Hello and Welcome

In the late 90’s I bought my first electronic Encyclopedia Britannica, and I bought also a used computer with Windows ’98, because my Gateway would not allow the installation of the encyclopedia. In order to make use of the many links in this encyclopedia I acquired a dial-up internet connection which included 5mb of personal webspace. I used the tools available to me to convert, rather laboriously, the text of the first five essays to HTML and put it on line as a sample of my work.

Several years later I acquired an IBM Netvista, which gave me access to Lotus 1-2-3. I started then on a project to convert all my works to html which was a little easier with the help of Lotus wordpro. I worked with microsoft’s Winword 2.0 ever since I got my Gateway, but I also used a few other tools to format and correct my work, especially after it had been converted to html. After I rented web space from my current host to publish all my essays, I used primarily the web-browser to read my work and I used FrontPage Express and AOLpress to format and correct the text. These tools I worked with till my review had been completed by Nov 05.

Since then, I have changed the OS of my Netvista from Millennium to Windows XP and I also acquired Word 2003. The long period of polishing my essays from 03 till 05 was carried out primarily on the html text. I tried to keep-up by making parallel changes in Winword, but this became so cumbersome that I gave-up on it. When I decided to prepare my essays for another print-out on paper, I used Word 2003 to convert the html text to Word and then reconstituted the formatting, including the headers and footers

This process has now been completed. However, I have noted that converting the formatted text from Word to html and then back to Word leads to a certain loss of formatting information; especially, the page-breaks are not maintained properly. Therefore, I down-loaded a Word-pdf converter and recorded all my essays in pdf format as well. This seems to maintain formatting perfectly. I have continued to correct errors and oversights whenever I found them, but I am sure that I have overlooked many more. The main difference with the original html version is the fact that I have numbered the paragraphs in order to ease the process of referral or retrieval.

For those readers who want to create a paper print-out without the need to reformat the text in a word-processor, I have included a pdf file, which can be accessed by clicking on the pdf link provided at the top of the text of every essay. When the whole project has been completed, I will put it on my website and this will definitely be the last change. For the time being, I will maintain my website but I will not advertise, since I want my work to spread through “word of mouth”, regardless how long this may take.

Marius Heuff

Essay Titles.

001 In Search of Reality I The Challenge
002 In Search of Reality II The Origins of Life
003 In Search of Reality III The Perception of Reality
004 In Search of Reality IV The Emotional Personality
005 In Search of Reality V The Rational Personality
006 In Search of Reality VI The Elitist Personality
007 In Search of Reality VII The Maturing Personality
008 In Search of Reality VIII Social Mechanisms
009 In Search of Reality IX Belief and Truth
010 In Search of Reality X A Judgement of Good and Evil
011 In Search of Reality XI Games
012 In Search of Reality XII Behavioural Guidelines
013 In Search of Reality XIII The Need for Change
014 In Search of Reality XIV The Road towards a Global Society
015 In Search of Reality XV Suggestions for a Change-Over

016 In Search of Reality XVI Review I
017 In Search of Reality XVII Review II
018 In Search of Reality XVIII Review III

021 Essence and Identity
022 Pride and Prejudice
023 Individual and Society
024 Oscillations
025 Perceptions and Perspectives
026 A Sketch for the Future
027 Transience and Transients
028 The Search for a Possibility to Exist
029 Principles of Culture and Education
030 The Role of Reality Perceptions in the Acceptance of Suffering, Death and Decay

031 The Phenomenon of Corruption
032 Perceptions and Interpretations
033 The Scientific Method of Evaluation. (behaviour in the zone of emotional neutrality)
034 The Definition, Function and Origin of Art
035 Energy and Growth
036 Money and Inflation
037 Justice and Peace
038 An Excercise in Common Sense
039 A Lecture for Young People
040 The Philosophy of Knowledge, Design and Repair

041 The Problem of Complexity. (the nature of our reality perceptions and the need for a manageable synthesis)
042 The Significance of Multi-Cellular Development
043 Neurological-Psychological Equivalents. (the junction between behaviour and awareness)
044 A Taste for Thought
045 A Lecture for Leaders
046 Rights and Obligations. (a balanced equation)
047 The Ultimate Catastrophe. (the dangers of collective emotional extremism)
048 Ethical Guidelines and Criminal Behaviour
049 The Manipulation and Exploitation of Emotions
050 Autonomy and Federation. (questions of loyalty, sovereignty and responsibility)

051 The Challenge of Discipline, Frugality and long-term Planning
052 The Philosophy of Common Sense
053 The Ambivalence of Dependence. (dangerous and advantageous forms of interdependence)
054 A World Federation of Nations. (the global integration of mankind)
055 The Accumulation of Assets in Free-Enterprise. (the justification of ownership on the basis of "hard work")
056 The Evolution of Culture. (man's conscious search for better living conditions)
057 The Speech to the United Nations
058 Discrepancies between Individual and Society in the Status of Development and the Rate of Change
059 The Art of Negotiation and Compromise. (arguments for and against secrecy and openness during the process of negotiating)
060 Parallels

