*connecting, connecting* Ms Guardianista at your service. I won't say a word... https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/nov/16/zombie-apocalypse-dang...
I realise that my earlier copy and paste from the Guardian was lazy. https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/947531 I'm also in danger of be...
Yes. The quick descent. I once thought of life and its changing patterns as circles. All things must pass and come around again. Now, I think of a dow...
No, Vera, just No!! I love Tennant and can't allow this :naughty: I'm watching series 1 and up to episode 3 'Hard Times'. The chemistry and dialogue b...
This started me wondering about genres, subgenre and how certain kinds of writing are classified. How they might limit the writer by having a need to ...
PS I was also rather taken by the thoughts of Ernst Bloch. Wondering about him, I searched and found: https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/13030/...
May the pox be upon them in the new Golden Age of MAHA. Make America Healthy Again. Really?! Robert F Kennedy Jr has been nominated to lead the Health...
You've both given me much to think about :flower: I have a few things I'd like to consider and question. Mostly, concerning hope and creativity. Later...
Hey. Steady on Vera! I wasn't asking you to go deep, deep down into depravity or its torture chambers. It was about you stopping at Chapter 3 because ...
Yes, I do appreciate that, thanks. However, I don't have a full understanding of this and what it means for you. This conception of 'courage sans hope...
Here we go. The Guardian is taking it on :fire: In addition to withdrawing from Musk's X, a reporter questions Project 2025. Kevin Roberts, the head o...
That's given me plenty to consider. My first reaction is that I don't care for the either/or scenario. Optimism includes hopefulness. But yes, I agree...
I think we can all be wary about what we write - sometimes editing what we really think or feel. And that's fair enough. It's good to be thoughtful an...
Hmm, yeah. I don't know. I understand what the aim is and applaud it. But, for me, it sounds too prescriptive with the teacher still controlling. This...
Writing creatively. For TPF Literature Event - or anywhere... I think it is possible to have fun with characters and situations, even where there is d...
:up: :up: Yes. There are 'creatives' everywhere. Some create deliberate chaos and bring mayhem to the world. As you say, by manipulating what people s...
Hey guys. You make great points. Call me stupid but I don't know or have forgotten what HRC means. I'm guessing not Human Rights Commission. How worth...
Yes. A harsh lesson and wakeup call. But will it change anything. How many fall for the promised land of gold. Saved by God. In God We Trust. This mov...
Yup. I no longer watch or listen to it. I read an online newspaper with my eyes half-shut or half-open. Not for long. Walking a little in the sunshine...
:flower: Thank you. Toni Morrison. This quote. So apt, not only at this time. I have to admit, again, of not reading her works. I know that she is fre...
Thanks for link. Project 2025 and how it is implemented makes for grim and terrifying reading. How can such plans be thwarted? This from the Guardian:...
Thank you, Vera, for this detailed commentary. I didn't see the ad you mentioned. I agree it was very stupid, indeed. I continue to be concerned and w...
Thanks to you and others for sharing. I've enjoyed listening and learning throughout this conversation. Time to pack up for a break. Take care, y'all ...
Thank you. I came on here at 3.50am - awake and troubled. I had thought to edit my post. Thinking I should really have responded to you in the appropr...
Still thinking about this: I've just read an article by masculinity researcher, Richard Reeves, which seems to shed more light on the gender issues. A...
Being vigilant is not being a vigilante. But it may well come to that. If tyrannical laws are passed, who would become an outlaw. Prepared to go to pr...
I'm wondering why you chose this piece. Is it a favourite or just something related to 'America'? What it is and isn't. A complex arrangement of state...
Ah, I embrace the poetic and practical you. Acting and reacting with more than emotion, important as that is. Lyrical words and ways to make sense of ...
Thank you, dear friend, I hear you too. And others. Right now, I'm listening out for and attending to whatever lifts my spirits or gladdens my heart. ...
Feeling sad and blue. What music to turn to? An old favourite. From 1974. Lesley Duncan - Everything Changes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32WsT5Z6X...
Good of you to direct unaware newcomers to the Discord site. Yes. I noticed TPF was AWOL this morning. I assumed it was the same problem as discussed ...
This discussion was started by @"Fooloso4" to look into how much value Book 10 might add to the whole work. I think its value is pretty clear. With th...
All kinds of behaviour are shunned in any society. I am not unduly concerned re Socrates. Simply noting his behaviour as told. And wondering. I think ...
The End of Book 10. This is a story. But not just any old story. Who or what can persuade us? Arguments, stories or arguments within stories...stories...
I wonder if it makes much difference to talk of Socrates' daimon or daimonion. Perhaps he has both. I can't recall where he explicitly talks of either...
Socrates had a daimonion. This was an inner voice which gave Socrates warnings. If the daimonion was silent, then this was taken as approval. Like an ...
OK. I think I begin to see what you're getting at. Plural sisters acting in unison. Fate encircling the life and death of body and mind. What do you m...
Re: Emily Wilson's translation of the Iliad. Some interesting views: Emily Wilson's 5 crucial decisions she made in her Iliad translation https://www....
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