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More facts about the brain: https://www.rchsd.org/health-articles/brain-and-nervous-system-2/

Utter nonsense. As is: Where did you drag all this up from and what do you hope to achieve by posting such ? From: https://psychcentral.com/blog/the-s...

Justin Hayward (20:36) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6qkMD6-7Qk&t=0s From Ted B - A selection of favorite Justin Hayward compositions, 2 with the M...

'Isn't Life Strange' - The Moody Blues (6:04) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESER7DFXWiI "Isn't Life Strange" is from the album "Seventh Sojourn" (Im...

Excellent :heart: :cool: :sparkle: I had only ever heard this sung by Doris Day. Enough said...

Thank you for taking the time to respond in such a careful and thoughtful manner. I agree with all of this. Appreciate the best wishes. It's on Thursd...

I wonder about the context. What made him say this ? A disenchantment with a type of philosophy as taught in academia ? Mainstream. Fair enough. But n...

Yeah, I know. I need to go lie down now... I blame the video, it kinda grabbed my attention - should just have listened :wink:

I like this. Thanks for sharing. Interesting lyrics and video of self-drawing then the scrunching up of the pages, the physical images of the self bei...

That is wise. And I do recognise it as similar to my own. Although, my own experience is not as deep or knowledgeable. Well, it's not always that reli...

Well. That I like. Intersubjectivity. Sounds wholesome. The holistic view of life. :cool: But wait, am I too quick to agree? How many definitions ?! R...

Well so far, I think much of this makes sense. Thinking geared towards practical implications and action. However, I take issue with the idea that 'th...

I am with Dewey in not being overfond of certain uses of the word 'true'. Acting on warranted assertion - or a confidently held fact - following inqui...

Appreciate all the input; the background information most interesting and the links I will follow up. At some point... :sparkle:

Yes :100: Well, not all activities on here are called 'philosophy' are they ?

For the ancients, I think that the 'love of wisdom' was not about reason alone but concerned knowledge of the self and of the whole. For the examined ...

Yes. Apologies for that. It was for ease of reference. It turns out that it didn't make things easier at all. Thanks for clarification of what you mea...

Yes. I agree that any experience which is out of one's ordinary or usual state is part of a spectrum. It is how we interpret it that matters. After th...

I am not certain that what I described was a 'peak experience'. What is a 'peak experience' ? I only share what I think might be helpful in a given co...

Like-wise. However, the 'wisdom' part can be seen as a 'notion'; what is 'wisdom'. The 'love' part can be seen as the 'emotion', the spark which trigg...

Well. I want that novel. And I want it NOW !! :cool: Like many, there are times when reading that words affect me so that I have to stop and savour th...

Brilliant - I just edited a post in another thread to include this. 'Self-immiserating' - fabulous word :fire: Lots of interconnecting going on, huh ?...

The strangest ever experience I had was when I was ill, lying in bed. There, I read 'Autobiography of a Yogi'. The imagery resulted in 2 days writing ...

Yes. That much is clear. I haven't sung in church since my parents' funerals, about 4yrs ago. But given that we have been looking at song lyrics, I lo...

Yeah. I find it difficult not to, sometimes - more's the pity :sad: No. Wot wiv my atroshus gramma an' all :gasp: However, I enjoy writing here - as a...

K.I.S.S. :sparkle: :kiss: Plenty of quotes on light and darkness:

Yeah, have moved on to prisms. Of light. More fun :wink:

Absolute light can blind, so that nothing is visible.

Thanks for the invitation but ''No Thanks'' ! The thread provided some lovely quirky moments - a nice mix of serious and fun...but I'm done... :cool:

And then there is the light and dark in Goethe's 'Kennst du das Land': Parallel translations, here: https://lyricstranslate.com/en/kennst-du-das-land-...

Goethe on light and darkness. ------------- I downloaded this thesis because it sounds interesting. Haven't read it yet... Analysis of light metaphors...

@"Manuel" Exactly. Addressing the physical first: Goethe developed a Theory Of Colours. All quotes from wiki.

Sounds to me like a special kind of supercalifragilisticexpialidocious-ism :chin:

@"TheMadFool" is practising absenteethism.

'11 Funny Cartoons That Perfectly Illustrate The Struggles Of Modern-Day Living' https://www.awesomeinventions.com/cartoons-struggles-modern-day-livin...

:smile: Is that a shrugism or just a shruggie ? ¯\_(?)_/¯

Re: Jungian-ism See @"Tom Storm" https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/528637 Same goes for Protestant-ism, no ?

I meant to ask re the heading: 'Is Dewey's pragmatism misunderstood ?' Why is this important to you ? What is your own understanding of what it means ...

An A - Z of isms: https://www.bbc.co.uk/ideas/playlists/the-a-z-of-isms Writers, academics and thinkers share their takes on some of the world's most ...

Example? :cool: but already taken: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Rejectism But then again: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rejectionis...

What do you call a collection of -isms ? A bit of history on the use of -isms: Is this an American specialism ?

Hi and welcome. I haven't delved in to the various 'pragmatist schools' and only have a superficial understanding. I think I took a peek once because ...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/30/killed-in-crush-at-religious-festival-in-israel-lag-baomer-mount-meron No words, huh ? How about ''unfuc...

Less calming. 'Amazonia' - Gojira Embedded in: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/apr/30/nature-is-hurting-gojira-the-metal-band-confronting-the-c...

Lovely and calming :sparkle: I even managed to follow the score as I watched the pianist's fingers...made it look easy...

Ah - thanks for explanation - seems Nietzsche has good taste too :sparkle:

Had never heard of Billie Eilish until this morning. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/apr/29/billie-eilish-your-power-review-chilling-ballad-see...

Hah :100: Ain't that the truth :cool:

Follow up to: https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/529106 More moos and moosik. From mentalfloss website: This is just too weird. Posted ...

Selection brilliant - all 3 :fire: :heart: :100: Also love the quotes - dancing with your pen tonight ? I'm acquiring a taste for F.N. Never thought s...