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No, I'm just finding it incredibly funny that you call me a racist :) So how does that make me a racist? Can you please explain? If you like vanilla i...
August 05, 2017 at 19:36
How can God be a totalitarian tyrant? Totalitarian tyranny implies unlawful and immoral use of power. But God is justified to use His power however He...
August 05, 2017 at 19:34
But wait Noble Dust, is it bad if an ignoramous ignores you? Instead of crying, may it not be that you need to rejoice at the possibility, and proceed...
August 05, 2017 at 19:30
I don't think the job necessarily would be cheater help, but I can probably agree that if someone was looking to do such a thing full-time then that w...
August 05, 2017 at 19:17
Please quit writing in bold, it certainly doesn't make what you say any truer. This is a huge red herring and non sequitur. I specifically told you I ...
August 05, 2017 at 19:15
Yes, now put down your poetry book! >:) (joking)
August 05, 2017 at 19:11
:s I never claimed it was better in that sense. But living in a world where we all have such possibilities but they are rendered meaningless (because ...
August 05, 2017 at 18:58
>:O At least, back 200 years ago, a doctor who finished medical school didn't have to slave away for 10s of years before he could become a full-time d...
August 05, 2017 at 18:37
To follow? As in be their disciple? None. But some have very interesting things to say, though not on all topics. Anastasios, Iconodule, GiC, Fr. Geor...
August 05, 2017 at 18:32
>:O
August 05, 2017 at 17:34
What do we mean to "know" evil? Because there's two different senses here. One is to know that something is evil - which we can know even before the F...
August 05, 2017 at 17:29
Yes, I am familiar with his use of aletheia. Yes, I would disagree with Heidegger here that Being is historical. Being obviously reveals itself throug...
August 05, 2017 at 14:15
Oh yes, I would like if they actually kept their standards, but that's precisely why I said they are hypocritical with regards to plagiarism. I'm just...
August 05, 2017 at 14:10
Ah precisely, so he's trying to sell me a wine bottle, only that he's replaced the wine with water. I see. Why would Truth have a history? Quite the c...
August 05, 2017 at 14:05
But those who do the work themselves, get rewarded by knowing more anyway. If there's some buffoons who choose not to learn, what's the problem? I thi...
August 05, 2017 at 13:55
What if philosophy doesn't have a trajectory? What if Truth is, like I said, perennial? So it's always about recovering this same Truth, and not about...
August 05, 2017 at 13:37
Okay, it's interesting to discuss the ethics of this. To me, educational institutions always appeared very hypocritical with regards to plagiarism. I ...
August 05, 2017 at 13:32
That's one reason why I never had that much appreciation for the historical philosophers thinking here primarily of Hegel and Heidegger. They are arch...
August 05, 2017 at 13:20
He probably did know a lot of Plato, but not Aristotle. Sure, but ultimately he did break from the Frege, Russell, et al. clique especially by the tim...
August 05, 2017 at 13:18
Fair enough! Is it because of academic honesty considerations or?
August 05, 2017 at 13:18
>:O I might actually have experience with that work >:) But lower pay :P . Although it is true that for dissertation + paper writing it's hard to find...
August 05, 2017 at 13:08
Not complete independence, but I can give you examples of philosophers who did not study seemingly very important philosophers. For example Wittgenste...
August 05, 2017 at 13:01
That can be quite profitable if you get the rich students to pay :P . Do you do things like dissertation writing, paper writing too, or only honest st...
August 05, 2017 at 12:57
Thank you, that may actually be one of the smarter things I've said, usually it's a bit dumber :) That might be so, but it may also be a large mistake...
August 05, 2017 at 12:49
Ahh, I see! What work do you currently do? Is it related to photography too, or different?
August 05, 2017 at 12:49
Ahh, I see! Are you looking for part-time work then?
August 05, 2017 at 12:45
You've finally decided to go out on your own too? Excellent!
August 05, 2017 at 12:31
You are correct with regards to Calvin, but not so with regards to Aquinas. Aquinas did allow for truths that are beyond our understanding and that we...
August 05, 2017 at 12:30
Yes, but don't forget about the Second Coming of Christ. Christ will not be "humiliated" and crucified that time. It seems to me again that you're ref...
August 05, 2017 at 12:03
No, that wouldn't follow. I didn't say humans are beyond good and evil, I said God is beyond good and evil. We have been given commandments to follow ...
August 05, 2017 at 11:58
When it says, for example in the Psalms - "Taste and see that the Lord is good!" - that refers to the fact that God is maximally great. When I say God...
August 05, 2017 at 11:48
Yes, it would be wrong to say that. Because it would fail to see that God is beyond good and evil, the Creator of both, who rules over both. It would ...
August 05, 2017 at 11:46
I agree. Only God knows and decides who deserves what. Not because of this. You don't seem to get it. God is SUPREME - He doesn't need to ask you for ...
August 05, 2017 at 11:37
I find it curious that Nietzsche out of all people did not cure you of your weakness which perpetually demands salvation as if you or anyone deserved ...
August 05, 2017 at 11:22
There is a difference between something that is a doctrine and something that is a hope. Universalism is the doctrine that all will be saved. That doc...
August 05, 2017 at 10:43
Nevertheless it still follows that the cruel person fails to love.
August 05, 2017 at 10:25
Nobody would disagree with this, it's just that the other virtues that are predicated by Thomistic-Aristotelian philosophy do stem from love anyway. T...
August 05, 2017 at 10:24
Yes, his belief that none will be eternally damned is his hope that all will be saved. He doesn't claim to know that all will be saved, which would be...
August 05, 2017 at 10:22
Because we should pray and hope that all will be saved, we shouldn't wish anyone to be damned. What does "better" mean? Sure, but a vice is a failure ...
August 05, 2017 at 10:18
Why does he wonder then? Wonder only makes sense if he doesn't understand how it will happen. Sure, but there's a reason why he ultimately sided with ...
August 05, 2017 at 10:10
You can see how he says "this awakens my deepest wonder" - precisely because he doesn't understand how this would happen, but he hopes for it.
August 05, 2017 at 09:47
Yes, I am aware of this, which is especially why I said he hoped all will be saved.
August 05, 2017 at 09:46
Oh yeah, what seems to be the issue >:O So you too share Nietzsche's admiration for "aristocratic" morality where joy is found in inflicting pain on o...
August 05, 2017 at 09:12
:s I doubt it. He does hope all will be saved, but that doesn't make him a universalist. You do have a tendency to brush off such distinctions :P But ...
August 05, 2017 at 09:10
Oh yes, some are great archivers, no doubt about it. But an archiver isn't remarked by originality and genius. There are some great things in Heidegge...
August 05, 2017 at 08:53
LOL, I was just writing the below yesterday but hadn't posted: "Can we have an "UnModerated" category like old PF? It would be sort of like the Feedba...
August 05, 2017 at 08:37
It's easy to define Heidegger in terms of other philosophers, but harder to define N or K in terms of others.
August 04, 2017 at 21:46
Yes, at least not in a Christian sense. He also said he aspires to be a Christian and greatly desires to be one, but avoided calling himself one. If y...
August 04, 2017 at 21:44
I've never read the Will to Power but I did give it a brief look after you told me to look into it, and skipped through its contents here and there to...
August 04, 2017 at 20:59
No it has nothing to do with our discussion it has to do with my discussion with Erik which you can read here: https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussi...
August 04, 2017 at 20:49