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['Member']Joined: September 07, 2017 at 01:33Last active: September 12, 2017 at 03:52None discussions44 comments

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https://www.reddit.com/r/Fichte/comments/6bk1nz/egoism_in_fichte/

That link leads to what is mostly my writing. I'm fond of it, but I don't many who can relate. A stubborn bastard like myself, however, chases the inner light or keeps on chewing anyway. Philosophers tend to be too religious for my taste, and I too irreligious for theirs. If you can relate to that, and not to "them," post at that link and I'll eventually see it. I like email conversations. I've had a few good ones, but I'm still looking for the great one. (I'm too happy with my vision of things to change it much, so I must be looking for someone essentially alike, though different enough to make it interesting. Anyway, I probably won't be back here for awhile, and even then not as 0af.)

Comments

In: On the transition from non-life to life  — view comment
I think there are two attitudes to those who possess absolute/objective truth. Those who's religious feelings are conceptualized in terms of knowledge...
September 12, 2017 at 03:17
In: My guess is that what's different now is how people react  — view comment
There's some truth in that. I lean left, but I "essentially" lean toward the individual being protected from the righteous mob. There's something unse...
September 12, 2017 at 02:53
In: My guess is that what's different now is how people react  — view comment
For me it's a little more complicated. I was slow to use text messaging, suspicious of its authenticity. But really it's kind of a drag or stressor to...
September 12, 2017 at 02:39
In: Currently Reading  — view comment
Words (Sartre's autobiography) Dissemination (Derrida) Interrogating the Real (Zizek) Just finished the Sartre, actually. He's very open and likable. ...
September 12, 2017 at 02:30
In: On perennialism  — view comment
I definitely agree to the first point. They aren't about "bland, discursive" knowledge but rather "personal transformation." What stands out for me ab...
September 11, 2017 at 02:25
In: Conflation and confuzzlement  — view comment
In terms of prudence, common sense, and smooth interpersonal relations, it's hard to disagree. But I do think there are some "speculative" tensions to...
September 11, 2017 at 01:57
In: Donald Hoffman and Conscious Realism  — view comment
If I can jump in, I really like the idea above. As you say, "atoms" are just more icons. But (perhaps you'll agree) independent, differentiated consci...
September 10, 2017 at 19:37
In: Features of the philosophical  — view comment
I think we are largely in agreement. Philosophers are brave. They face and analyze terrible possibilities. As you say, they consider the possibility t...
September 10, 2017 at 19:12
In: Technology can be disturbing  — view comment
I think you've put your finger on a great issue. Those whose ego-ideals involve creativity are perhaps the proudest of us. Of course I include myself....
September 10, 2017 at 19:00
In: Technology can be disturbing  — view comment
Of course you have a point. Humans are revolutionary compared to animals, as well as massively self-conscious. They think about their thinking, which ...
September 10, 2017 at 18:45
In: Technology can be disturbing  — view comment
I agree, more or less. But I was proposing what feels "unnatural" about modern life. It's not the stuff we've built but all of the strangers out there...
September 10, 2017 at 18:36
In: Technology can be disturbing  — view comment
Thanks for responding. I'm probably somewhere in the middle. I do think "man is great." But, yeah, he's on the end of a continuum. Still, I think ther...
September 10, 2017 at 03:38
In: Spirituality  — view comment
You may have a point. Maybe he was just sneaking in a jab at the "well informed cynics" ('intellectuals" too selfish to be left-wing) and the rest of ...
September 10, 2017 at 03:28
In: Has the Enlightenment/modernity resolved anything?  — view comment
If you'll allow me to chime in with a slight generalization, I've often thought about what's in it for the sage. If we tame our more animal or childli...
September 10, 2017 at 03:02
In: The society depicted in Kubrick's Eyes wide shut  — view comment
As a "Satanist" (or close enough), I think I can clarify something I find not quite right in your analysis above. If we own ourselves and are our own ...
September 10, 2017 at 02:40
In: Technology can be disturbing  — view comment
But aren't bird's nest and beaver's dams technology? The animals themselves are "machines" far more spectacular than those they build. Consider the wa...
September 10, 2017 at 02:06
In: What I'm Getting Out of Existentialism  — view comment
K was never a live option for me either. Sartre I've studied pretty closely. At his best, he is the thing itself. I've never felt seduced by righteous...
September 09, 2017 at 17:47
In: Do you cling to life? What's the point in living if you eventually die?  — view comment
Respectfully, that doesn't answer my question.
September 08, 2017 at 23:25
In: Spirituality  — view comment
I largely relate to well-informed cynicism, so jump in to point out some problems with this quote. To some degree cynicism is a mode of conformity. Bu...
September 08, 2017 at 19:02
In: "Misogyny is in fact equally responsible for all gender based issues. Period..."  — view comment
Your point about female MRA's is interesting. Presumably the female MRA is a gender-traitor. But the apparent fact that only women can be gender trait...
September 08, 2017 at 18:15
In: "Misogyny is in fact equally responsible for all gender based issues. Period..."  — view comment
