Not at all. You accused me (unfairly in my opinion) of "waxing fairly apophenic, here, so as to create a coherent depiction of what borderlines on con...
Yes. But that's exactly what the Stalinists did with Stalin long before Hitler and Maoists with Mao Zedong after him. And you can see the same attitud...
True. But we can't escape the fact that there is a big difference between the way we experience things psychologically and the way they are seen or an...
The word "love" suggests an emotional approach to the issue. When emotions are involved, matters may get more complicated. But even then, we may fall ...
Good point. But I think there is an additional problem in this particular case. The Earth is "round" from a scientific or learned perspective. But in ...
Everybody does. But, for example, if people want to subscribe to something, they would like to know a bit more about it. I don't think it should be a ...
I'm not sure if "close minded" is the right word. Maybe just "unreflective"? I think most people are like that in many different ways. When we're busy...
That's a good question. I suppose it would be arguable that religion aims to convert people and save them from ignorance and sin, not to murder them. ...
Personally, I think you would need to divide believers into two categories: (1) those who unconsciously absorb beliefs from the surrounding society, w...
Just out of curiosity, how would you define "critical race studies", "white privilege", "racial equality" and similar concepts because it looks like t...
Exactly, 1909. MI6 was just a name later used for convenience. The organization was the same from inception in 1909. The Secret Service Bureau created...
Sorry, but that is a lie, isn't it? Unless you mean the "Second World War" on some other planet. MI6 was created in 1909 See Secret Intelligence Servi...
I think that you're waxing fairly apophenic, here, so as to create a coherent depiction of what borderlines on conspiracy. Am I really? In 1973 the Ro...
That's a shot in the dark, isn't it? From your comments I thought you were an expert on the CIA. In 1940 the British intelligence agency MI6 (Military...
Very briefly, I see Phaedo as a combination of philosophical discussion as would take place during a symposium and a drama or play. It encourages anal...
Here is Reagan’s national security decision directive (NSDD-75) that put an end to technological and financial assistance to the Soviet Union and term...
I see consciousness as primarily self-awareness. Of course individual consciousness may be aware of other consciousnesses, or the Collective Conscious...
You keep saying "to be clear", but it isn't at all clear what you are on about. Nobody says we should ignore what Socrates says about myths. But then ...
Come on, EricH. How can we be philosophers if we are too afraid to get out of bed in the morning? As they say, where there is a will there is a way. W...
In his first presidential press conference, Reagan stunned official Washington by denouncing the Soviet leadership as still dedicated to “world revolu...
I would say that would be a big part of it. As I said, if we are serious about finding a just solution, then historical events leading to the current ...
If that is your doubt, then maybe you should look at the historical evidence. The CIA was founded by the Rockefeller Group and its Anglo-American alli...
Well, if we decide from the start that it's an intractable issue, then nothing can be done. But if we are serious about finding an answer in these and...
I agree. However, reality is generally regarded as "real". I think it is also important to define what is meant by "illusion". Is it an ens imaginariu...
And everything that Nietzsche said is true, of course. How could it possibly be otherwise? But I think you have failed to show that the dialogues are ...
As I said, justice. I could be wrong but I think @EricH was talking about the moral perspective of land ownership. So, there is an implied distinction...
In my view, "time" is merely a description of changes observed to be taking place in reality. Therefore, it has a lot to do with the observer. However...
I haven't been here for very long but as a general impression, I think there is too much philosofizing and arguing and not enough philosophy. Discussi...
The projected Soviet invasion was just a ruse to justify defense expenditure and to promote liberal or social democracy (a.k.a. Fabianism) of the kind...
But it makes lots of sense for China to keep and expand its own intelligence services. So, maybe the US, UK, Canada, Australia, etc. should just let t...
I wouldn't say that's an objective statement. Atheists like Lenin, Stalin, Mao Zedong and Pol Pot murdered more millions in one century than Christian...
That would need to be decided on a case-to-case basis. There is a general legal principle to be (1) followed as a general guideline and (2) applied di...
Of course it is. You asked me for my opinion and I replied. My opinion is based on tradition, on religious and legal precedent. This is how justice ha...
That's the thing. Legal and moral justice need to be balanced or harmonized, with moral justice ideally overriding legal justice. That's what we have ...
Justice is the implementation of what is legally and morally right, the principle that people receive what they deserve or what is rightfully theirs. ...
Good point. JUSTICE is an essential factor that we can't afford to ignore if we don't want to return to the law of the jungle. Justice must be the ver...
Well, to be quite honest, this forum has always looked to me more like a social club for the retired and the unemployed, no offence intended. In parti...
Well, Socrates says many things in the dialogues. He certainly seems to agree with traditional Platonic concepts such as soul, immortality and rebirth...
Well, we understand that. But I think that what needs to be established is whether metaphysical concepts such as "forms"/"ideas", "soul", "rebirth", e...
Correct. The welfare system especially in Fabian-dominated societies like England has encouraged the emergence of thousands of families living on stat...
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