061 The Thoughts of a Village Philosopher
062 The Origins of Sexually Oriented Behaviour
063 Overall Political Goals and Perspectives. (guidelines for political conduct)
064 Principles of the Human Personality
065 An Introduction to Political Leadership. (Democratic Socialism I)
066 A Comparison between the Ideologies of Socialism and Free- enterprise. (Democratic Socialism II)
067 Principles of Practical Politics. (Democratic Socialism III)
068 Levels of Awareness I
069 Levels of Awareness II
070 Levels of Awareness III (relativistic thought and the problem of relevance)

071 Dialogues I (le dialogue englouti)
072 Dialogues II
073 Dialogues III
074 The Nature of Existence I. (randomness and guidance in the occurrence of an event)
075 The Nature of Existence II. (principles of evolution)
076 The Adolescent Personality
077 Strength and Flexibility. (the measured response of a lean and fit society)
078 The Constitution
079 The Martyr-Hero. (heroes, saints and martyrs)
080 The Larger Society. (faith and security in modern times)

081 The Phenomenon and Problem of Waste
082 The Transition into a State of Death
083 Loneliness and the Art of Being Alone
084 The Art of Asking Questions
085 The Mark of Excellence. (the beauty of perfection)
086 Mechanisms of Religious Behaviour
087 The Evolution of Power. (from a blind force to a creatively shaped and regulated function)
088 The Evolution of Management. (from reacting to crises, to accurate long-term fore-casting and planning).
089 The Philosophic Order of Relativistic Thought
090 The Philosophy of Music

091 The Philosophy of Language Communication
092 The Philosophy of Science
093 The Irascible Personality
094 About Growing Old and Taking Care
095 The Deliberate Deception. (the motivations behind unwarranted credulity and fraudulent behaviour)
096 The Problem of Dissent
097 Common People and the Many Faces of Exploitation
098 The Phenomenon of Stress I
099 The Phenomenon of Stress II
100 A Review of Work Done I

101 The Concept of Health.I (a criterium for the judgement of right and wrong)
102 The Concept of Health II (the activities of life)
103 The Discussion
104 The Attitude of Cynicism
105 Socio-Economic Relationships
106 Observations I
107 Observations II
108 Observations III
109 Mechanisms I
110 Mechanisms II

111 The Philosophy of History
112 The Attitude of Good-Will
113 Wants and Needs
114 Limits and Limitations I
115 Limits and Limitations II
116 Limits and Limitations III
117 A Symphony of Thoughts
118 Entertainment and Decadence
119 The Mechanisms of Polarisation I
120 The Mechanisms of Polarisation II

121 The Pitfalls of Patriotism
122 Natural Ethics
123 The Momentum of Work and Energy
124 Uncharted Waters
125 Principles of Education
126 Stress
127 The Fight
128 Bargaining with God. (the psychology of sainthood)
129 Where Land and Water Meet
130 Aspects of Behaviour

131 The Sobering of the Mind
132 The Purpose of References and Statistics. (the function of facts and figures)
133 Freedom and Tolerance
134 Being Alive
135 Order and Evolution I (the emergence of organised patterns during the random search for possibilities of existence)
136 Order and Evolution II
137 Intelligent Life. (an illusory and conceited idea?)
138 The Rule of Law
139 The Phenomenon of Temporary Leadership
140 The Role of Restraint and Control in a Deliberately Shaped Lifestyle of the Future

141 The Synthesis of Religion and Science in a Relativistic Perception of Reality
142 The Undesirable Side-Effects of Indulging in Pleasurable Stimuli
143 A Letter to Carrie
144 The Beauty of Balance
145 Social Mechanisms I
146 Social Mechanisms II
147 Social Mechanisms III
148 Social Mechanisms IV
149 Social Mechanisms V
150 Social Mechanisms VI

151 The Sense of Mystery
152 The Sense of Failure
153 The Sense of Justice
154 The Sense of Belonging
155 The Sense of Finality
156 Relationships I
157 Relationships II
158 Relationships III
159 Relationships IV
160 Relationships V

161 Communications. (tacit assumptions and subconscious priorities)
162 Discontinuities and Boundary Conditions. (crises and turning points)
163 Follies and Failures. (the blind spots of human behaviour)
164 Software for the Cerebral Computer I
165 Software for the Cerebral Computer II
166 The Rules of the Road through Society
167 The Struggle for Peace
168 The Anatomy of Power
169 Criteria of Comprehension. (the roots of insight)
170 The Blessed Routine

