For a lighter way into Iris Murdoch's themes and ideas. Where to start... 'Murdoch wanted her fiction to teach us lessons: often the lesson being abou...
Murdoch wrote that in a sense it is true that philosophy makes no progress. From: Iris Murdoch, Philosopher: A Collection of Essays - Reviewed. I thin...
Thanks for sharing your thoughts about Javi's post. Again, I understand that it was not his aim to have obvious philosophical content. I moved on from...
Thanks for the update and information about who can create new categories. It would still be interesting to hear thoughts/considerations of The Philos...
Ah, I didn't realise you were no longer Admin or involved in any potential revision of Guidelines. People do admin all the time without having any exp...
Good to hear from you! Understood. However, as I have argued, creativity does have an important place in philosophy and should have a dedicated space....
Pleasantly surprised by this. Not what I was expecting in 'Feedback'. I'm assuming 'The space with Michael' is written by you. Perhaps inspired by 2 o...
I don't think the link I provided earlier is the best source. Its focus mostly on the modern. There are no quotes from the ancient hedonists, e.g. Epi...
OK. You could also say that we are all hedonists but that doesn't preclude having a stoic attitude. We can seek pleasure at the same time as seeing im...
Perhaps. I don't know. There are so many different kinds of people attracted to different types of either system of belief. Does it help to know what ...
Hi and thanks for response. Just when I thought I'd managed to escape! Regarding: Jamal clarified this: So, how much philosophical meat is baked in th...
Javi, I understand well what your aims were. There was no need to repeat. However, your thread was a starting point. For me, it led to other questions...
I found this on 'Aesthetics': https://www.britannica.com/topic/aesthetics Stoicism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoicism As far as I understand, aes...
I've re-read this, especially the part I underlined. It seems that the problem might lie in the category heading 'Philosophy of Art'. This seems to re...
Yes indeed. To clarify, the quote is from javi in reply to me. Sorry, I didn't format our conversation as clearly as I should have. Now edited. It was...
I'm returning to this with an apology to @"javi2541997" if I've made this too personal and critical. I've enjoyed very much participating in his thoug...
Lovely and sounds like an 'old friend', not one you had to go seek out. Do you try to memorise poems? 'Alone on the shore in the pause of the night ti...
Understood. Back at the start...but now things have changed. Anyway, I'm moving on. It's been good to talk and gain other points of view. Thanks :spar...
I agree. It was a promising start. Unfulfilled. 'Theoretical' was a bad choice of words on my part - I meant 'argumentative'. Philosophy includes 'int...
Yes. I understand. It's difficult to know where it would best fit. The PoA category has a variety of threads. Some I noted with titles like 'Beautiful...
Understood :smile: I agree that the very heading PoA can be off-putting! However, if this discussion was placed there then it would appear on the Main...
I haven't read much, if anything, by Richard Rorty. However, I find myself in agreement with the quote. Looking further at the role and aim of philoso...
OK. To provide even more specific context - 'Hanging out' as related to your OP's final paragraph. This imagined setting made it more informal. In tha...
'Hang out' as per the category description of 'Lounge' Not my words! Javi, you are more than capable of using google, online dictionaries to read the ...
Yes, thanks. I was thinking of deleting this thread because of a strong sense of déjà vu. I've been here before and it's made little difference. Nobod...
How lovely to have shared that feeling and thoughts arising. I hadn't even heard of him - so grateful your words about 'the rhythm of 'American' Engli...
Of course, the Lounge seems open to all and everything! In my 'corner', I admit to having a bit of a bee in my bonnet about poetry being seen as separ...
I had a look at the 'Site Guidelines' and see what you mean. Perhaps, this is better discussed in 'Feedback'? I think you could have placed it under '...
I guess it depends on what you mean by 'philosophical content' :roll: I used the search box to find other threads related to poems and poetry. Under '...
And this can be extended from the nuclear family to that of the world. Perhaps consider the 'unbearable nostalgia' from the perspective of ecology. Th...
Sorry, I couldn't make it! I hope you weren't drowning in sake sorrows? We've met before to discuss poetry and I seem to remember sharing Goethe's poe...
I wonder how I managed not to read Pratchett for so very long. Currently, listening to his 'Small Gods', a new recording, courtesy of the Libby app an...
Thanks for providing even more food for thought. Facticity and Being in the world. Consciousness. Linked to issues of 'authenticity' and 'freedom': Pe...
Interesting to consider. And I wondered whether the 'intellect' was 'off-line' in surrealist writing. From wiki, it seems there were 2 separate Surrea...
@"Noble Dust" - Responding to your recent clarification. Re - 'layers of belief' and 'stripping them back' to a 'raw' basic, sense of self in a 'core'...
OK. Well, I am waiting for our dance companion, Noble Dust, before I twirl one more circle. Until then... Chubby Checker - Let's Twist Again (lyrics) ...
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