Mayor of Simpleton

I think we're talking about two different things here. Sure the application of a tool(s) is needed to build things and the worker is the one who is ap...

... and I posted one on the Murders, of the Hope of Women. Perhaps I can post this one as a balance... ... she has a good philosophy I can fully endor...

Thanks! To tell the truth I could nearly post 'Safety Dance' by Men without Hats, but that would be me reading into the lyrics, as it's not really abo...

Fair enough. I was just a bit confused with the 'and', as it seemed to be more a conclusion than an opening. Seems more fundamental is perhaps a good ...

Isn't it a bit too early in the rant for an 'and'? We've just started and now I need a conclusion? ... or is that the 'and itself? In part quite true ...

Thanks! That lends more context to the drift of the post. Funny thing is I don't consider minds to be easy to generalize, yet that occurs very often. ...

I fully agree with you about all of Saul's work. I'm just never sure about my notion of what is actually 'deep'. In many ways I feel that my life is q...

Just a question... The 'acting one's age'... What are the determining factors for this 'notion'? (not sure 'notion' is the best choice of words here) ...

For what it's worth is the likely my favorite song for the past 16 years... ... I'm not sure if it's deep, but it does seem to articulate a Zeitgeist ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TylW6wXowqw With this knife I cut the cake Who will be my bride today **Sweet Fanny Adams Watch her climb the step lad...

I'm curious... I get the having children, but why the having sex bit? Children are not a necessary outcome of sex.

That one is really funny! I'm gonna miss reading this thread in a couple of weeks. It's very entertaining.

This might be a curious notion, but as someone who is not youth or elderly, it occurred to me that neither the youth or the elderly really have much d...

Very good! So we have Socrates at about 70 (Apology 17b) and now a standard of measure for the category of old age via this shield criterion. As to mo...

The flag of Libya between 1977 - 2011 was an interesting one, probably only in it's 'philosophical statement': The flag of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya ...

So you think they don't? What do you suppose the flag of Mozambique wishes to communicate? /uploads/resized/files/5r/bwbq90pbfpheky9g.jpg Again... YIK...

So, the OP title is: Is living essentially living the lives of others? The posted question is: Implications and assumptions being made by this combina...

WOW! Talk about rising from the dead. This thread was dead and buried, but now it rises again. I'll play... Flag of the Empire of Benin: (not to be co...

It also hasn't done very much to establish a rule other than simply stating 'it is so', as speaking generally from experience isn't quite an empirical...

What exactly is the standard of measure for this shield criterion?

OK... they lived until about 71, but still at what point in time do they reach the status of 'old age'?

So is that age of 71 the standard or just a single case example? Since that's the age of death... what is considered to be old age?

- You've learned you didn't invent sin. - Every generation could be called the 'what the hell were you thinking back then generation'... including you...

How old was 'old age' in the age of Plato?

Here are 4 examples of what can happen when a series of unrelated premises meet up in a philosophy forum. Haven't we all experienced this sort of phil...

Yep!

You might be surprised, but there are more with this sort of 'polarity' than you'd think. They tend to play with the cards tighter to their chest. Don...

The funny thing is I quite enjoy being useless. It certainly lowers the bar of expectations and when something I write that actually is of any use for...

Do you have the internet or does it really have you? Sounds like the title to a real crappy thread with lots of conspiracy theory and cognitive biases...

OK... my reason for asking you that question was if there isn't any clear consensus as to what 'highest ideals and aspirations' are then why should ph...

To be honest, I can't really follow what it is your attempting to communicate.

I'll put the genetic fallacy oh hold for just a bit, but are you stating that all ruling systems are religious? In what way is the concept of god well...

Here's perhaps a strange questions. Are all ruling systems, be they 'supernatural beings' or 'we the people', religious and their doctrine religious? ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXLzv7uWSWk

Are you speaking of religion or something else? As it is placed in a 'philosophy of religion' section of a philosophy forum I'd think you mean religio...

I take it you mean 'yes'. So, have you replaced these established (ruling) systems with one of your own or do you simply have no system whatsoever? ED...

Just asking here, but do you believe that there is a consensus in philosophy as to what are the highest aspirations and ideals?

Now for something completely different... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVxOb8-d7Ic

Let me put it another way. Is it possible to believe in god(s) without a religion or doctrine being involved?

By religion do you mean: - the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods. - a particular system of fa...

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I fail to see where there's a plausible theory in play. A notion of conjecture yes, but a theory: a coherent group of propositions formulated to expla...

If we could find a way to get dead people to answer questions in an interview, that would be a help, but since dead people are completely unresponsive...

Close enough... (Casandra approved message, but who cares...) /uploads/resized/files/oc/qbn1nqejtmvui3nu.jpg

Why on earth would you reach such a conclusion?

I can answer that one... ... get a Fungo bat in aluminum. They are longer than normal bats, but swing lighter and very fast. It takes far less energy ...

It's not a singular topic ever. It's always quite a few of them. As many as address the topic(s) that I can find and have time to look into. I can't r...

I know... and I didn't even want that job. It seems even if you know you're not at all qualified for things you can still get promoted, whether you li...

Since I returned just recently, it's probably my fault. Me and my silly enjoyment of mediocrity. Sorry...

So what philosophies most often influence basically everything that could happen to you? Well... I guess it can't get 'more specific' than that? ;)