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In: Inquisiting Agustino's Aristotelian Moral Framework  — view comment
Wait, why can't Satan deceive himself? :s He has free will afterall.
October 19, 2017 at 13:37
In: Inquisiting Agustino's Aristotelian Moral Framework  — view comment
For example, you say Satan has full knowledge. Does he have full knowledge that he can never become God? Because it was precisely the desire to become...
October 19, 2017 at 13:21
In: Inquisiting Agustino's Aristotelian Moral Framework  — view comment
I would say that this denial requires the willful blinding of oneself to the truth. You cannot both know the truth clearly with full-knowledge and yet...
October 19, 2017 at 13:17
In: Inquisiting Agustino's Aristotelian Moral Framework  — view comment
Just like we cannot but pursue our telos according to me. I don't see how your theory is superior in anyway - in fact, it would be inferior, because y...
October 19, 2017 at 13:08
In: Currently Reading  — view comment
>:O
October 19, 2017 at 09:16
In: Currently Reading  — view comment
Well, SLX only reads postmodernist beatings around the bush, so... :D
October 19, 2017 at 09:09
In: Currently Reading  — view comment
Sounds like some postmodernist beating around the bush O:) I've never read anything by Lovecraft. Apparently, he has a lot of fans scrambled around th...
October 19, 2017 at 09:06
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT-PEz2jAJA China is awakening...
October 19, 2017 at 08:23
In: #MeToo  — view comment
Strange thing, nobody - absolutely nobody - voted in this poll. I guess TPF members aren't very open with regards to this sort of thing. I agree with ...
October 18, 2017 at 20:28
In: Reconciliation and Forgiveness  — view comment
O:)
October 18, 2017 at 20:20
In: Reconciliation and Forgiveness  — view comment
Which one is that? :-O
October 18, 2017 at 20:18
In: Reconciliation and Forgiveness  — view comment
Why? :’(
October 18, 2017 at 20:15
In: Reconciliation and Forgiveness  — view comment
Shocking! Why not? :P
October 18, 2017 at 20:08
In: Reconciliation and Forgiveness  — view comment
That's good? :-O https://preview.ibb.co/mdEr1R/noble.png
October 18, 2017 at 20:07
In: Reconciliation and Forgiveness  — view comment
It's called leaving a tab open on the computer until I login again on the page. That way when I look at the tab and someone posts, I always see the or...
October 18, 2017 at 20:03
In: Reconciliation and Forgiveness  — view comment
>:)
October 18, 2017 at 20:01
In: Reconciliation and Forgiveness  — view comment
Yeah, but that's a little too late after you post it :P - I can always see the original >:)
October 18, 2017 at 20:00
In: Reconciliation and Forgiveness  — view comment
Ah, but you reformulated - alas, I liked your first formulation. Bring it back! Slowly slowly, the results are coming ;)
October 18, 2017 at 19:56
In: The tragedy of the downfall of the USA  — view comment
Yeah, let's see how well that works out :P
October 18, 2017 at 09:21
In: Reconciliation and Forgiveness  — view comment
So much talk, and so little results... :’(
October 18, 2017 at 09:16
In: Does Art Reflect Reality? - The Real as Surreal in "Twin Peaks: The Return"  — view comment
And I'm a non-practicing engineer :P >:O
October 17, 2017 at 19:54
In: Does Art Reflect Reality? - The Real as Surreal in "Twin Peaks: The Return"  — view comment
Well I've explained that I meant that it's not productive - we have nowhere to go from it. And I've provoked you - threw you a bone - to tell me where...
October 17, 2017 at 19:51
In: Does Art Reflect Reality? - The Real as Surreal in "Twin Peaks: The Return"  — view comment
It's infertile. Where do we go from there? It's not provocative for any sort of change or revelation. Just another truth, like 2+2=4.
October 17, 2017 at 19:48
In: Does Art Reflect Reality? - The Real as Surreal in "Twin Peaks: The Return"  — view comment
Neither! Rather the point that we are responsible to create the narrative of our lives. It's really quite a trivial point in the end. I suppose for ot...
October 17, 2017 at 19:40
In: Does Art Reflect Reality? - The Real as Surreal in "Twin Peaks: The Return"  — view comment
Yep, but so much ado about nothing :P
October 17, 2017 at 19:37
In: Does Art Reflect Reality? - The Real as Surreal in "Twin Peaks: The Return"  — view comment
Like this? https://youtu.be/UrRhQ0CfW3A?t=1m20s I think the tying up of plot points is largely subjective, something that we have to do, it's not done...
