May 20, 1991 by •
Babylon,
celestial Kingdom,
creation(s),
enlightenment,
eternal society,
free lunch,
intelligence,
knowledge,
moral(s) life,
mysteries of creation,
preparation,
progress,
sacrifice,
Satan,
security,
temple(s),
the mind,
timeless existence,
understanding,
work
But What Kind of Work. Talk given to the Cannon-Hinckley Club on 19 May 1987.
July 1, 1978 by •
boredom,
brain,
character,
darkness,
eternities,
evil,
expansion,
gifts,
God,
Holy Ghost,
information,
intellect,
intelligence,
Joseph Smith,
knowledge,
probation,
revelation(s),
riches,
Satan,
sin,
speculating,
testing,
The LORD,
the mind,
the Spirit,
the Universe,
thinking,
trust,
truth,
under-performance,
wisdom,
world(s),
zeal
Academic Awareness lecture, June 26, 1975. Original manuscript in mimeographed form. Reprinted in Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 11:2 (Summer 1978): 101-112; in Nibley on the Timely and the Timeless (Religious Studies Center, 1978): 261-277; in Readings for Intensive Writers, compiled by Susan T. Laing (Provo: Honors Intensive Writing, 1977) 185-194; and in CWHN …
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March 11, 1976 by •
accumulation,
Brigham Young,
character,
computers,
customs and fashions,
degree,
Dialogue,
discipline,
economy,
education,
eternal progression,
eternity,
experience,
false doctrine,
false ideas,
fashion(s),
glory of God,
god of this world,
Holy Spirit,
honest heart,
ignorance,
intelligence,
Joseph Smith,
kingdom(s),
kitsch,
knowledge,
ladder,
learning,
light,
mediocre,
message,
moral(s) quality,
perishable objects,
practical knowledge,
principles,
real work,
revelation(s),
rhetoric,
riches,
security,
sensibility,
Shakespeare,
success,
talents,
taste,
teaching,
the Gospel,
the mind,
the Spirit,
truth,
vision,
wisdom,
work
Sidney B. Sperry Symposium (Provo: BYU Press, 1976): 2-20. A talk given on March 11, 1976 at the Joseph Smith Auditorium at Brigham Young University; CWHN 13: 346-379. Listen to recording: MP3 Right-click (cntrl-click for macs) and “save link as” to download onto MP3. This recording is also found at BYU Speeches.
June 2, 1971 by •
Analiza Brigham Young on education,
Book of Mormon and education,
celestial Learning,
Contracted Mind,
education,
eternal things,
expanding mind,
Holy Ghost,
intelligence,
knowledge,
learning,
moral(s) life,
priorities,
revelation(s),
the expanding mind,
the Gospel,
Treasures of the Earth,
truth,
universal assembly curriculum,
universal curriculum
BYU Studies 11:1 (Autumn 1970):61-87; Nibley on the Timely and the Timeless (Provo: Religious Studies Center, 1978):229-260; CWHN 13:306-345. Comparisons might be made with Nibley’s talks on Brigham Young delivered in June, 1967. — Midgley
February 13, 1969 by •
Abraham,
Adam,
angel(s),
animals,
anthropologist,
Apocalypse of Abraham,
apostles,
behavior,
Christian(s) writings,
computers,
evil One,
fiction,
gadgets,
God,
good,
intelligence,
light,
machine,
man,
mind,
moral(s),
religion,
righteous the,
robot,
science,
science fiction,
scientist(s),
Sophists,
the Gospel,
The LORD
22 pp. s.s., typed transcript of a talk given February 13, 1969; published, with some changes, in LDSF 2: Latter-day Science Fiction, ed. by Benjamin Urrutia (Ludlow, Mass.: Parables, 1985): 5-28; CWHN 12:491-531 Listen to recording: MP3 Right-click (cntrl-click for macs) and “save link as” to download onto MP3. This recording is also found at BYU …
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June 9, 1967 by •
computers,
education,
glory,
health,
intelligence,
knowledge,
learning,
mechanism,
power(s),
principles of improvement,
truth,
weaknesses,
wisdom
15 pp., typescript of an addressed delivered on June 9, 1967. For a more refined version of Nibley’s treatment of Brigham Young’s views on education, see his “Educating the Saints,” in CWHN 13:306-345. — Midgley Listen to recording: MP3 Right-click (cntrl-click for macs) and “save link as” to download onto MP3. This recording is also found …
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January 1, 1900 by •
absolute,
all-awareness,
all-awareness all-hearing,
Anaxagoras,
Antesthenes,
Appollonius,
Aristotle,
Boundless,
Daeman,
dialectical knowledge,
divine Mind,
elements,
Empedocles,
Epictelus,
Epicurus,
eternal,
Euclid,
evil,
Existing One,
God,
Heracleitus,
immortal,
impassible,
imperishable,
indivisible,
ineffable,
intangible,
intellect,
intelligence,
many gods,
Melissus,
Monad,
Nous,
oracles,
Parmendies,
Philo,
philosophy,
Plato,
Plotinus,
Plutarch,
primal God,
Protagoras,
Pythagoras,
Pythagoreans,
self-existent,
Socrates,
soul(s),
spirit (and matter),
Thales,
the mind,
The One,
universe,
unmoved
Thales (d. 546 B.C.): “Thales says that the God of the Universe (cosmos) is Mind (Nous), and that the Universe (to pan-“everything”) is alive and full of divine power (daemons); also that the basic element of water pervades all things through God’s divine animating power.” “And some say that Spirit is mixed in with everything; …
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