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Dan84

['Member']Joined: November 26, 2018 at 13:21Last active: March 30, 2019 at 16:391 discussions39 comments
Location: The internet

Bio

I’m an unemployed student of health and social care.

Ex drug addict

Have various diagnosis of mental health conditions.

Thrown out of school very early and was led down a very dangerous and detrimtental path.

Spent time in prison.

Survived to run my own business fitness training rich folk.

I have acquaintances ranging from very intelligent drug addicts on the edge of life to very successful ignorant chaps and chappesses.

I’ve read widely and retained about 5% of what I’ve read. I’m truly curious and I think I’m a bit of an intellectual rough diamond. I don’t believe in absolutes although I believe that in order to succeed one needs to accept absolutes.

And I’m very personable, don’t let that fool you, I’d have thrown the old woman down the stairs.

One thing I do believe in is moral relativity.

Favourite Philosopher

Plato’s Socrates, Plato, Dante, Mozart, Nietchzhe, Freud, Picasso, Durant, Dylan, Nas, Peterson

Favourite Quotations

I’d rather tongue tied knowledge than locquatious ignorance. - Cicero

The world is the problem; The atomic bomb is the answer. - Ghandi

This is Sparta. - Butler

The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubt while the stupid people are full of confidence. - contended (?)

The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but ourselves. - Shakespeare

It is the wild colts that make the best horses. - Themistocles

Even Jesus wouldn’t forgive what you do. - Bob Dylan

Anyone can become a philosopher and anything can become philosophy. - me.





Discussions (1)

Comments

[reply="karl stone;23420 Fool
December 07, 2018 at 11:09
Ha no it’s not got anything to do with Buddhism it’s about having a conversation that could be interesting without having to put up with interruptions...
December 06, 2018 at 22:53
Ok could go further but thanks. You have helped me. irellevant question. Is Kant the most important philosopher of the enlightenment era? In terms of ...
December 06, 2018 at 19:12
Sorry to pester- want does Kant say about strong lies in order to protect others emotions? Where would that leave me? i.e gift of love. Mum I love you...
December 06, 2018 at 18:00
Oh for sure. I only mentioned the OP thing just to narrow my own answer. So for my education. Kants perfect duty to others - We owe the truth in order...
December 06, 2018 at 17:57
Is there no way to be more involved? I’d be fascinated. I’m currently a student in my first year but hope to progress to at least MA and god willing P...
December 06, 2018 at 17:52
The answer lies to a much earlier and simpler time. There are, according to some, I believe Plato?? Two kinds of beauty- that of opinion and that of k...
December 06, 2018 at 17:45
I think you altered the OP a little ( or I’m dumb, happy to accept either ) but interesting post and I agree. I really need to read Kant.
December 06, 2018 at 17:39
Is the real question what the individual owes morally to society?
December 06, 2018 at 17:38
I recently presented my parents with the question of morally “Do I owe you anything” We couldn’t agree, lol, but if someone spits on me should I thank...
December 06, 2018 at 17:36
I have to agree here Karl. I’m open to your reasoning and you are certainty intelligent, certainly, more so than myself for sure. But you are at risk ...
December 06, 2018 at 17:29
:lol:
December 06, 2018 at 12:24
Sorry old chap. I don’t like to result to insult but you are being a bit of an ass. Could you please cut out the assness. Just a little.
December 06, 2018 at 10:36
I bet old Karl is real fun at a dinner party.
December 06, 2018 at 10:34
Wouldn’t philosophy be dull if it was just science. Imagine.
December 06, 2018 at 02:30
Interesting
December 05, 2018 at 15:51
in answer to do rewards to self taint altruism - my opinion; Noble deeds reward the Noble soul. The Nobel soul if acting selflessly is rewarded then t...
December 05, 2018 at 15:48
Ok well ignore the bits you don’t like. :)
December 05, 2018 at 15:28
We can become more subjectively enlightened, but who decides upon enlightenment? The progressive ‘left’ currently believe that their campaign of socia...
December 05, 2018 at 15:16
I have no formal education in English grammar or anything, left school very early. So please forgive mistakes and please correct I haven’t read the an...
December 05, 2018 at 14:50
Yes please. I’d like some more equations.
December 03, 2018 at 10:30
At first I was like 60- ? Then trying to add up Bernice’ fat arse... lol thanks dude.
December 03, 2018 at 03:07
I also love the example and thanks very much for that.
December 03, 2018 at 03:06
Ok. It’s not about the athrimetic is it, almost, it’s similiar to deductive logic. Ha the funny thing was I (kind of) pictured the equation. I didn’t ...
December 03, 2018 at 03:05
Trump or rather the state of the world is what happens when dangerous geniuses write books that the intelligent read and over the following 2-3 genera...
December 01, 2018 at 00:13
Truth to that
December 01, 2018 at 00:02
Worth to note that throughout history how many deeply intelligent and wise people live with suicidal thoughts. It’s easy using a scientific or medical...
December 01, 2018 at 00:00
Are you suggesting that assisted suicide be legal (given caveats). The reason I ask is I still don’t quite have the handle of the reply and quote syst...
November 30, 2018 at 23:50
Several points from me when I’m being dragged down into the inferno my suicidal thoughts manifest themselves as fantasy, an irrational urge to end a (...
November 30, 2018 at 23:43
Me that’s muddled. Sorry. My claim would be that if an omnipotent being, call it god, were to deliver objective truth to man, then something, not noth...
November 30, 2018 at 15:03
[reply="Pattern-chaser;2324 Does “delivery” depend upon method of reception?
November 30, 2018 at 14:31
Thanks :smile:
November 30, 2018 at 02:04
could someone please tell me How to reply with quote?
November 30, 2018 at 01:15
I’m new to the forum so apologies if I have screwed up reposting the relevant quote. To answer “nothing can...objective knowledge.” That statement cou...
November 30, 2018 at 01:14
Me too. In my humble and meaningless opinion; Even on the worst days, it’s better to be on vacation in hell than be stuck in purgatory without a passp...
November 29, 2018 at 14:23
love it
November 29, 2018 at 14:18
Love it
November 29, 2018 at 14:18
I’m bi-polar, SP and all other kinds of modern explanations of altered states of experience and existence. I’m super sensitive to anything that stimul...
November 29, 2018 at 00:36
One or Two doses a year is more than enough for me. I then have to endure a few months of dysfunction before normality resumes. The growth is worth th...
November 28, 2018 at 22:16
Oh wow. My first post and this is where I find myself. Now that is a question. If I were to answer that statement, and not be in a state of mania... I...
November 27, 2018 at 21:57