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Prometheus2

['Member']Joined: December 25, 2024 at 00:34Last active: May 14, 2025 at 21:371 discussions13 comments

Bio

Just another stranger interested in philosophy, living life, trying to enjoy this limited time with other people and make most of it.
After all, one day there won't be anything remaining.

Favourite Quotations

"Perhaps instead of looking for the right answer, first, we must look for the right question?"

"And then I remember that life will go on, whether I choose to board the train or stay on the platform."

"What is the point of a song, if it is not to be listened to and enjoyed?"

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Comments

In: In Support of Western Supremacy, Nationalism, and Imperialism.  — view comment
Whilst I get your point, your way of thinking seems much too idealistic. Anyone could justify whatever goals they have with this approach. I think som...
April 09, 2025 at 10:04
In: What is the (true) meaning of beauty?  — view comment
Yes, perhaps it is when we feel that something is beautiful when looking at it, this is a direct response to the thing we are perceiving, closely tied...
January 06, 2025 at 14:18
In: What is the (true) meaning of beauty?  — view comment
I think it was Aristotle who originally claimed we have 5 senses (sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell). At first thought, I would have said that we...
January 04, 2025 at 19:28
In: What is the (true) meaning of beauty?  — view comment
I found a short passage about bears and what I mentioned earlier briefly. I tried to find some studies about this however, along the way I found out t...
January 04, 2025 at 02:09
In: What is the (true) meaning of beauty?  — view comment
I see.. So according to you, the mind — as in, our ability to think ("Reason") — is what made us more or less incapable of enjoying such moments for w...
January 04, 2025 at 01:52
In: What is the (true) meaning of beauty?  — view comment
Thank you for your comment! That's a very interesting point there. I've often wondered how much of a word's 'true meaning', or that of what this word ...
January 04, 2025 at 00:07
In: What is the (true) meaning of beauty?  — view comment
Hmm... So what you mean to say is that...perhaps beauty is something purely contingent and subjective, and if it were not, there would have to be some...
January 03, 2025 at 23:29
In: What is the (true) meaning of beauty?  — view comment
Could you elaborate that? (this other aspect?)
January 02, 2025 at 21:49
In: What is the (true) meaning of beauty?  — view comment
Interesting thought but is beauty really something that can be labeled or called good or bad?
January 01, 2025 at 22:43
In: What is the (true) meaning of beauty?  — view comment
I like this take of trying to define something by starting to define what it isn't (process of elimination or exclusion, whatever it is called), outli...
January 01, 2025 at 22:41
In: What is the (true) meaning of beauty?  — view comment
Your question about beauty being a transcendental or not, or whether it perhaps says something deeper about our reality is super interesting imo. It m...
January 01, 2025 at 22:33
In: What is the (true) meaning of beauty?  — view comment
Wow, yeah, I quite like that thought. These two sides of beauty.
January 01, 2025 at 20:48
In: What is the (true) meaning of beauty?  — view comment
True, I agree with that. Whether the notion of beauty always has to arise in correlation with rationality or not is an interesting thought. Perhaps it...
December 28, 2024 at 03:09
In: What is the (true) meaning of beauty?  — view comment
Thank you, I'll give that a read for sure!
December 27, 2024 at 16:51
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