October 17, 2017 at 19:31
In: Inquisiting Agustino's Aristotelian Moral Framework  — view comment
Free will is always involved because there are multiple desires within the soul, and if they are not kept in their right hierarchy, and say, the desir...
October 17, 2017 at 17:48
In: Recommend me some books please?  — view comment
That has sometimes happened to me too - I think it's a very modern way to feel. Somehow in this modern world one cannot really find their place in the...
October 17, 2017 at 16:42
In: Inquisiting Agustino's Aristotelian Moral Framework  — view comment
Just that happiness and directedness are not separate from fulfilment of one's telos. It would depend. Some ancient Aristotelian would say that since ...
October 17, 2017 at 16:36
In: Moderation Standards Poll  — view comment
Wos is getting a lot of affection today from all sides >:O
October 17, 2017 at 14:54
In: Moderation Standards Poll  — view comment
Yes, but no lemons. Can't handle demons without lemons ;) No, no, I have no fascination with my rivals >:)
October 17, 2017 at 14:42
In: Moderation Standards Poll  — view comment
Can you handle many demons at once? X-) >:)
October 17, 2017 at 14:38
In: Moderation Standards Poll  — view comment
Oh. I see now. X-)
October 17, 2017 at 14:37
In: Moderation Standards Poll  — view comment
Yes, but when you're outnumbered you have to fight the demons all alone - don't you have practice handling all of us in the Shout Box? :P
October 17, 2017 at 14:34
In: Moderation Standards Poll  — view comment
Yes, Mitch sometimes tries to impersonate Bitter Crank, but sadly not very successfully.
October 17, 2017 at 14:32
In: Moderation Standards Poll  — view comment
Not according to this poll. https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/1403/poll-religious-adherence-on-this-forum/p1 19/52 (37%) religious, with 13 of...
October 17, 2017 at 14:31
In: Moderation Standards Poll  — view comment
I actually think you should be a moderator :D - that's that attitude that moderators should have.
October 17, 2017 at 14:26
In: Does Art Reflect Reality? - The Real as Surreal in "Twin Peaks: The Return"  — view comment
No, I only let you ask me questions in bad faith. Hope that's okay with you. Yes, I would say it is nihilistic from the clips and the way you describe...
October 17, 2017 at 14:22
In: Moderation Standards Poll  — view comment
>:O >:O Your reddit username isn't about lemons for nothing no?
October 17, 2017 at 14:03
In: Should moderators enforce rules of relevance?  — view comment
No.
October 17, 2017 at 13:57
In: Inquisiting Agustino's Aristotelian Moral Framework  — view comment
No, they are defined as moral. You're now confusing morality as it pertains to virtue ethics, with Kantian concepts of morality. The question is simpl...
October 17, 2017 at 13:54
In: Inquisiting Agustino's Aristotelian Moral Framework  — view comment
His accusation seems to be one of equivocation on the word "good", and in the end it's nothing but another attempt to reintroduce Hume's fact / value ...
October 17, 2017 at 13:29
In: Moderation Standards Poll  — view comment
There are differences of course, but your views all bear a certain family resemblance to each other on many issues (for example religion). You could a...
October 17, 2017 at 13:17
In: Recommend me some books please?  — view comment
It's very short. I remember reading it, and being like :s 'why have I just read this?'
October 17, 2017 at 12:38
In: Recommend me some books please?  — view comment
I guess you could have a look at this thread too for choices: https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/1729/your-favourite-philosophical-books/p1
October 17, 2017 at 12:35
In: Moderation Standards Poll  — view comment
But is it not a fact that all moderators (with the exception of Hanover) are left-leaning (or leftists) and all moderators (including Hanover) are ath...
October 17, 2017 at 12:32
In: The morality of fantasy  — view comment
It's just 2 days old >:O How could it receive attention so quickly. I haven't even noticed it till now. I'll look at it.
October 17, 2017 at 10:03
In: The morality of fantasy  — view comment
I still don't follow - maybe you should start a thread on the feeling of horror >:O Because the issue is what you're describing above sounds like exis...
October 17, 2017 at 09:36
In: The morality of fantasy  — view comment
No! >:O - is that bad?
October 17, 2017 at 09:19
In: Inquisiting Agustino's Aristotelian Moral Framework  — view comment
Yes, it may be possible that intimacy is possible for some animals too. I don't have much beef with that, I said human-only because it's just most evi...
October 17, 2017 at 09:16
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