I am sorry I just can not relate to Nietzsche. Simply to be worthy of what? What is "it"? The Greek gods were nothing like the God of Abraham so what ...
That looks interesting. I looked for information about the book and that led to looking at other books. At the moment I think I would like an audioboo...
OMG you excited me again! How do you come to know Dewey? :cry: Those are tears of joy. Yes, if we look at an old Webster dictionary that provides the ...
Is there a site address for the information you shared, or a book title? I think I want that information but the print is too small for me to read it....
Socrates saw education as what liberates the people chained to the cave. Liberal education is about being liberated and capable of being self-governin...
I am very excited by the link I used in the reply to Vaskane because I think it is an excellent explanation of our concept of the self and the importa...
Dear Vaskane, you push me to seek knowledge that pleases me in every way. I am quite sure the Greeks were familiar with Egyptian gods and modeled thei...
I am not sure the male experience of being Mom is the same as the female experience. That would be really hard because when women stayed home they vis...
I said we start life as empty bases and living is about filling ourselves with knowledge. What do you think is inside us that we need to be aware of? ...
That is a very important question and as @Fooloso4 explains, the answer is complex because we have different natures and we change as we age. I think ...
That is an interesting distinction. I never thought of that before. I don't know if I understand the form that life has taken is something unforeseen,...
Now that I have to argue against and it goes with the subject of this thread. Who makes war, individuals or the whole bloody civilization? :rofl: so a...
Oh my dear, I think I have to argue against that notion, but then I am afraid I will have to argue against myself when I criticize the warrior mentali...
Now that is something to talk about. Shall we begin with why a mother must hate herself and how this is going to help her? I am 77 years old and most ...
No problem at all. It is an honor to converse with someone who is well-informed and my goodness you brought some very interesting concepts into this d...
What do you like about that talk of enemies and war? Maybe this subject deserves another thread? I see value in Sun Tzu's "The Art of War" and Daniele...
That was a nice play on the meaning of greatness. For me, the subject is just something to think about because in the process of thinking the small th...
I would say so. My family is an organization and I am the matriarch. :lol: Oh my goodness one thought leads to another. My X was in a hurry to prove h...
Yes, group identity gives us an immortality and many have died to maintain the conscious life form. For me, that group organization is democracy. Not ...
I find what you said agreeable. I was never out to prove a point. I just thought the subject would be interesting. I think we can agree HIS STORY gave...
I think the "Great Story" was the strong emotions during a time of war and the end of that war. My mother sang for USO shows and my father served in G...
Huh? The world was full of people who thought they were spiritual beings along with all of life being animated by spirit. The Egyptians had a trinity ...
That is a lot of reading. It is very interesting but I am a mother and have a radically different point of view. I think Genghis Khan was a fascinatin...
His Superman is not exactly my idea of a good neighbor. I do not agree with Nietzche about other animals not having morality. I do not think other ani...
What is happening in the US right now causes me to fear mob psychology and a lack of independent reasoning. My original question begins with not knowi...
So no pharaoh built a pyramid but the masses built it? I have always had a problem with how we tell history. It presents a totally unrealistic underst...
Delicious. :heart: What if we had a better understanding of such leverage points? I am coming from LuckyR's quote from Steve Jobs about the "form". Th...
I like Socrates and Plato and Steve Jobs use the word "form". My mother was a keypunch operator long before we had personal computers. That is she use...
OMG you have stimulated so many thoughts in my head. :heart: And this one really leaped out at me. Athens like most ancient civilizations created thei...
Here is a link to a free philosophy course, and the particular lecture that includes a map of reality that is crucial to our understanding of just abo...
You pose a very interesting question and I feel compelled to chase it down the rabbit hole. Someone who dropped out of school in the 8th grade, or a 1...
I don't think I agree with what you said but maybe that is my failure to fully understand your point. I don't imagine myself as separate as I think yo...
I am glad I just watched an explanation of a map of life and an explanation of Socrates's cave because that leads to me seeing so much more in your ex...
That is a good point. I like that, now the TV programming I watch is stressing the truth of what you have said. Again and again, I have watched the st...
I like the thoughts you expressed. That notion of when we die, whatever effect that we have had on the world continues. That was very important to the...
Plato has been left out and he seems to have been as concerned about the 10 commandments as Moses was but he came to this reasoning without an encount...
Thank you. I guess I am working on the background information now but this sure is an uphill battle because most people seem to believe what we have t...
I am glad you want information on the subject. When we entered WWII teachers who had taught for many years could no longer teach unless they went to c...
Thank you for replying. I am sincere about wanting to improve my communication skills. Tonight I listened to an explanation of Aristotle that made me ...
He lost the election to Bush Junior and if he had won, the neocons would not have been able to take us to war as they were intent on doing at least si...
:lol: Lets see if I can do as well as Socrates. He gave his life for democracy even though he thought poorly of the decisions that were made. What did...
Thank you for representing the million of people who do not see the importance of education for democracy and pulling out my thoughts about why a libe...
I was rushed earlier and I missed saying how glad I am that we no longer beat the devil out of our children. I think some serious changes have followe...
My concern is the education of small children, not higher education. My argument is the priority for education was preparing the children to become se...
Ah, a brain in a vat would not get essential information without a body. What are you without a body? What is your body without a brain? People with A...
I think we need our bodies to experience life and that every cell in our body is part of our consciousness, so if our consciousness were transferred t...
What part does culture play in our understanding of how to parent, and how to behave, and our values? Coming from your arguments I will ask is there s...
Okay and who decides what the Educators know and value? Who determines the purpose of Education? Teachers are dependent on manufacturers for learning ...
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