A very deep issue. Here's part of the trickiness. Identity is largely about preference, and this largely involves a preference with respect to friends...
September 08, 2017 at 17:30
In: What I'm Getting Out of Existentialism  — view comment
Not much. A little Kierkegaard. I do the find the idea of a "leap of faith" believable. For instance, I think atheism involves a leap of faith. Sartre...
September 08, 2017 at 17:11
In: I thought science does not answer "Why?"  — view comment
This is an old post, but it's a great issue. I think (for what it's worth) that (1) there can be no "true" answer to the why-why-why, for reasons of i...
September 08, 2017 at 05:14
In: Features of the philosophical  — view comment
I agree. Of course calling the philosophy I like "REAL" is to take a position. I might say that "real" philosophy is a lion's consciousness of himself...
September 08, 2017 at 04:56
In: The phenomenon of being-toward-death and authenticity  — view comment
I think Heidegger translates non-philosophical insights into a complicated language so that they seem like high-tech profundity. That's probably based...
September 08, 2017 at 04:39
In: Living with Ethical Nihilism in everyday life  — view comment
But I'd say that our hardwired tendency to be "ethical" can manifest in very different ways. Most of us feel various "thou shalt nots." We don't attac...
September 08, 2017 at 04:21
In: Best?  — view comment
I heard that they finished in their hand.
September 08, 2017 at 04:13
In: To what extent is ignorance bliss  — view comment
We might say that knowledge is framed or sifted by ignorance. If we drown in information, we can't find the knowledge we need to improve our lives. So...
September 08, 2017 at 04:11
In: What I'm Getting Out of Existentialism  — view comment
That's a good point. Outcomes are unknown. But we can more or less choose our movements toward these outcomes, uncertain of the success of these movem...
September 08, 2017 at 04:03
In: What I'm Getting Out of Existentialism  — view comment
To me this is the essence. This is true adulthood or spiritual maturity. That (to me) is why atheism is central. If I have a God, then my justificatio...
September 08, 2017 at 03:59
In: Do you cling to life? What's the point in living if you eventually die?  — view comment
Interesting post. I'd define happiness differently. I'd say it's generally feeling good or at least OK. Let's say 1 is great pleasure, 0 is neutrality...
September 08, 2017 at 03:45
In: "Misogyny is in fact equally responsible for all gender based issues. Period..."  — view comment
Good post. I found this quote to be food for though, though I think you mention it ironically. What hasn't been talked about much is self-oppression. ...
September 08, 2017 at 03:36
In: "Misogyny is in fact equally responsible for all gender based issues. Period..."  — view comment
I wonder if you've considered a related issue. As I see it, people are largely attached to gender and racial identity. Many women (including my wife) ...
September 08, 2017 at 03:22
In: "Misogyny is in fact equally responsible for all gender based issues. Period..."  — view comment
I understand. I don't disagree with anything you say. But there are some who do indeed simply "invert" the situation. I recently saw a cartoon on Face...
September 08, 2017 at 03:08
In: Living with Ethical Nihilism in everyday life  — view comment
First, I largely agree with your vision of the urge to truth. Truth is a god we want our side, and not always because we're just so wonderfully curiou...
September 07, 2017 at 03:42
In: Suicide and hedonism  — view comment
I really enjoyed your post. I definitely share your perception the repetitiousness. But I'll try to supplement your post with an answer to your rhetor...
September 07, 2017 at 03:15
In: Suicide and hedonism  — view comment
Some people might endure an hour of the worst suffering for an hour of the best pleasure. I don't think the choice is so obvious. Examine your fantasy...
September 07, 2017 at 03:02
In: Best?  — view comment
I like this theme. The "problem," however, is that it's difficult to make a moral point without implying a hierarchy. For instance, the best people ar...
September 07, 2017 at 02:41
In: "Misogyny is in fact equally responsible for all gender based issues. Period..."  — view comment
Of course it's absurd. I'm on the liberal side, but we sure have our share of clowns on this side, too. To me this is just more of the darkness of hum...
September 07, 2017 at 02:32
In: The phenomenon of being-toward-death and authenticity  — view comment
Really facing one's death as death obliterates "everydayness." All of it can be seen from the outside. Perhaps everydayness is immersion in all of the...
September 07, 2017 at 02:21
In: Do you cling to life? What's the point in living if you eventually die?  — view comment
If we need a reason to live, we might as well need a reason to die. I'm neutral on this issue, really. Is it always better to live than to sleep? I do...
September 07, 2017 at 02:05
In: Features of the philosophical  — view comment
What if philosophy is both a response to anxiety and terror and a noble, phallic enterprise? What if it's a brave pose in the face of terror? The phil...
September 07, 2017 at 01:58
In: Features of the philosophical  — view comment
Hi. For what it's worth, I largely agree with you. We share a bias or taste, let's say. The philosopher (as I conceive him) moves in a larger space, b...
September 07, 2017 at 01:49
In: What does this philosophical woody allen movie clip mean? (german idealism)  — view comment
Hi. I've seen that film twice. In my view, that's a parody of philosophy. You may remember the subtitles in that brilliant scene in Annie Hall. Undern...
September 07, 2017 at 01:37
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