Noble Dust

To be weak-willed is to suggest that the opposite exists. Weak-willed exists in relation to something else. If it's the state of everyone, then it's n...

So every death is a suicide? Weak-willed as opposed to what? How is the word "satisfied" predicated in that sentence?

But can there be?

(Y)

So why shame?

But how is us being the "shame" of the animal kingdom related to what I said?

Btw, welcome to the forum, and good observations here. Some thoughts: I'm unclear on what you mean here, I think it's just the wording. A note to your...

Yeah, Magritte seems to fall more into the category of surrealism.

The generalization of "I feel depressed" is a shared concept that we can basically rely on. We can ask what the depression feels like; 9/10 times I've...

Did he say this somewhere? Sometimes artists do deliberately make a "take" on something happening in science or politics or whatever, but it's impossi...

I think inaccurate is too strong; the label might generalize, but it does so based on shared characteristics.

True that it shouldn't make people identical, but it's also true that the states of mind those labels represent are a part of the identify of those pe...

It may be rational to think that, but why is that the right approach? I still fail to see why different forms of love require nice tidy opposites. Num...

What does that mean and how does that relate to my comment?

What??

Why should this be the case? I think Love as Agape is not well-differentiated, and hate is it's opposite. The other forms of love are lesser, because ...

I didn't mean to say that we're not animals. But we transcend that basic starting point. See my comments here

:-O >:O

I'd rather not think about "value" in relation to God or people. If people are "ends", then that precludes the concept of value, and the same for God....

Right, I've seen this trend with you. In the best, softest way (or wait; maybe I should say it in the most violent way with you???), I think this is a...

No misleading intended. So, if the difference is between "sometimes" and "always", as it seems to be in your distinction here, then yes, if that's wha...

Hey, cool stuff! I'm a musician, so I have no conception of how you make those sculptures. Sorry that sounds so clueless. I would love to be able to s...

None at all. I can't make anyone magically appreciate great art. Take that on a philosophical level, not a personal level. Well, same here, other than...

8-) I really liked the idea! It came from witnessing an older guy on the subway very quietly play his tune on his guitar, while singing. Something abo...

Cool. I mean, the wonderful thing about music is, you might hate this record, but that doesn't affect my assessment of you as a forum member, or the m...

Ha! Exactly. Your answer is excellent. But, with two words, you said all you need to say: "engendered ambiguity". I sensed something sensual in your p...

the truth is, this album, titled "Frames" has had a profound influence on me, more so than most philosophy...so, that's really the reason I felt the n...

...Nah dude. The first four songs on that record are your best bet. If those first four don't suck you into hearing the entire record, then I guess yo...

Oh, absolutely. I fully agree; my response above was literally just an honest question, not an argument of some sort. Thanks for the elaboration. I wo...

Debatable... What is "your whole being"? Why does contribution require this? You've acknowledged that your focus on discipline and hard work has led t...

No problem at all; trust me, a thin-skinned dude like me has learned to develop a much thicker skin when dealing with ideas here. I was merely answeri...

Damn, that's a lot to digest. What's the book, and where were you reading that? You paint it as a picture of a landscape that doesn't really change mu...

Nah I disagree; ethics has to be the first innate thing; otherwise logic just describes a means that has no ends. It's actually extremely simple and n...

I build worlds too. I think we're pretty similar. It's just that we're individuals, so we're not allowed to agree on much, supposedly. I actually agre...

On most days, yeah...but my personal scope is very limited.

Then share with us one piece of evidence that we're animals.

Gladly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq1q6u3mLSM&

Yeah, that's cool with me. I just think that people are the ultimate ends. What else is there, other than you and I and our experiences of life?

A: "We're nothing more than animals" -> B: "false, assuming "our" refers to the experience of all of humanity" C: (you): "everyone believes stuff, and...

You didn't address my caution about the human condition here. You would need to go into more detail in order to actually address it.

1) your post made me think of my favorite experimental rock record: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ2Oj26-0Zs Which I think might be no small coinci...

All Ya'll's clasical is so classical, y'all! Ya'll missin' out on the other classical shit...

Maybe The silence Of no applause For the subway singer Speaks louder than feigned Appreciation, than fetishized fawning: The standing ovation of the d...

What made you construct that poem like that?

I think we have different personalities. That's not to say that I can't change myself and be more disciplined, but personality is an amalgamation of e...

I know that feeling. I'm currently trying to get out of that place as well. I keep telling myself I need to be more disciplined in my life, but then t...

Wonderful observation on one of the most emotionally visceral pieces of music in existence. Not my favorite Glass, but definitely important. Certainly...

In Chronological order: Palestrina - Kyrie - Missa Papae Marcelli https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n8XdKkrqgo I grew up on this stuff. It's the closes...

I just meant that people have value in and of themselves.

I was taking "things" in a broad philosophical sense.