Noble Dust

Don't tell me what to do and I'm good!

https://www.politicalcompass.org/chart?ec=-4.13&soc=-5.54.png Hmmm, i don't consider myself that far left. Edit: actually it's not that far.

Where do you go for that again?

Don't Lick That!

Was re-reading through Rudolf Steiner's "Philosophy of Freedom" as well as Neitzsche's "The Gay Science", recently. Also finished "The Lurking Fear an...

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And above. ;) (whoops, feel free to DLT)

oh nvm

Just in general?

Yes? Okay? No? What?

I'm a meatitarian - if you're not veggie, you eat any and all meat. There's no moral argument other than "don't eat meat", or "eat all the meats".

Oof, I presumed they were. No good? Or you're a vegetarian?

Why not?

Correct. (And my Berdy fanboy-ism is confirmed by the hairs that stood at the back of my head as I read that.) Correct Don't know him; would be intere...

I'm with you, but it sounds like we disagree about the nature of that instrumentality. There seems to be a typo in there; want to re-phrase? "Hopeful ...

So is this inherently dualistic? According to Henry, or (preferably) you? If so, I disagree. Berdyaev makes the distinction between objectivization an...

I'm a bit annoyed that you chose the most emotional and least philosophical point I made for your response; but in the spirit of free speech I'll go w...

Almost; I mean a defining purpose. Something foundational. The hope that turns out to be nothing, which gives way to a false hope, needs to give way t...

I have an unhealthy tendency to mirror the debate styles of my interlocutors (see what I did there :P ), so I was just trying to parse through exactly...

You said no one escapes hope, which includes you. So a logical follow up question is, "what do you find hope in?" Since you haven't, presumably, escap...

I see your edit. As someone also trapped in paralyzing depression, my question still stands.

So what do you find hope in? Since you're still here.

Is this a response to me? If so, just your ideas. You seem to find hope in hopelessness.

That pessimist sounds like you given the OP; yes/no?

Ah, my 1,100'th post. I feel the air stretch my wings, the cool breeze blowing sweet philosophical nothings into my nostrils...in short, I'm choking o...

This is a very comforting view of hopelessness. The comfort of this view actually creates it's own sense of hope.

Old church friends. ;) Not that I wouldn't associate with them, just that I don't anymore, by nature of having "fallen away"... That being said, you'd...

Alright, that makes sense. You said: But I guess that's not the exactly the same, apologies. I would have hoped you would know the answer is no; did i...

I think that's it. The theistic sense of something "larger", "higher", etc, is actually compatible with the sense of the unknown. Apophatic theology h...

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Because obsession and control are not good?

No?

Sounds...obsessive and controlling.

Eh? How? You ain't a mod.

Haha, I thought it was maybe too harsh. I'm such a nice guy.

https://youtu.be/F4wh_mc8hRE?t=21s

Interesting distinction; when I say "doesn't make sense" I mean it colloquially; things don't work out the way we anticipated in our lives. I don't li...

I did the same thing, lol. Interesting that the atheist here wants the comfort of the known, and the theist here relishes the nihilistic unknown in th...

I'm not sure how an "interest" would make a work beautiful, but isn't context something extraneous to the work that makes it beautiful, as you say bel...

That makes more sense. My arguments about this not being very probable still stand, but I get what you mean now, and I do think it's possibly a worthy...

Says the guy with the most posts here. :P

There are connections like that which make sense, yes, but that's not "the entire thing". Even something so simple as "has anyone seen Billy?", or why...

I'm a screwed up kid myself (I think you have to be in order to enjoy the new Twin Peaks), so I appreciate the wisdom.

I don't feel provoked; I'm getting bored. How does the idea that "we don't have anywhere to go" from the realization that it's up to us to make sense ...

So far you've just made assertions that it's trivial; I was hoping you had an argument to make about it.

I agree, and that's a great quote. This is what always happens when I make threads about aesthetics; I just agree with everyone. So boring. :P But I d...

What's trivial about it?

What, this thread, or the show?

I think Lynch would agree with you. :P