Tzeentch

Thank you all for your various inputs. They have been helpful and insightful. I've read some interpretations that are pretty close to my own, but I wi...

That's very insightful. Especially the dual meaning of the last part of the phrase. I also like the "it means what you think it means"-approach. A phr...

"To overcome" is rather ambiguous in that context, though. At least in modern language. "To overcome" can mean "to understand", but the word has also ...

Treat every piece of information that cannot be empirically confirmed with a great dose of skepsis. Especially when that information comes from politi...

Wisdom-seeking. True wisdom leads to happiness. “Watch your thoughts, they become words; watch your words, they become actions; watch your actions, th...

By virtue of recognizing that one has a problem one arguably takes the most important step towards treading a different path. It is never too late, bu...

Worship of the material from a very early age, and never meeting the other side of the coin until one starts seeking for it themselves, often only aft...

Not for the poor man.

Sometimes I feel joy helping people, but in the example of charity then no, I don't feel joy, since I have no idea what they will do with the money an...

No, there's no pleasure involved, nor is there pain involved. I give the money because I want to help the person, not because I will feel good about m...

Of course, this thought comes up before I give the money.

That would be a good way to describe it, yes.

No.

No. It's not a feeling of happiness as a result from hope, as the feeling I am left with is a feeling of worry rather than hope.

I disagree with this. Take for example the concept of charity. Why would someone give to the poor? A cynic may say "because giving to the poor makes o...

That's not necessarily true. It may bring them knowledge about themselves, but knowledge doesn't always lead to happiness. In fact, I'd say it rarely ...

There are so many reasons. Some seek it to test themselves. Some believe it is a step to leading a better life. Some believe it will strengthen themse...

For a lot of humans, this is probably true. But hardly for all. There are many who consciously abstain from pleasures and embrace hardship.

When the choice is forced between two evils, It is not at all unethical to choose the lesser evil. In a vacuum I would agree lying is immoral, but con...

You write seemingly with confidence, yet you understand little about Buddhism. And it is no wonder that you find it difficult to relate to something o...

Isn't the motivation to lie to prevent a worse immoral deed from happening? So whilst lying is immoral, in this case one lies to prevent oneself from ...

This has already been addressed.

I'm no scientist, nor am I really interested in scientific theory on the matter. Doesn't it boil down to whether the mind is capable of creating new c...

Purple is the mix between red and blue. Why would that be unimaginable? And if math appeared out of there being multiple objects and humans started ad...

This overlooks the ability of the human mind to create things on its own. Perhaps the child in the example won't imagine specifically a pineapple, but...

That is an interesting question for sure, however it isn't necessary to answer it in order to ponder about the mind. "Cheap" mental tricks or not, if ...

What reward that society can offer could possibly interest a philosopher?

The origin of identity politics goes way back. It used to be part of the Soviet agenda on ideological subversion, but its concepts are much older than...

A lot of morality cannot be enforced, which is exactly why it is considered virtuous to follow such morals. One could even argue that acting in a mora...

Death is the great unknown. Whether we live on or die forever, I aim to have peace with both outcomes. In the case we live on, I will have tried in my...

Buddhism shares some of the most interesting insights in regards to suffering. Both of your comments echo those insights in that suffering is a choice...

In my experience it is. I've explained the example of dreams, but there's also the way we experience every day life. Some things are tedious and pass ...

I'd say so. It's the circumstances of the being that may cause one to suffer, but suffering is a mental or psychological interpretation of such circum...

"Inherent" is a dangerous term to use on a philosophy forum, but lets leave that discussion for another time. Suffering isn't meaningful unless one se...

On such topics as good and evil there are a lot of people whose reasoning is hopelessly hypocritical. I'll find myself playing the devil's advocate of...

The real problem is people do not want to lead a simple, peaceful life. Perhaps it is ambition, greed, ignorance, but in the end it's a choice. How ma...

Well, I think that the effort of thinking about one's beliefs, including the proof which may or may not exist is vitally important to the whole debate...

I like your way of reasoning, but I don't see why we should aspire to end the debate. Religion and spirituality are important parts of human existence...

Interesting reactions so far. I see there are some different views about what exactly is depression, but let me just reiterate that I view it as a spe...

You should specify that you are talking about an omnipresent, omnipotent and benevolent God. In my short time on this forum I noticed that God seems s...

I'm not entirely sure what you are trying to say, but one can heatedly debate politics and still be completely ignorant. In fact, generally the more h...

There's nothing objectively immoral about it, if we argue from a secular standpoint, because without religion there is no basis for objective morality...

I wonder what would happen to "the energy issue" if we would simply get rid of all the useless things we don't need. I speculate there would be no ene...

The problem is not with the system, but with the people. However, the system provides a nice excuse for the people to keep blaming each other for what...

I disagree with the claim that this would be objective. You already state it yourself; "... for no good reason." Who decides what is a good reason? Th...

I don't think the immune system is able to function when it is separated from the brain, but I'm no expert. I'd actually say the immune system is a gr...

I think I see where the disconnect happened. I distinguish between three things. Mind, brain and body. For simplicity's sake I will define 'mind' as c...

Dear writer, our lawsuit hasn't even started and yet you already accuse me of pounding the table. It would behoove you to take a look in the mirror. Y...

Everything the body does has it's origin in the brain. This is scientific fact and as far as I know not up for debate. Do spare me the condescending "...

The brain is master of the body. Everything that happens inside the body is caused by signals from the brain, and almost all of this happens subconsci...