Apollodorus

You might be right there and it looks like you aren't the only one who thinks so. But I think it's only fair to hear how Marxists see the matter. Just...

Well, obviously Lenin and others had their own interpretation of Marxist concepts. However, according to some analysts like Andrzej Walicki (Marxism a...

Well, some leftists believe in "permanent revolution" so opposing what they stood for previously wouldn't be out of character. Plus, @frank's definiti...

The psychological analysis of political thought and behavior is a legitimate line of inquiry. It may be inconvenient to some for political reasons but...

You must be talking about yourself given that this is a thread that I started. By the way the "claims" you're talking about are not mine, they are fro...

The term "left" derives from opposition groups in the French Revolution and has been historically used to designate opposition movements. See Wikipedi...

Correct. Science itself seems to have no definite "truth", just provisional theories that can be replaced with new ones any time. Not only that, but s...

Theory has it that capitalism progresses to socialism and socialism to communism. It seems that the state acquires a prominent position in the sociali...

That's exactly what highlights the problem of political power and its impact on society

In politics, the term Left derives from the French Revolution as the political groups opposed to the royal veto privilege (Montagnard and Jacobin depu...

I don't know anything about Chinese Philosophy, I think you're confusing me with someone else.

I never said it's just the left that should be described or analyzed psychologically. However, by definition, the left represents opposition to the st...

So you haven't read the article or my posts. Just what I thought.

Well, you're accusing me of not referring to particular Marxist concepts when I obviously did and do refer to them. When you're stressing Marx's atten...

Marx may have been a philosophical thinker but that doesn't make Marxism a philosophy. These are two totally different issues. It sounds like you're u...

As already stated, the Wikipedia article doesn't call Marxism "philosophy" which suggests that it isn't a philosophy in the strict sense of the word. ...

Well, I thought essays by serious historians like Adamiack's "The Withering Away of the State" and Bender's "The Ambiguities of Marx's concepts" were ...

There is a lot of anger and frustration in the current climate of the pandemic and its material and psychological impact. As shown in one of my other ...

I don't think reading pro-Marx literature can solve the problem. On the contrary, critical works must be considered. Engels was the head of the pro-Ma...

"Marx and Engels were philosophers" Yes, but that's the Marxist view of the issue. I was looking for a more non-partisan perspective. IMO that's the o...

Correct. The evidence stretching from Buddhist texts to religious art strongly suggests that supernatural beings were a not unimportant element of Bud...

“The Psychology of Politics: How does psychology make sense of the madness of politics?” By Lisa J Cohen, Psychology Today “The extensive media covera...

Well, as I say, we can't all be perfect. But have you read the article I referred to in my other post? I believe it confirms much of what I was saying...

Without doubt.

I agree. But as we can see from the way people can be emotionally manipulated and mobilized for political purposes such as in rallies and mass demonst...

Religious, philosophical and spiritual systems in general have many layers of psychological and spiritual experience or attainment. Nobody can force "...

Then maybe you can stop the others from constantly mentioning the book, too. Thanks.

That was exactly my point. Society is being politicized and politics is being psychologized. If it carries on like this we'll end up with a society in...

As I said, I didn't mean to upset you. I've only been on here a few days not many years like yourself. I thought you were part of the hit squad that w...

This is from the Visuddhimagga, a central text of Theravada Buddhism: "One who wants to develop the recollection of deities should possess the special...

It isn't quite as simple as that. If deities occur in Buddhist texts then it is hard to tell what was culture and what was actual teachings. There was...

It would indeed. Unfortunately, it isn't my measuring system. I'm just relating what I've heard from Buddhists and Hindus. But some texts do describe ...

That's exactly what I'm saying. It wasn't me who started the labeling. And the topic wasn't about Heraclitus, though you may have missed that point in...

I'm not sure the majority of early Buddhists looked on the gods and other supernatural beings as "Hindu" or "non-Buddhist", they were just part of Ind...

Actually, depending on the group or movement we're talking about, most seekers are said to attain enlightenment after many lives, the lucky ones after...

Most of the supernatural beings of Buddhism were of course taken from Hinduism. You'll find devas (gods), asuras (demons), gandharvas (celestial being...

Unfortunately, I've seen too many people looking for "enlightenment" or whatever for years without result, only to start taking stuff to "speed up" th...

Well, your context must have been so large as to have no bearing on the permanence I was referring to in the topic. The normal meaning of permanent is...

That was meant as a joke.

I never said that. But from all the questions you're asking here it's hard to tell what it is that you actually want.

Correct. Politics is about accumulating as much power as possible just like others accumulate wealth. Once one side has become dominant there is nothi...

No it isn't. That's not the definition of permanence.

The extremes inspire, influence or manipulate and mobilize the mainstream. And political parties do conduct their election campaigns like military ope...

Funny enough, it looks like it's others who keep talking about it.

Well, Marxists would probably like to see their system as a "science". However, the fact is that some historians and even socialists have described it...

“The Psychology of Politics: How does psychology make sense of the madness of politics?” By Lisa J Cohen, Psychology Today “The extensive media covera...

By the same token, some traditions may be worth keeping. By definition, when you introduce a change, you can't predict its impact in all its ramificat...

That was exactly my original assumption and I still believe this to be the case. Unfortunately, emotions and political activism tend to intervene and ...

Well, desire is fundamental to our psychological make-up, it's extremely difficult to get rid of. And there is always that secret nagging desire to at...

You seem to be concerned about (1) "Buddhist epistemology", about (2) "Western political correctness" and about (3) "how to choose a religious/spiritu...