Good point. Messianic socialism seems to have been taken seriously by some in the past, and perhaps still is. But that would depend on a number of fac...
Not really. That's what I'm saying. Even scientific disciplines may develop their own ideologies and the same applies to all systems of thought. Obvio...
The problem is some seem to imagine that ideology is somehow "better" than religion. Which of course isn't the case. There are lots of ideologies that...
Yes, quite possibly, you are confusing me with more than just one other person. In any case, I’m not aware of any belief in Platonism about a “God who...
You're just proving my point really. IMO it's better to be a "peasant" than to be dead. So we'll have to disagree on that one. Besides, during the for...
No one said they were. But if you remember your Bible many thousands died. This is what Marx was talking about. And, like Engels, he expected many to ...
You should be able to read the quotes I have already provided. Marx wrote: "The revolution, which finds here not its end, but its organizational begin...
Not necessarily. Just soliciting some kind of answer to the question as to why you have no dreams or if you have, why you can't remember them. Presuma...
Of course you don't. Marx was incapable of planning his own household let alone anything else. That doesn't mean that he didn't express the idea or th...
Every field of inquiry has its limitations. Philosophy and logic can take over from science where science no longer has an answer. But we need to reme...
I don't think it is "New Agery" at all. It is anti-materialism in the venerable tradition of some of the greatest philosophers in history such as Plat...
The astral body or vehicle (ochema) is the soul’s chariot in Plato’s Chariot Allegory in the Phaedrus (246a–254e). Plato, Phaedrus, section 246b (tuft...
This may be so in some or most cases. But what abut dreams in which the dream events actually occur in real life one or two days later? This seems to ...
My own experience is not "negative" as such. The only "unpleasant" sensation is the complete inability to move the physical body. This tends to happen...
Yes, the Greek philosophers were naturally aware of the existence of a subtle body. Interest in it seems to have become more prominent by the time of ...
The term for "astral body" in the Greek (Platonist) tradition is ????? ochema, literally, “vehicle” a kind of subtle body the soul uses in dreams, out...
I think the point Banno was trying to make is that those who think that belief in God is necessary for being good are poor, ignorant, and right-wing. ...
Yes, coincidences are possible. However, in my own experience, dreams are sometimes a premonition of events that actually happen soon after, usually w...
The problem with that argument is that people do remember dreams. Perhaps not always and not perfectly, but dream recollection isn't at all unusual. W...
Correct. Historically, laws or rules of proper conduct have always been said to have been given to mankind by God. This goes as far back as the earlie...
Very true. There is also the possibility that dreams are the real reality and waking experience the dreamed one. Alternatively, we may find that both ...
Engels wrote: “Darwin, by the way, whom I’m reading just now, is absolutely splendid. There was one aspect of teleology that had yet to be demolished,...
Engels' article was in Marx's newspaper. And Marx himself said similar things about his generation having to go down to make room for those who were f...
Well, the OP seems to be about what purpose people think dreams have and how they understand them. People can experience and interpret dreams differen...
I don't think I'm any more confused than yourself. Marx and Engels were social Darwinists and definitely advocated the extermination of Slavic nations...
Correct. And the social Darwinists the Nazis learned from were none other than Marx and Engels who believed that their generation had to go under to m...
True, people aren't God. But people say that God gave them the laws according to which they act. See, for example, the Law of Hammurabi (1792 - 1750 B...
Yes, there were some links there but I think that the Jews were despised for different reasons by different groups: 1. For Christians, they were guilt...
Atheists prefer to attack these crazy invented views than the real deal partly, no doubt, because they are often too dumb to be able to distinguish th...
My personal impression is that dreams have more than just one purpose, e.g.: 1. One possibility is that the mind processes and assimilates experiences...
I think we have paid attention. However, if countries with higher GDP per capita are less likely to tie belief in God to morality, this would appear t...
As you may be aware, this is a question that philosophy has aimed to answer for a very long time and the debate is still ongoing. Meantime, people are...
Anything that involves words can be dismissed as "word games" if that's what you want to do. That includes philosophy, ethics, law, politics, and ever...
I doubt that pedophilia must be the result of repression. It can equally stem from lack of control and a disturbed mind. And it existed long before Ch...
It depends on how you define "God". If we take God to be the supreme Good, then being good is acting in harmony with God. But I agree that the thread ...
Of course it was an existing Prussian tradition from the 1800s. "Imperial Germany had come via war and political intrigue to creation in 1871 after a ...
Yes, sleep deprivation can lead to a number of physical and psychological problems. Lucid dreaming can happen accidentally and it probably happens mor...
Inability to dream can be a sign of lack of certain vitamins or minerals in your system or some other medical condition. In Ancient Greece and other c...
Correct. That can easily happen if you overdo it. Lucid dreaming normally requires some mental preparation and training and is best done under the gui...
I'm not sure they ever had a vision for the future except improving their own bank balance. Liberalism was started by the commercial classes that want...
That may equally happen with philosophizing and other intellectual or even physical activities. Everything in moderation (pan metron ariston), as they...
In my view, they do. Dreams re-connect us with a deeper reality within and around us that we tend to forget about during waking time. And they provide...
The universe, at least the solar system we live in, does seem to be mathematically constructed. As for our bodies, there are 3 finger bones, segments,...
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