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Jake Mura

['Member']Joined: September 15, 2023 at 22:54Last active: October 21, 2023 at 18:32None discussions6 comments
Location: Poland, Europe

Bio

Writer, editor and founder of Irrelevant Matters. I write mainly about ideas, philosophy, spirituality, society and culture.

I have been naturally fascinated by philosophy since childhood, and for several years I have been intensively exploring the cultures and spirituality of the East.

Favourite Philosopher

Lao Tzu, Zhuangzi, Confucius, Socrates. Plato, Aristotle, Alan Watts

Comments

In: What is real?  — view comment
What is real? There is something in us that simply "is" - constant and unchanging. Other than that which "is," there are various abstractions.
October 14, 2023 at 15:50
In: Ideas/concepts fundamental to the self  — view comment
There is a Zen poem that says: "You cannot catch hold of it, nor can you get rid of it. In not being able to get it, you get it. When you speak, it is...
October 14, 2023 at 15:43
In: Argument for deterministic free will  — view comment
Arthur Schopenhauer once summed up free will this way: “Man can do what he wills but he cannot will what he wills.”
October 12, 2023 at 08:42
In: "When" do we exist (or not)?  — view comment
You put a lot of thought into this question. But we should always start with the basics. For me, the fundamental thing is to ask yourself the question...
October 10, 2023 at 17:15
In: Currently Reading  — view comment
Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu
October 10, 2023 at 16:47
In: The meaning of meaning?  — view comment
They are part of the symbol system we have created for communication - abstraction.
October 10, 2023 at 16:41
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