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Intrigued

['Member']Joined: December 20, 2017 at 04:46Last active: January 12, 2018 at 21:571 discussions7 comments
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The problem of finding 'goods' (not merely physical/material goods, but also emotional/spiritual) is inherent to life itself. Without the goods, there...
December 20, 2017 at 16:59
I didn't "double check" your posts. I got curious about what you have said, so I looked at your profile to see your other comment threads and found th...
December 20, 2017 at 16:44
Saw that you posted this on another thread and found that interesting and applicable to this conversation. Quite odd, that you would say that, given w...
December 20, 2017 at 06:14
I completely agree with you. I attempted to argue the same thing but less eloquently
December 20, 2017 at 05:52
Modern day society is the disease that philosophy was trying to prevent. Being stuck in it propels the nihilism to me
December 20, 2017 at 05:32
You said "life is good in itself". Not just that life is good, but that it is inherently good; "the goodness of life is present without our perfection...
December 20, 2017 at 05:26
I don't think that life is good in itself. Life would be empty and horrible if we didn't actively try to make it good, or seek out good. I am a bit of...
December 20, 2017 at 04:59