Marcus de Brun

How sweet, the sound of tears falling! Methinks another 'just' moderation is upon the horizon. :rofl: M

One has no problem with the Devil and his boils. As far as I am aware he has no offspring himself, and may well be impotent? (It may be the source of ...

Have no fear (said the cat) We can make love. But only through the medium of Philosophy and without the coitus interruptio of your zealous moderation....

Yes. Streetlight has a particularly keen interest in my moderation (I suspect he fancies me) M

Definition Religion = Magic Magic is not reasonable All philosophy has a reasonable basis Religion is not Philosophical. M

Theism is predicated upon a belief in magic. Belief in magic is in conflict with reason. That which is not reasonable cannot hope to be philosophical....

let me paraphrase your words and ask if you agree? " other than it is not a matter of fact that "" is not, nor is it in conflict to reason that "" - t...

All religion(s) are united by a belief in immortal deities. Immortal deities are by definition capable of magic. One can indeed have a 'Philosophy of ...

It does give one.. 'the one who is' and surely that must be a consummate delight, one that Old Philosophy tends to remove rather than sustain. M

Agree entirely. There is no better place than the Bible to quarry for the 'sweet delight' of 'the one who is'. M

Is this a rather prosaic way of re-stating the old adage that: 'ignorance is bliss!" M

I attempted to post an alternative view of the Trump phenomena some time ago and it was censored. Fortunately this OP is from 'Teachers Pet' and is le...

Not particularly, but for the present exercise I suspect that your own may be at risk, and I am at your disposal should you wish to avoid the general ...

No thanks, in my estimation a lot of problems have arisen when too much care is applied to the reading of Genesis and the other fictions therein. M

Imagine that you're a resident of a subsistence economy that's closed off from the rest of the world. You tend a pumpkin patch for about 30 minutes a ...

"Trade is one avenue to a vantage point on ourselves. It lifts us out of the mundane." This is an interesting and profound assertion. How does it lift...

Are'nt we all the incestuous sons and daughters of Adam and eve? M

A moral life is the most pleasurable, most enjoyable, contains the greatest longevity, the least likelihood of disease, illness, and depression, the b...

A moral life is the most pleasurable, most enjoyable, contains the greatest longevity, the least likelihood of disease, illness, depression, the best ...

Beliefs are for the greater part socially programmed. Human beings think act and live in accordance with the instinctual imperative 'to belong'. The i...

Schopenhauer presents the definitive logic on the subject of the impossibility of a freedom of the will. I have read nothing to date that undermines h...

Thanks for the book reference I have not read it but will order a copy. I wonder if some of the yawning gaps might be closed were Philosophy to supply...

The 'actual' and the 'infinite' would appear to be infinitely incompatible. M

That is not what I wrote. Not "everything" but rather the "temporal dimension" of everything. I too agree that there is some truth to the 'other way r...

Higher dimensional perception might not be as difficult as you suggest. If the process of thought upon one's thought (meta-thought) is considered, the...

There is therefore in this common view a distinction between the first order of perception "with our eyes" and the second order of 'perceived dimensio...

Might you be in a position to outline the 'common' view of the space-time continuum? M

That is an interesting perspective, however like many others upon the subject it is contingent upon an apriori concept of that which you refer to as t...

This appears to be empirically correct, but is this not simply stating that reality is something of a delusion, if experienced reality is at odds with...

Thank you wayfarer for a very interesting and detailed reply. I suspect that you are right here, in the sense that sub-atomic particles behave in a ma...

Because the so-called 'sub-atomic constituents' of matter are themselves indeterminate in nature. Could you expand on this? How are sub-atomic particl...

They may have a lot to say about it, however the more they say might well corelate with their respective lack of knowledge of Thoreau, who effectively...

The question of economic growth is posed and answered by Thoreau in Walden Pond. Without an appropriate Philosophy of public and private wealth, the d...

Does Christianity limit God? God is the unfortunate limitation to Christianity. Spinoza attempted the inverse in a Jewish context and encountered the ...

Some of the greatest and most beautiful people who have ever lived, have never lived. The Book is dead. Long live the Book! M

The book, in my estimation represents a private relationship with knowledge. To engage in a private relationship one must have something that approxim...

"Science and superstition; they're not the same" Science is the transient superstition of the atheist Superstition is the transient science of the the...

Apologies Boss, I'm a bit of a slob! :yum: M

"ok here's a fundamental definition for you---- An atheist can be defined as a person who predicates his/her beliefs of the creation of the universe o...

One is not broadening the theistic definition (it already reaches out imploringly, towards a ridiculously impossible vista of magic and heavens etc). ...

Where did the quotation marks come from in respect of the "great idea"? Please put me in contact with he who has penned these fine words! :grin: The n...

Again you are applying a rather shallow and 'criticism-hunting' approach to what I write. I dont mind the criticism if it is a reflection of what I am...

Let me reiterate the point. Theism, a belief in 'God' is a belief in an immaterial entity. This 'concept' like any other has had an origin, one that p...

Nice piece, however I suspect the inverse to be true. I do not agree that perception grows as we grow, rather the inverse is true. In order to see cer...

You will never read it all, and if you havent read much then: The Story of Philosophy by Will Durant, is a gentle read written by the last American ge...

your back on the loop again. debrun out :yawn:

:ok: I hope that is an indication that the offending digit is soon to be removed from the place of little sunshine. M

Sorry but its not going to come from me. I am neither your jailer nor your judge. :) You have posted it in a conversation with me on this topic. You c...

By dealing with the initial central equivocation first, and by then constructing an honest self narrative on that basis. M

Identity must precede the narrative; if the narrative is to have any meaning outside the 'endless loop' scenario. So the short answer is No, don't 'sn...