171 Cruelty and Compassion
172 Sovereignty and Money
173 Rights and Obligations I
174 Rights and Obligations II
175 Benign and Malignant Aspects of Competitive Strife
176 The Specialised Corner of Generalised Philosophy
177 The Interplay between Form and Content
178 The Interplay between Feelings and Reactions
179 The Interplay between Memory and Belief
180 Correlations and Discrepancies

181 Freedom and Responsibility I
182 Freedom and Responsibility II
183 Freedom and Responsibility III
184 The Art of Entertaining
185 The Art of Leading
186 The Art of Reflecting
187 A Natural Ethic I
188 A Natural Ethic II
189 A Natural Ethic III
190 Moods and Attitudes I

191 Moods and Attitudes II
192 The Agony and the Ecstasy
193 The Search for Balance
194 Thoughts about an Extra-Human, Non-Focussed Reality
195 Metamorphoses
196 Reality and Illusion
197 The Traveling Wave-Front I (stability in continuous transfer)
198 The Traveling Wave-Front II
199 The Traveling Wave-Front III
200 A Review of Work Done II

201 Mourning our Dead
202 Illusory Entities
203 The Meaning of Life
204 The Many Faces of Productivity
205 The Freedom of Choice
206 Information, Knowledge and Insight
207 On the Existence of God; (everything exists, nothing exists)
208 Order and Chaos
209 Paradoxes
210 The Sphere of Awareness

211 Chances, Choices and Opportunities
212 The Progression of Time
213 The Concept of a Variable Competence I
214 The Concept of a Variable Competence II
215 The Human Operating System I
216 The Human Operating System II
217 The Human Operating System III
218 The Human Operating System IV
219 The Human Operating System V
220 The Human Operating System VI

221 The Accidents of History
222 Smouldering Fires
223 The Equalisation of Opportunities
224 Selectivity as a Prerequisite to Manageability
225 The Interplay between Viability and Decadence
226 Problems resulting from an Abundance of Information
227 A Sober Perspective and a Balanced Judgement
228 The Power of Focussed Pressure
229 The Persuasiveness of Generalised Charm
230 The Unobtrusiveness of Personalised Efficiency

231 Concerns I
232 Concerns II
233 Events I
234 Events II
235 Extrapolations I
236 Extrapolations II
237 Patterns I
238 Patterns II
239 Problems I
240 Problems II

241 Projections I
242 Projections II
243 Ramifications I
244 Ramifications II
245 Reflections I
246 Reflections II
247 Reminiscences I
248 Reminiscences II
249 Thoughts I
250 Thoughts II

251 The Art of Programming Social Mechanisms
252 Fleeting Relevance and a Fluctuating Significance
253 Warning Signs
254 The Age of Letting Go
255 A Matter of Emphasis
256 The Power of Gratitude
257 Cross-Roads and Branching Points
258 Continuities or Discontinuities; (a matter of perception)
259 The Concept of Finality
260 A Playground of the Mind

261 The Many Faces of Abuse
262 Living on Borrowed Time
263 Ageless Concerns
264 The Fictitious Story
265 Priceless Qualities
266 Ageing and Performance
267 The Essence of Human Existence
268 Information and Knowledge, Insights and Beliefs.
269 The Relevant Biography
270 Information and Entertainment; (portrait of Jennie)

271 Live Long and Prosper
272 The Unfinished Symphony
273 Turbulence, Resilience and Reserves
274 The Relativity of Wisdom
275 Images from the Past
276 Strength and Freedom
277 Producing and Contributing
278 Knowledge and Achievement
279 Atonement and Salvation
280 Recording and Preserving

281 Simple Pleasures
282 A Chance to Live
283 Virtual Realities
284 The Ambivalence of Commitment
285 Patterns of Significance
286 The Concept of Philosophical Poetry
287 The Relationships between Grasp, Clarity and Precision
288 The Scientist, the Scholar and the Artist
289 New Avenues, Old Skills
290 The Summarising and Abstracting Functions of the Mind

291 The Ambivalence of Perfection
292 To Create and Destroy
293 Beyond the Future I
294 Beyond the Future II
295My Last Essays
296 The Final Reality I
297 The Final Reality II
298 The Final Reality III
299 A Last Review
300 A Personal Note

EUROPE
before nuclear war(1983)

Introduction
The Concept of a Nuclear Deterrent
The Phenomenon of the Super-Power
The Interplay between Opposing Forces
The Nature of a Social Unit
Communicating with our Adversaries
Free-Enterprise, and the Ideas of Individual Freedom and Personal Initiative
The Search for Social Justice
The Nature of Man
The Economic Momentum
The Function of Constitutional Guidelines
The Sovereignty and Independence of Nations
The Road towards a Global Society

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