anonymous66

"Where's the 'ignore' button?" Every other forum I visit has an ignore button that allows me to tune out certain "people"... it makes it really easy t...

I like the model of Socrates that Plato presents to us. The guy just didn't get angry or argumentative.

I've had a few decent conversations with people on this forum... https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/648/systems-vs-existentialism#Item_31 https...

I posted something.. and then thought better of it.... Let me just point out that consistency/reason/rationality requires that you judge your own beli...

I've given evidence that the modern Stoics do have communal practices... and Stoicism itself is concerned with the well-being of all men to such an ex...

Let me ask you a couple of questions.... If you were shown evidence that Christians engage in premarital sex (and abortions, by the way) on a regular ...

Are you merely asserting that you know that modern Stoics don't care about what the ancient Stoics texts say? That has not been my experience. My expe...

The Stoics had a lot to say about sex and lust.. for instance..

Actually, the Stoic texts we have make it very clear that the Ancient Stoics did believe in God. I challenge anyone to find me even one Stoic in the a...

Actually, the Stoic texts we have make it very clear that the Ancient Stoics did believe in God. I challenge anyone to find me even one Stoic in the a...

You mean like Christianity? http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/atheism/types/christianatheism.shtml It also has atheists and believers.

Deism looks pretty attractive. Stoicism looks pretty attractive. Revealed religions? Not so much. — anonymous66 Really? I encountered Deists in the UU...

But, perhaps there is some room for agreement. It seems to me that most hellenistic philosophies were therapeutic in nature. Man has issues... I'll gr...

That looks to me very much like "heads I win, tails you lose."

I don't know about other philosophers. but I know a little about Aristotle's beliefs, and Socrates', and Plato's and Seneca's and Marcus Aurelius', an...

I think the Catholic church should be congratulated for admitting it made mistakes. That is a step in the right direction. People see problems with re...

— anonymous66 - Mariner I find it encouraging that even New Atheists as strident as Richard Dawkins have gone on record as saying they don't have an i...

I wonder what anyone would have against the God of the philosophers. I like the idea of a God creating the world such that living a virtuous life woul...

Here is how Aristotle defines anger in Rhetoric Book II chapter 2. It's interesting that Seneca says that he doesn't define anger in the same way that...

Thanks for the link to the Atlantic article. Here's a quote from that article: I just came across this article by Martha Nussbaum today... she covers ...

I've been reading a lot of the primary texts of Stoicism, and I also started listening to Martha Nussbaum talk about the subject (youtube) and I bough...

What I see here is an argument that takes this form: "I've decided that it's the job of philosophers to do X... They haven't done X, therefore philoso...

I prefer to be around people who are willing to acknowledge and question their own assumptions... people who are actively looking for good counter-arg...

One of the possible reasons that people dislike (or think they dislike...) philosophy, is because they think along these lines: "I know I have a prett...

@Sapientia By making an argument against philosophy, aren't they, in fact, doing philosophy? If they take the time to create a reasoned argument as a ...

Good point.

I can relate. I wouldn't mind just reading and writing about what I want to read and write about, sans degree.

Let's see if we can get to the bottom of this... This is your chance to set things right... Assume that I'm asking you, "How would you define anger?" ...

This article from Psychology Today was in my inbox today.... 5 Ways Anger is Not Like Other Emotions

Isn't it the case that no human has figured out the answers to these questions? Why not label humanity itself as a failure because of these unanswered...

Anyway... I recently had a conversation with a friend of mine who happens to be a philosophy professor. I mentioned that the Stoics defined anger as t...

Let me see if I can sum up our conversation so far. Don't let me put any words in your mouth, if I get anything wrong, please correct me. Me: It seems...

You're evading the question. Why did you choose that definition, and not another? Explain to me the process by which you decide which definition to us...

Thanks... I'm leaning towards this type of response. When I get a negative response, I just think to myself, "Yes, that is your attitude towards philo...

Thank you for that. I'm 50, and I suspect my age is a factor in people's responses.

Here's a well reasoned article that expresses the idea that it's not actually anger that is the problem, it's aggression.

You do understand that that is not really an answer, right? You did actually provide your choice (the one you chose from among the many the possible c...

I've befriended a philosophy professor (he's in his late 40's), and he just doesn't engage (if asked, "why philosophy?") If people keep pushing, he is...

You have a good point. When someone says, "that's stupid", when it's obvious they don't even know what they are criticizing, I tend to make judgments ...

I can also see myself not pursuing a degree in philosophy, but continuing to talk about it. Maybe I can talk philosophy w/o having to say the word... ...

I dunno. Be a midwife maybe. Do what philosophers do.. What do other people do with their (edit: non-philosophy) degrees?

I do feel like pushing back by asking, "What would you suggest I do instead?" and then, no matter what they say, respond with, "doesn't that sound stu...

The sense I'm getting is that they think philosophy itself it stupid, and pursuing a degree in the subject is even stupider

How are you defining anger? I don't mind saying, "I've notice the desire in humankind, to hurt someone else in retaliation, and I don't believe it is ...

I'll side-step your question and suggest you look into just why homosexuality was removed from the DSM. I wish the history of the mental health (MH) p...

I looked into the topic for a while and came to the conclusion that while we do need mental health professionals, it is worrying that a field of study...

So, someone says, "a lot of pornography involves digital recording of actual sexual abuses, and pornography teaches men that sexual abuse and exploita...

So, you're not talking about sexual desire, right? I mean, the night my son was conceived, I wouldn't call what I felt for my wife "lust". But, there ...

Hmm. I don't know. Consider this....

My reasoning here is like this: Is it harmful to be involved in the making of porn? If it is harmful, can people choose to willfully harm themselves? ...