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March 27, 2017 at 20:23
Isn't this just existentialism?
March 27, 2017 at 19:57
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I don't disagree with you, but there needs to be some line drawn otherwise we will find ourselves in an even more absurd position, namely solipsism. I...
March 27, 2017 at 19:54
... circumcision for men.
March 27, 2017 at 12:08
There is no the hadith. There are a number of different hadiths. I implore you to speak only when you know what you are talking about.
March 27, 2017 at 11:48
Well, yes, as I said it is a cultural practice that has become embedded in some Muslim countries, the Sudanese referring to FGM as pharaonic circumcis...
March 27, 2017 at 11:13
Hey there Jempy. A good start would probably be Aristotle' Eudemian Ethics but you can traverse through all of his works on Ethics and whilst I am a f...
March 27, 2017 at 10:56
It isn't Islam, but there are certainly cultural attitudes amongst certain Islamic communities that are violent. Think of Sudanese Muslims circumcisin...
March 27, 2017 at 10:46
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Peculiar how the 'I' was supposed to establish certainty :-} I'm not certain, hence reliabilism. I have never had a migraine before but yesterday I wo...
March 27, 2017 at 10:26
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Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd - Voltaire I think the categorical imperative is a type of certainty, that some actions sho...
March 26, 2017 at 09:39
I agree and postcolonial states that have transitioned to a democratic state often trended toward one-party systems because of their struggles to tran...
March 26, 2017 at 03:52
(Y) Nice, different, weird. Why would you draw that? Why not? I like it and I don't like it all at the same time.
March 26, 2017 at 02:16
A man whose existence is levelled through the applause of his peers, on having the image and tools that showcase his social and economic success by hi...
March 26, 2017 at 02:06
Come now, life is but a damp squib without a bit of action and surely cryogenics is merely an excuse you are using to not do something since it is cle...
March 26, 2017 at 01:07
Relax. It is quite empowering using what agitates you right back and against it: clearly you are conscious of the damage people are doing to the world...
March 25, 2017 at 11:19
In the first instance, what I got from the OP was more a question of whether we are reaching our full potential. It is completely true that the endeav...
March 25, 2017 at 10:38
This is what I said about relational interactions between a number of various factors but accessing a function whose nature is abstracted from this mo...
March 25, 2017 at 09:52
The establishment of the military junta in Syria in '63 initially saved lives but what is questionable is the longevity. Corruption in Thailand is ram...
March 25, 2017 at 09:35
Assad and the Kremlin are clear examples of kleptocracy and strong, bloodthirsty businessmen in governance. Nuclear deterrence may be the price of sta...
March 25, 2017 at 09:05
That's what I love about it; it is almost organic and constantly evolving that learning about it never seems to end. What about need?
March 25, 2017 at 08:58
Can you tell me why?
March 25, 2017 at 08:53
https://media.giphy.com/media/6OWIl75ibpuFO/giphy.gif What are you talking about, ol' horse? 1+1=2 and 2 is the product of that addition. An impulse (...
March 25, 2017 at 08:51
This is the point i was making about tenses. Could is past tense. So I am not sure how it fits in with:
March 24, 2017 at 20:13
Where does the tenses fit into this? As in, things like was/are/is/will etc. Even further still, is language wholly required ? I assume, however, you ...
March 24, 2017 at 08:33
I would choose Individual A. Individual B is aware insofar as the system goes and as systems are predictable, his 'cognizance' is nothing more than an...
March 24, 2017 at 01:10
Hey Victorie, welcome to the delightful world of the multiverse :P I am curious as to whether you are searching for philosophical or scientific answer...
March 24, 2017 at 00:24
Was? :-O Should I start calling you Tony?
March 22, 2017 at 21:07
That's what the supernatural does to people.
March 22, 2017 at 02:41
I second this. Pseudo-science, mysticism and anything New Age just turns me into: http://i.amz.mshcdn.com/FCP-M5EriZwBy9jJnZnVh7Liuak=/fit-in/1200x960...
March 22, 2017 at 00:54
Are you alluding to the theory of Forms? Are you saying that there is no such thing as suffering?
March 22, 2017 at 00:45
Occultism has plagiarized from Hinduism to try and legitimize its position, so it is grossly incorrect to assume it derives from the eastern philosoph...
March 18, 2017 at 19:54
Really well said, however I think incorrectly interpreted, though an easy oversight. Humanity stands above nature as we are capable of manipulating it...
March 18, 2017 at 10:08
See, the problem here is that sometimes going through subjective or mental anguish enables you to transform or transcend toward something much better ...
March 17, 2017 at 22:05
Alice Bailey is a terrible reference. There are a plethora of philosophical arguments on the subject of soul, perhaps give McTaggart a shot or maybe e...
March 17, 2017 at 21:54
When I had a car accident, my leg was in incredible pain and I suffered from severe angina-like pain induced by myocardial contusion for several month...
March 17, 2017 at 07:55
I am finding it very hard to connect these two passages: With: Alice Bailey? Madame Blavatsky? Egoic plane? Theosophy - which endorses evil - is not o...
March 17, 2017 at 07:41
The bonding between two people that transcends to something like 'true love' rather than just mating or what is social or customary, is the mutual con...
March 15, 2017 at 10:58
This is such a big problem, though. You mention 'love' and suddenly he is screaming and running away naked into the wilderness while you just stand th...
March 15, 2017 at 10:21
Suffering exposes nothing but the failure of evolution. The suffering itself is imagined by fear that becomes the very cause of their suffering. They ...
March 15, 2017 at 09:35
(Y) The question is how do you know whether you are honest to yourself? Does honesty precede love and moral consciousness?
March 14, 2017 at 11:37
Why does it necessarily need to be about erotic love? And, as for the survival of the species, why just humans? What about animals? The environment? E...
March 14, 2017 at 11:35
What I was attempting to convey was that sometimes survival itself is imagined, so while the function is there, it doesn't necessarily need to be ther...
March 14, 2017 at 11:26
There is a girl I once worked with - who is 25 now - who attempted suicide about six months ago. I had not seen her for a long while except for once o...
March 13, 2017 at 11:37
Sometimes our attempts to avoid suffering - such as the self-deceptive behaviour necessary for the survival of a miserly relationship - becomes the ro...
March 13, 2017 at 11:12
Yeah, there are quite a lot of theories on the astrobiological origins of life, I mean, what was earth before our sun captured it? But, if you want to...
March 12, 2017 at 08:30
Shiiiit. You so cre cre.
March 12, 2017 at 07:04
Ok, but what is the concern here, you haven't answered that? There is a lot of cosmic dust hitting the earth - tonnes of it actually if you check out ...
March 12, 2017 at 07:01
Because it is simple Newtonian physics. What exactly is the reasoning behind your assumption that there would be any measurable effect on the overall ...
March 12, 2017 at 06:44
This is hilarious.
March 12, 2017 at 06:23
Love. All types. Friendship, first and above all because it is only in friendship that one can learn how to give love ("brotherly" love) To create a f...
March 12, 2017 at 01:18