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Yes, I agree, but Socrates was essentially concerned with the ethical, as in: what should one do, and why? He approached the ethical as a decision tak...

I feel sympathy towards those who have the genuine urge to take action (by voting) in order to make things better. It is unfortunate that we're left w...

That ties into the idea of Socratic ignorance. Socrates was the wisest because of his ignorance of wisdom. Socrates uses irony to examine philosophica...

Banno: just think if it as a language game. Your participation is not required. Inside the bottle is where philosophy takes place. Outside of it you a...

Well, philosophy promises nothing. In fact, from the very beginning, Socrates pointed out how useless it is. So what else is philosophy if nothing els...

Give us some credit, we are talking about the individual and the collective. Just consider those as analogues to subject and object

Then, I gather you have a bit of a pessimistic view towards human nature, qua. some sort of parasite on earth. I'm inclined to agree that aptly descri...

But the natural state of fossil fuel is deep underground, extraction removes it from it's natural condition. Or do you say that it's not a fossil fuel...

During the primaries, it was evident to me that Sanders had a better chance against Trump. Perhaps the majority of Democrats are gullible, and instead...

Is it possible to put it another way? What if nothing changed physically, but everyone on earth began calling houses flowers, and flowers houses? How ...

Remember I consider the human part to be natural. So...I am just making a connection between technology as human artifice, and the technological trend...

I don't think science can provide such a guaranteed. Science can give us a near infallible degree of certainty regarding the occurence of particular p...

The ethical is an immediate relation for the individual, who is responsible as the deciding agent. He is personally tasked with conforming himself to ...

Another quote that I think is relevent:

Interesting. That thought never occurred to me. But now that I think about all the discord in the two parties, it's becoming more and more of a possib...

Talking sticks

Oh yes. The magical limbic system explains it all

I always thought that quote to alluded to the notion that induction is impossible to determine with any certainty. That there is no reason a man could...

oh, sorry for over stepping the bounds, and thanks for the clarity

All this seems to be straying from what it is to exist. What does it matter to my existence what mode of expression best expresses the truth? When I a...

Creedence stomps the stones

Poor terrapin stationed in her doo doo mindedness

Doo doo

Ok, then dodge the question. You asked me and I responded promptly and directly. "I want to know exactly what you think that "opposite" is." And you a...

I was just giving you a chance to build your position

I want to know exactly what you think that "opposite" is.

Please elaborate.

Could you please rephrase your explanation, I didn't understand ?

Why?

He is addressing what you are talking about, i thought you might be interested.

The only universal condition is that of the subject, which is about as particular as it gets.

See what javra has recently posted.

Isn't that the basis for understanding? I would guess, in all ignorance, that understanding is necessary for good philosophical discourse. In any case...

Great topic. Now I have to reconsider something Wittgenstein wrote.

That is most likely the case. But on days we're feeling generous, we can attribute it to being lost in speculation. I totally get it. So let's not agr...

:lol: And: transforming is half the battle.

Transformers came long afterwards so it is likely to be a highly mutated derivation (Add. But does originality equate to better, I would say so)

Ok then it's settled, I'll be the pretty face, and you be the brain behind the scenes

Perhaps it is impossible to justify since the one making the claim has to disavow his own existence. It is a contradiction in the sense that the will ...

To be fair, Diogenes is one of my greatest influences.

"You know what Hillary says, 'suck my clit and balls.'" ~Eric Cartman, South Park.

Most of what they promise is set up for the sole purpose of u-turning, they don't represent the electorate

The only positive thing that came out of the last presidential election is that it proved that the electoral system might not be rigged.

Obama made a bunch of idealistic promises too, and delivered nothing. Hilldawg is way more entrenched in the establishment, probably deeper than Obama...

I think, concerning the meaning of life, becoming is more fundamental than being.

I have figured out the equation. The math is quite simple. Trump=the people fucked over Clinton=the people fucked over

Perhaps. Btw, I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you.

It take it from your terminology, you hold to a few Aristotilean presuppositions. In layman terms, causality is nullified by immutability, qua. the de...

I believe Hitler and Stalin would thrive in the present day American political system.

England, I understand