Nope, not must come in. Rather it inevitably and necessarily always is there. It is necessary itself, but only because it emanates from the divine. I ...
That is indeed a correct criticism :D . I never understood people's fascination with Hume. To me, it just is evidently clear that his philosophy is so...
What makes you think the radical skepticism there refers to ethical matters? It actually refers to epistemological matters, and I claim that Hume's et...
Cite where I've made this claim please. I have never read a more incoherent sentence. "Something that can be known PRIOR TO KNOWLEDGE". Alright. Same ...
Yes (although I am thinking to stop soon, and start a new business - I sold my previous). I'm not sure I like it, I just don't dislike it. It has taug...
Explain yourself. And why do you think there isn't proof for ethical truths? (you call it a category error - now prove it!) Granted that human beings ...
It's hard to pinpoint to one thing, or even a group of things. Many things happened, either causing or as a result of my changing. I will list a few f...
I certainly didn't. My positions and approach to everything RADICALLY changed around 17-20. Well, given the Western cultural millieu, I think it is su...
I think Aristotle offered a solution to this amongst many others no? :P The forms are not separate from the objects - one substance, two (intellectual...
How strange you are, now you're saying exactly what I've been saying. I entirely agree with you, and in fact have told you that it is a mistake to tre...
"It is not difficult to avoid death, gentlemen; IT IS MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO AVOID WICKEDNESS, FOR IT RUNS FASTER THAN DEATH But sure that if you kill...
Why are there no Platonists? Seriously, 6 Aristotle lovers. I was hoping to get a good debate with a strong Platonist, who would point out my misunder...
Ah yes, I already pre-empted that. The problem is, unless you adopt Hume's radical skepticism you won't be able to support that view. And if you do ad...
I haven't seen an actual fight of 1 v 4-5 (if I had, I would have helped the poor guy! lol :D ), but I told you my friend fended off 3 men with bats w...
Well I don't know how you got your knowledge about martial arts, but I can tell you that your views are unrealistic when it comes to people who actual...
That would again need to be proven. I think, just like Spinoza, Aristotle, and Plato that we can arrive at morality rationally once we understand the ...
In so far as monks also have needs of a sexual nature, they also display a certain gayness about themselves. You think of sexual needs solely as mastu...
Yes that is indeed true. But note that I have generally referred to the geniuses of mankind from the past when I refer to the Ancients or to other cul...
I don't devalue them. If someone chooses to be irrational do you think I am the one devaluing them? I just raise the point that they are devaluing the...
Your link is not specific. I looked at the first thing that came up. http://www.historyofwomen.org/oppression.html It is true that there are incidents...
Indeed. That's why we must investigate it rationally instead of merely enforce a view saying that we have some hidden argument which justifies the cur...
No you intentionally chose one in order to smear what I try to say, and associate it with something that was evil from the past so as to make it lose ...
Virtue OR traits. Sounds interchangeable to me. He certainly seems to believe they are virtues, I guess we could ask him. Oh yes, as if sexual moralit...
This is a philosophy forum, and we're not children playing hide and seek. If you have arguments you present them. If you don't present them, you canno...
Right. You didn't say it was a virtue. Then what the fuck were you saying above there in response to jamalrob who used trait/virtue interchangeably? W...
Proof? As far as I am aware, I was the only one in that thread who provided SEVERAL links to historical sources proving my points ;) . It's easy when ...
Nope, it certainly doesn't discredit itself, it it did, then certainly you and Wosret would not bother with the insults. Yes, in the absence of an arg...
Yes this is correct. However, the problem isn't at the individual level. The problem isn't that individual X who is a man has become effeminate (for s...
I would add a few more: confidence, self-belief, justice, loyalty. The feminine virtues on the other hand are along the lines of love, compassion, kin...
Yes I understand. You don't want to argue on this issue, for the simple reason that you don't have an argument. Instead, you just want to throw dirt a...
Because it involves spending time with men as opposed to women if you are a man. In that sense, it is gay, because one is attracted to spend ones time...
Why do you think Plato valued homosexual love more than heterosexual love in the Symposium? Remember that Socrates did not have sex with Alcibiades, b...
Fitness culture has actually produced people with big muscles, but very weak. If you look historically, men were not as bulky as they are now. Julius ...
Well ... it is one Sapientia. Do you want to argue it isn't? Please then, be my guest and prove your point :) I have illustrated by argument why it is...
Provide me historical evidence for this view, of the kind that there exists regarding slavery of black people during colonial times. Yep. The feminisa...
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