, the surreal. He's funny too btw: 'Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.' Haha! makes me laugh. It's weird but I have no particular favorites of his pieces.
Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet (1935-x): beyond the world's artificially-made shackles. I read his book The Art of Happiness that changed my compassion and understanding for other people. He is an emotional genius. fyi: he is exiled from his state Tibet including his whole government after Chinese invasion of 1950. They probably would have imprisoned him if he wasn't a 'spiritual' leader. Sophie Fredericke Auguste (1729-1764): Known as the 'enlightened despot Katherine the Great'. Led a coup against her neglecting husband and ruled with absolute power, employing the latest philosophical (also collaborated w/ Voltaire) and scientific thinking to improve the lives of her subjects and in her '62-'96 reign, she transformed Russia into one of the greatest European powers of all time. Ekaterina the Great is a queen of the chessboard, so watch out guys, for those of you who believe in female supression, you might be surprised w/ a coup
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