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Marcus de Brun

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Complete BS (IMOP) the only thing that is more BS is the notion of an asexual person. M
August 29, 2018 at 23:38
No that is not my point, and apologies for the question. In my experience deep depression comes from unhappiness about the deepest of things. being lo...
August 29, 2018 at 23:32
Posty This question is totally out of order and I should not be asking it ... straight out... and I absolutely do not wish to cause any offence.. so p...
August 29, 2018 at 23:22
Depression is part of who and what you are. If you're not depressed then you are blind or numb to reality... and trying to get rid of ones depression ...
August 29, 2018 at 23:13
The fact that you have begun a metaphysical dialogue in respect of installation art would indicate that one can have a metaphysical experience re same...
August 29, 2018 at 23:02
"I quoted what you yourself claimed and then I disputed it with a reasonable argument. Unheard of! I don't know what I was thinking. "Nietzsche did no...
August 29, 2018 at 22:54
Bizarre, the thread is about Rand but you'd rather have an irrelevant rant instead...??? Rand would be heartily amused I'm sure.
August 29, 2018 at 20:53
My point exactly ..... You offer nothing concrete just whinning for the joy of whinning Something to say about Rand? Then say it? M
August 29, 2018 at 20:41
I imagine that Rand would enjoy this thread very much. The criticism of her is mostly of the Ellsworth Touhey variety.... It has even been stated on t...
August 29, 2018 at 20:04
This is the point or thrust of the current conversation. Does doubt require the doubter? Is thought dependent upon/come after the thinker? Is it 'gene...
July 31, 2018 at 10:24
. When you say "thought exists a priori," what do you mean? I suspect from your usage that you do not know what a priori means - can you clarify? Ther...
July 30, 2018 at 23:35
With the rarest of exception: All greatly popular men are necessarily great spoofers. Descartes was a great man who was very popular (partly) because ...
July 30, 2018 at 13:46
"TO THE MOST WISE AND ILLUSTRIOUS THE DEAN AND DOCTORS OF THE SACRED FACULTY OF THEOLOGY IN PARIS. "The motive which induces me to present to you this...
July 30, 2018 at 12:20
Absolutely NOT. From where did you pull the chain of assumption that leads you come up with the notion that the "I" is the cause and 'thought' the eff...
July 30, 2018 at 11:18
I left out books on the 'water of life' because the price tag and the taste buds are the general arbiter elegantarium. M
July 30, 2018 at 10:12
"It is impossible that a thought could will itself into existence." Why have you left the ball park and started a different game. The origin of though...
July 30, 2018 at 08:11
Everything including floom is quite simply .....thought. And if you disagree, well thats thought too. I think?
July 29, 2018 at 22:56
If you are indeed a teen, then there is a significant likelyhood that you are stupid. I say this because I was very stupid when I was a teen and am on...
July 29, 2018 at 22:34
In no particular order: Walden Pond The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand Catch 22 The Outsider (audiobook, read by Kenneth Branaugh) A Confederacy of Dunces W...
July 29, 2018 at 21:57
I have avoided Gassendi' objections because he comes at the problem with the same celestial bias that contaminates Descartes thought beyond his second...
July 29, 2018 at 16:47
Monogomy works best for those who are in love and those who are ugly. M
July 29, 2018 at 15:44
The cogito comes in different forms. "I think, therefore I am." "This proposition, I am, I exist, is necessarily true whenever it is put forward by me...
July 29, 2018 at 15:35
"You really need to read Descartes more closely - or read better commentaries. Until you do, your comments don't really touch anything Descartes said....
July 28, 2018 at 23:30
Christian Philosophy can indeed at times be relied upon to produce fine human beings and fine specimens of logical thought/philosophy. It (good Christ...
July 28, 2018 at 07:12
My point exactly. At last the same page! M
July 27, 2018 at 23:02
The concept 'No-thing' presupposes the existence of things, and as all things are mind constructs, the concept comes attached to both a (P) world and ...
July 27, 2018 at 21:42
I think you are right and I heartily like the term 'foundational beliefs'. The idea is in harmony with Schopenhauer's 'will' as representation Nietzsc...
July 27, 2018 at 21:33
Watched the clip... a half hour of my life that is lost for ever. I suspect that the Climate Change denier in the clip may well be suffering from a me...
July 27, 2018 at 20:46
[reply="Relativist;200664" Thank you for that Relativist. Point taken in respect of reason. Perhaps it would have been more reasonable to assert that ...
July 27, 2018 at 16:41
Take God, for example. The reasoning for its/His existence or non existence is sufficient for the thinker and non thinker solely upon the basis of apr...
July 27, 2018 at 07:50
Any more nutty than putting the magnetosphere "issue " before that of the ongoing environmental crisis, or the Trump crisis? M
July 26, 2018 at 23:55
Where is the delineation for sufficient reason. The sufficiency or insufficiency of the reason is determined by the individual or individuals whom are...
July 26, 2018 at 23:49
The magnetosphere...... And then there's asteroids, and super bugs, and solar flares, and the immanent eruption of Yellowstone, fluoride in the drinki...
July 26, 2018 at 22:21
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July 26, 2018 at 11:38
Apologies Raza But the climate change denial, and the Muslim stuff, and the tchnology will save us stuff.. all of it certainly does trigger a hyperven...
July 26, 2018 at 11:27
This is getting as interesting as it is becoming predictable. 'Influential Islamic partners of Western Bankers' WOW X3 I should have known that the Mu...
July 26, 2018 at 11:04
Ahhhhh. Now this is an interesting insight into your thought. 'Pollution does not correlate with temperature Change?' WOW! Climate change doctrine is:...
July 26, 2018 at 09:38
Don't recall submitting an application for any particular post. I would love someone to come up with an alternative to facism as a practical and real ...
July 26, 2018 at 09:13
Philosophy is not about getting into a strop. Make your point and back it up with evidence and reason.
July 26, 2018 at 09:03
This type of analysis is superficial and somewhat facile. What Trump means to individuals is irrelevant beyond the fact that he represents base primit...
July 25, 2018 at 22:41
He "never" hit a homerun, from the point that the revisionist steps in at t2 and makes the truth a falsity. It was a home run at t1... you said so you...
July 25, 2018 at 12:07
If you are interested in the topic in respect of contemporary Facism, there are far better examples than China. Putin for example has all the trapping...
July 25, 2018 at 10:06
Posty.. you can do better than that... :vomit: Hit me with an enlightened contradiction! Perhaps America is making you lazy. A more thorough response ...
July 25, 2018 at 09:52
At time t1+1, the ref called a foul; and at t2 the 'truth' of the homerun was deemed untrue..... M
July 24, 2018 at 16:42
Sometimes masturbation is easier. Less potential complications, cheaper by far, and readily accessible, particularly so for the ambidextrous. To conti...
July 24, 2018 at 12:52
Sorry wellwisher, that comes across as mumbo-jumbo, and I don't know what point you are trying to make. Could you possibly summarize same in a sentenc...
July 24, 2018 at 12:07
The problem is however, that many abuse the 'support' and become dependent upon it rather than independent of the state and truly free. The 'support' ...
July 24, 2018 at 11:42
Put your position/disagreement on a new discussion and we can break a lance on the idea? M
July 24, 2018 at 11:31
We are drifting off topic a bit, However, I would agree with the 'both realities' idea, however I suspect that what ultimately differentiates the two,...
July 24, 2018 at 11:24