Precisely right -- as you age you become less concerned with death since it is inevitable for all things and all persons. As you age you realize that ...
I agree with you. However for a new entrant into the world of Philosophy I believe that Aristotle is a much better starting point. That was my main po...
"... a sense of realness" is NOT reality. Reality follows patters which we can infer through scientific observation and measurement. However the math ...
Be careful about confusing religion with philosophy. If you don't yet know the difference then a good book to read is Bertrand Russell's book "History...
Plato's books on The Republic are a classic, however not very useful. Plato himself was frustrated with Athens and with democracy due to the execution...
I always vote early and by mail. I voted only for GOP candidates for the U.S. Senate and only for DEM candidates for the House Of Reps. I want divided...
You have no proof of what you fear, therefore your fear is unfounded. As Roger Scruton himself points out, death has happened to everyone and everythi...
It is best to simply forget. If you can also forgive that is more noble. Revenge is never appropriate unless you are talking about evicting a person f...
A dangerous question to ask. As I recall Hamlet was pondering this while on the point of suicide. Aquinas' God has placed us here for some purpose. To...
I would say that Philosophy should remain a pure art and not be corrupted with money. Philosophers are normally professors or teachers or mathematicia...
If it were my conscience then I would be aware of it. These situations were ones of total alarm (just short of fright) where someone else was trying v...
As I said there are some things I agree with Trump about and some I do not. It is a mixed bag. It always is. In an election you must always choose the...
My own subconscious mind gives me nightmares about horrifying things that have happened to me. So there is no doubt to me that the subconscious exists...
Emotion is the basis for ethics. And seals like other mammals are just like us humans. They perceive their environment, consider it, and react to it. ...
If there is such a thing as "the mind" then this begs the question Who or What created it? The First Cause? This is all a big can of worms. You are th...
Just for the record, math is a game that we play, with definitions and rules. Math does not really exist outside of the human mind. It is simply an an...
@brianw you are speaking for yourself. The concept of God comes to us from Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinas, Leibnitz, and is also mentioned by our moder...
President Donald John Trump is certainly no philosopher. He is more like a tyrant, if you want to compare him with ancient Athenians. He talks like a ...
And … ?? It sounds like you have the start of something very fresh and new. I do not believe animals could change themselves however. I suspect they w...
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