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Fair enough.

It's up to you. Have you lost interest or just got too much on? Perhaps give @"Caldwell" temporary or permanent mod status?

Yeah, I got that. The 'reason' referred to in my post concerned your non-response to my initial query. It seemed that the reason for that was due to y...

Not true. The only time I didn't participate was in the last competition. That was for reasons other than the competition. I had taken leave from TPF ...

Oh dear, I'm not feeling the joy :worry: Perhaps it's something in the name, the rules, and the pressure of reading all before 'judging'? I know I'd p...

Nudgy. Lubricious.

:smile: Your K.I.S.S. questions will hopefully be answered soon. I think my long nudge was a little too early. I blame the Guardian for the jump-start...

Another bird; another time, place and person. Beautiful and never forgotten :sparkle: With nod and thanks to @"tim wood" for this introduction, about ...

@"SophistiCat" Found this. The Schumann piece comes in just after rapturous applause at 11:00. (if I hear right!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsB2...

I've been thinking about this since you wrote it. I woke up this morning with an earworm but not any dangling from the Prophet Bird. And I wondered wh...

:cool: :love: It's not often I find myself dancing 60's style in cosy slippers and dressing gown, but you did it! This morning. You Got It. From wiki:...

Yes. We don't always know the choices or what support services are available to us. Sometimes we don't even know what we need or want so embroiled are...

Do you think we can control our thoughts and behaviour? What kind and degree of risk-taking?

It might be but I think it's mainly about self-awareness and analysis with a view to improving. Yes. So it seems you practised a form of stoicism from...

Stoicism - Accepting one's fate. Aspects of control and choice.

One response to the question: "How is it possible to do the act of choosing?" is: "How is it possible not to do the act of choosing?" when our life is...

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Tell me more about how you think modern stoicism is commonly applied as a psychological tool. How is it a cover for stifling dissent and rational crit...

Really? How did you come to that conclusion? But perhaps that is for another thread...

I thought it must be. You made quite the impression and still are :sparkle: Take care.

I was tempted to leave a "So what?" but that would be dismissive of the effort and time taken. As social beings, we have stories. Many are about the p...

Like many, I visit the TPF have a scan and decide which topics or questions interest me enough to respond to. And that in itself is a bias. Difficulti...

What constitutes an 'existential crisis'? Different definitions, different aspects. So, a form of 'inner conflict'. Conflict about what? What leads to...

This is an excellent course, thank you. The presenters/philosophers are easy on the eye and ear. Content is covered with ease and clarity. I can hardl...

Fascinating to consider and I wonder (again) if this deserving exploration of fiction and meaning might best be served up in a separate thread. Perhap...

@"Jamal" @"Baden" et al. Short-Story Competition When is it happening in December; start to end? How are the participants warming up? When will the in...

Exceptional substantive and well-structured responses :up: The turn to fiction and the questions surrounding it and reality...thought-provoking. So ma...

Hmm. This is near ageism. It is not so much the quantity of years but the quality of life, thinking and ability to consider own life/reality in relati...

I would say that sentences in fiction communicate truths. The story contains answers to anyone asking questions, such as: Well, yes it is. It is reall...

Perhaps any 'sophisticated stuff' is not obscured so much as not being necessary when it comes to talking about fiction. Familiarity with fiction lies...

That you did :up: Thanks for the introduction to Marianne Moore. Strange how I'd heard of Emily Dickinson but not MM. It seems she is in agreement wit...

@"Srap Tasmaner" et al. Why the lack of response to this amazing insight? :chin:

:victory: :cool:

Oh, naughty sweet tooth :mask: I used to love wine gums to death :love: Just wondering about your choice of vino. Cairn O' Mhor produce strawberry and...

:cool: Thanks for sharing. My ears aren't so good that I can tell much of a difference between all the remixes. But I enjoyed listening to your picks ...

I like that image. It's both. It lies in the overlap of 2 intersecting Venn circles, the real and the imaginary.

Grateful if you could point me to the article in question and any others you found where the moral dimension is emphasised. My memory isn't as good as...

I didn't manage a close listen to all of it but look forward to doing that when I have more time. Thanks, again, to @"Tom Storm" for the find on YouTu...

'As I noted previously...' - a standard repetitive response that would seem to serve you well. I'll leave it here.

Really?! Are you sure that is the real reason you dismiss my questions and describe them so?

No deal. The driving force behind anyone's OP is always of interest to me.

OK. You don't need to be smart-arse-ish. The links took me to another thread on the subject of 'reality' and your responses, italicised below: 'What i...

What does that mean?

Indeed. This would have been a good start. Instead of which a host of definitions were laid out: Then it was narrowed down to: How helpful was this? T...

Again, thanks for all the pointers. Will definitely look later. I do love this discussion :love:

Good find. Here's something else I haven't yet had time to read: https://poemanalysis.com/t-s-eliot/the-waste-land/

Tom's question cuts to the chase. Much better than my previous question as to where the thread was leading. I doubt that TC's mind is that amenable to...

I agree with a first reading, of anything, simply to enjoy the overall sense and experience; an intuitive guessing at the meaning of the words without...

:smile: :cool: Absolutely brilliant, thanks! His voice clear, resounding, rich and unique. Exactly what I was looking for. Much better than any Libriv...

To clarify: I meant the German translation of the poem. Wow. Thank you. You've written more than I hoped for and more than I can understand... about t...