Athena

I totally love what you said. Just yesterday I was reading about wind evaporating water and releasing heat. I need to find that information again and ...

I really appreciate what said and especially that definition of Liberal Education. However, I see your interpretation of it is not the meaning of my w...

I am not sure but it seems to me the discussion is too limited to language. Information is the stuff of the universe and the stuff of earth. It is the...

I would say there is a difference between a nature-made object or event and a man-made object of event. This is where I part with Plato and perfect fo...

Just as a matter of argument, what is happening here? No matter what the reasoning for wearing masks, there are some who do not accept the scientific ...

The thought that comes to mind when reading those replies is chaos is essential to creativity, but total chaos would no form, and manifestation is dep...

That is a totally fascinating post. I am amazed by how important words are. We can not discuss something without a word for it and you have used words...

Good point. Not all information is true. You have tapped on to the emotional/social reason for seeking information. That is really something to ponder...

While reading the OP I was wondering how an animal would answer your question, because information is essential to all animals and insects. Informatio...

Which one of the Greek philosophers spoke of our higher selves? I think here we need to follow the line of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. None of us ...

Timothy Ferris's "The Science of Liberty" brings up the subject of science and totalitarianism. Both The Nazi and Russian Communists believed they wer...

I agree with what you said and want to bring this back to what Plato said. We are adamant that the parents are responsible for preparing children to b...

oh, oh, I am not sure nature programmed us for monogamy. I think the family unit most civilizations have resulted from social pressure more than natur...

That awakening is the New Age. A time of high tech and peace and the end of tyranny. It has been coming for a long time and obviously depends on the d...

Thank you, and as I contemplate buying another book, I am thinking of all the books I started to read and did not complete. I really do not need anoth...

I would be more impressed if we had the name and writing of a woman philosopher who wrote of love and social concerns than I am by Plato referring to ...

Wheatley, I look forward to having the time to watch your links. Perhaps I can devote this weekend to that when my choice of TV shows is very poor. I ...

Wow, you have opened a whole new world for me. Thank you so much for that list of female philosophers. I went on to see if there are books on the subj...

Wheatley, You posted very interesting videos. However, no one has responded to them. To me, this is seriously problematic, because the discussion is n...

Which men. Not all men have resources and power. There must be an organization with resources and power to record and preserve a person's thoughts.

Who makes the decision of it what someone thinks is worth saving for centuries? Might philosophy have been different if women had not been closed out?

I think we have agreement up to the point of saying atheists convert after consideration. At that point, I think we have a different opinion of who ca...

I watched a show about the Southern resistance to integration last night so that is what is really on my mind, and the thinking of prejudiced people i...

This is more agreement with what you have said than not an argument. At best we can have a perception of reality. That perception is dependent on our ...

That would be a good book to read! I have the good fortune to have experienced the reality of poverty and living in constant insecurity and learning t...

Okay, how many ways can we define reality? What about reality matters and why? How can we be sure we know reality? Like, might we live differently if ...

Sure and in the US we had the right to own slaves and steal land from the native Americans. Might makes right because it is obvious the source of that...

I am reluctant to move the discussion in a direction it was not going. I didn't realize I was so far off from what everyone else is discussing. As wri...

That final statement about definitions brings to mind the creature that is doing the defining. Chardin said God is asleep in rocks and minerals, wakin...

Ah, if we are talking quantum physics as reality, perhaps it is not a thing but an action and it is in constant change. Before the elements what was h...

Robin Williams said reality is an interesting concept. Reality is what we agree it to be, but obviously, it can be very hard to get an agreement. I am...

That looks like a very interesting book! I love to examine why people believe what they believe. Where and why did the idea originate and where did it...

I find that agreeable. I agree with this too but want to say all people have a mythology about creation with stories that tell them how to behave. The...

Five Biblical stories are Sumerian stories of multiple gods. It was a goddess who made a man and woman of mud and breathed life into them so they coul...

If it is false it is a lie. You are playing a good game of cat and mouse. Do you believe the Bible is God's word or a nice mythology but truth as a pe...

There is a huge issue with the written word. What Hammusrabl did, did not affect the Celts who were resistant to the written word. Celts and others re...

What might be very important to this belief system is the belief in God and inheritance. This was not a problem when they were nomadic sheepherders bu...

Plain and simple why is "Belief in god is necessary for being good" a true statement? That would be the most obvious lie of Christianity and if there ...

This was not always so. There was no written of God until after the Hebrews/Jews (?) were taken into captivity by Babylon. And obviously, these people...

There is a changing of values of the old testament as the people shift from being nomadic herders, as dependent on God as leaves blowing in the wind, ...

Bingo with literalists being a comparatively new thing. Education for technology is about being exacting and correct and relying on authority. And I b...

And here is the problem. I think Jews interpret the Bible more abstractly than Christians. It is the literal interpretation of the Bible that gets peo...

What is the lie? Anyone who believes s/he knows God's truth and that those who do not hold the same truth, do not know God, is not allowing others the...

I also have an uncanny ability to find missing things, however, I do not pray to a saint of god for help. I also do not consider myself to be an athei...

Oh yes, I clearly see evidence of the argument being evaded. And I am someone who denies others the right to believe what they believe because wrong t...

What is the lie? Would you please put what you are talking about in your post? If you want to talk about a lie, you need to say what that lie is.

Yes, I deny the right of others to have their own beliefs because wrong reasoning can have bad consequences. :lol: A drier coin receptor is not workin...

Wow, you are very emotional, aren't you? Believing something that is not true does not make a person a liar. At least I never considered calling relig...

Ah, thanks to the organization of this forum, I think I found your question. An unquestioned presupposition is fast thinking. This can lead to holding...

I already asked what is evil? Now I need to ask what is your question because I would love to give answering it a shot. I suspect the argument you are...