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Stop having your little egos offended by a little braggadocio from Mr. Trump. I suggest you listen to the whole of it honestly, otherwise, you're just...
October 23, 2017 at 20:59
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIvAW081exs
October 23, 2017 at 08:59
That's not relevant for the purposes of this discussion, only that Schopenhauer accepted that there is something other than Will, that seems to be not...
October 22, 2017 at 21:19
That's not necessarily true, that would depend where you are located. I wouldn't meet any of you most likely because we live in different countries (a...
October 22, 2017 at 21:06
Yeah, sure I don't disagree, it's just that I don't have much time nowadays for Facebook, nor do I really have anything useful to do there :s - I can'...
October 22, 2017 at 20:22
Well, "illusion" is meaningful to many people, apparently, you don't find it meaningful, that's okay. But it's only because you have defined it in a u...
October 22, 2017 at 20:10
Well, I'd say if the parents are in an unstable situation, financially, in terms of health, etc. it wouldn't be a wise thing to have children, obvious...
October 22, 2017 at 20:09
Thanks.
October 22, 2017 at 17:54
I know that Schopenhauer would say that, but I'm not quite sure. In hunger, the subject and object are the same it seems to me. That's why I said: Her...
October 22, 2017 at 17:54
Well right, if you define illusion as that which doesn't exist, no wonder then that you struggle to say what an illusion actually is or feel perplexed...
October 22, 2017 at 17:44
Rarely, because it's not cool to be on the right. I was ostracised at University for being on the right for example (I'm talking cultural matters now,...
October 22, 2017 at 17:24
I have not studied Whitehead. >:O - and would it move out of my way then? It's a me vs you dialectic not because you said it, but rather because I rea...
October 22, 2017 at 17:18
Well you're not providing a definition or showing me what it is :s - so of course you have no idea why illusions are introduced into philosophy when y...
October 22, 2017 at 16:32
Once you define what this mysterious, magical, or illusory are (since now you're just giving me synonyms right now), I will be able to tell you what I...
October 22, 2017 at 16:28
Yes, but don't forget that the Will appears as "nothing" to those where no Will is present, and inversely, everything else (non-Will) appears as "noth...
October 22, 2017 at 16:26
Ok, so what does it mean exactly? And what is magic?
October 22, 2017 at 16:22
What is an illusion? Can you offer me an example as well please?
October 22, 2017 at 16:06
Proof. >:O It's all peer pressure... Young people are on the left without even thinking. It's just cool. What was I saying - if we change culture and ...
October 22, 2017 at 15:55
An illusion is not a substance, it has no being. An illusion is a misunderstanding. So when you say that it's not some sort of an illusion, I have no ...
October 22, 2017 at 15:48
So to come back to the idea of the "first creature opening its eyes" - that is nonsense. The Will exists eternally, it does not need this "first creat...
October 22, 2017 at 15:41
More - a species that survives does not know (leaning towards cannot know) what is true. Yes, Will is like the serpent that eats its own tail - Will c...
October 22, 2017 at 15:32
Yes, I am obviously attempting inquiry. That depends on what you mean by illusion. When we say the representation is an illusion, we don't mean that t...
October 22, 2017 at 15:23
You want to be a lawyer? Hanover's apprentice? >:O
October 22, 2017 at 15:06
No, the claim was more radical than that - we cannot know the truth of the world as such - the truth of the world for us is will. It does have an aim....
October 22, 2017 at 14:21
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:-d Care to provide some substance for this assertion?
October 22, 2017 at 14:03
Yes, in the sense that the nature of Justice does not depend on what X or Y think about it (only sophists would say otherwise). That's exactly what Pl...
October 22, 2017 at 11:34
Oh dear... >:O
October 22, 2017 at 11:30
I'm not Noble Dust, but I have one - don't make it >:) Sorry it was too tempting LOL!! :D But just joking lol :P >:O
October 22, 2017 at 11:28
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3qS6xBrMI8
October 22, 2017 at 08:36
Yes they are. They are presenting it as truth. Listen closely to it.
October 21, 2017 at 16:54
How can people say that MSNBC is unbiased? :s How can people claim this isn't fake news & propaganda? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nhoGIvOKJU Ther...
October 21, 2017 at 16:44
What works are good to get introduced to Henry's thought?
October 21, 2017 at 11:43
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*facepalm*
October 21, 2017 at 11:39
Truth is of course person-independent, what's wrong with that? Man is not the measure of all things, that would be ridiculously anthropocentric, not t...
October 21, 2017 at 09:24
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Well, evidently those means I mentioned aim to change the structure that has already been placed there by our culture & society through the way we wer...
October 21, 2017 at 08:58
They hear, but do not understand.
October 21, 2017 at 08:47
Subscription is free for 30 days. Get the subscription, download the text, cancel it immediately. You'll still be able to use it for 30 days though, s...
October 21, 2017 at 08:43
No, this isn't just about Christianity here. It's rather about the fact that no spiritual or religious tradition has currency anymore - Western man ca...
October 20, 2017 at 20:24
:s I said hope should be placed in what is eternal, not what is temporary and fleeting.
October 20, 2017 at 20:20
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No Wos, it's actually quite a rational and mathematical reason. What's a superhuman? 1 in how many human beings? 1/10,000? 1/100,000? 1/1,000,000? If ...
October 20, 2017 at 20:02
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Well would you expect to have met a super human? Presumably, super humans are rare right? If they were common occurrence, they wouldn't be super human...
October 20, 2017 at 19:01
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Right, you take the naive view that they are already inflamed, increased and redirected - naturally. Just look at chimps! ;) :D
October 20, 2017 at 19:00
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No doubt that some people who claim to be saints are as you describe here, but I very much doubt that you can make this claim about all saints.
October 20, 2017 at 18:14
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Yeah, it's possible he was, but the extent to which that went on for is unknown. And there was quite a lot of conflict it seems between Krishnamurti a...
October 20, 2017 at 18:05
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Well, obviously the origin of all sexual desire is in biology. No one would deny that. But you seem to deny that these primary desires can be inflamed...
October 20, 2017 at 17:54
The point you're refusing to acknowledge is that what you put your finger on isn't a universal way of experiencing reality, or even the objective way....
October 20, 2017 at 16:20
Read this.
October 20, 2017 at 13:53
Hope isn't the same thing as having a goal. Someone can have a goal and even pursue it without any hope. I also deny it is the truth about life. But i...
October 20, 2017 at 13:48
And if you are forced to write your philosophy, would you write the truth, or a lie? >:)
October 20, 2017 at 13:40