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Hume thought moral facts were god given? I don't think so. Can you support this? And evolution, again. That we have evolved to do such-and-such does n...

As it stands, I've no clear idea of what "this" is - thread, OP, Apollodorus...?

Well, I found some of the other replies quite amusing....

So we need humour them?

Seems you misunderstood. Oh, well.

Breath. Anything further just muddies the picture.

Yes, it is. Perhaps its purpose was different. But it also had no noticeable effect on Apollodorus, going by his reply.

He's just finished Ramadan.

Yes, Frank.

...and no basis for calling it true. Reincarnation becomes a form of life that does not make contact with truth or falsehood. It's use - meaning - can...

The distinction between faith and believe does not just apply to religious faith. You've posited this notion of reincarnation while being unable to ex...

Well, indeed, you have nothing worth listening to.

How else could it be used? "All lives matter" is the epitome of a reactionary meme. It says "I don't care about black lives". As does SO now we can ci...

Yes, you do. You perhaps do not care to own the label.

We are not so different that you do not understand me. You are avoiding the question. How could that not be a reactionary meme? Or do you now disavow ...

Circling back to the OP: Friday essay: searching for sanity in a world hell-bent on destruction If everyone drinks from the poison well, ought you, to...

Dude, it's a reactionary comment. The Humpty Dumpty Defence won't cut it.

Again,in what sense could it not be reactionary? It is your use that is in contrast to the definition you invoked. How could it not be reactionary?

This is a puzzle. The only explanation I have is that "reactionary" means something different to you. Edit: posted before your reply came through. Jus...

How is it not??

Sad, to see you quote this reactionary meme.

Yep. The situation is incorrigible.

...and your conclusion? Is BLM now unworthy because of that funding? Does Chinese money mean black lives no longer matter?

But you are implying it.

Stan Grant... How can Australia achieve economic growth when the Treasurer can't name China in his budget speech? The Liberals cannot address difficul...

Sure, all that might well be true. And yet BLM not be a communist plot.

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...said with an apparently straight face...? Again, is this satire? It seems not.

Which will you follow? I'll get the matches...

Ah, so you are earnest. I'm not sure which is worse: your proposal; or that some here have taken it seriously enough to address directly. Guess I'll j...

Odd, that the poor old Donkey rates lower than bees and wasps in Socrates' esteem. (82b)

A reading: Phaedo librivox It varies moderately from the text being used here, but I found it useful.

Yep. Faith as belief despite any conceptual problems will do that. All you are doing is putting your hands over your ears and humming loudly.

Hence my question - I'm just not sure. Returning Istanbul to Greece. Better give Virginia back to England, too. And New York back to the Wappinger. Ca...

Yep. It really is that simple.

Think I'll just call him "Plato".

Where? Not in the article on Plato. The idealism article claims him, but with reservations. Detail.

Yep; assuming that Plato was an idealist. Let's read the case.

Yep, hence the absurdity of applying terms invented in the interim. Like calling a shield a type of anti-missile defence, it's too easy. It's anachron...

Philosophy by name-calling.

No, there isn't. Satire is provocative. Is @"Apollodorus" attempting humour?

This thread is satyrical, isn't it? It can't be serious.

So, to be sure, nous is here translated as soul? Edit: Wayfarer avoided answering... @"Fooloso4"?

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A teacher chunks the lesson - building on previous understanding. Learn how to use "red" and "Heavy", then "the same", then "equal". SO force of habit...

IS it that different that the process is dissimilar?

Mmmm. Young men tend not to be my fancy, being basically CIS hetro.

Oooo I can't resist... If one assumes a cosmic mind, anything might count as evidence for it.

Understood. Standing down. "The same" rather than "equal"... the process would be one of drawing attention to what is the same - both are red; despite...

My inclination is to say that learning the use of words such as "equal" is exactly learning the concept of equality. On this account there is nothing ...