Aurelius' stoic observations were excellent. As the first and hopefully not the last Philosopher King, he seems to be the gold standard. In terms of S...
Both statements are completely true. Tell me clearly and concisely, where are the holes in my arguments? I'll wait for the tumbleweed. Ignorance is ju...
I think you'd have a hard time being more off base. I am enlightened, meaning I see the truth, and on this forum and this thread, I speak the truth, a...
Have a conversation with them. If one is enlightened you will know within 30 seconds of conversation. If 2 or more are enlightened it might take you a...
This forum is impossible... it's a load of guys trying to be more pedantic than the next. I gotcha. I gotcha. It's just an ego-fest. And the ego is bl...
the Philosopher King concerns himself with what is true. He collects up all the information and then makes the right choice. You can't be a king becau...
Oh god... Wrestle the facts, stop peddling pedantry. You will improve as a philosopher. Debate the central tenet or don't waste the megabytes. Let me ...
The soul is immortal, your body is not. Ignore the Zeno crap. Focus on the eternal truths. What is love? What is justice? What is beauty etc... This i...
1 - The original texts are the word of God. When they are then taken and used to create contemptible and abhorrent structures of control - that's the ...
It's pedantic... "pioneer" "harbinger" "Piledrive" "duck-quack" - It doesn't make any difference what word you use. Whether you research and bring tec...
This is just a complete load of rubbish. Peace is eternal. You're judging it through the lens of Capitalism. Which is fleeting. At the words "peace is...
Yes... He was the pioneer of ethics - everyone with a base level of Philosophical understanding is aware of this fact. Please research "the Master of ...
Life can be about a myriad of noble quests... But the meaning of life is peace. As evidenced by every major divine prophet that has ever been. Buddha ...
God doesnt care if you believe or not. Only that you are morally right in this life. Do that and youll come back one rung up the ladder. Take enough s...
aha but Marcus was a philosopher king first, filled with the wisdom of many great bodies of thought. A PHILOSOPHER first, a Stoic second. Read the dev...
it isnt a supposition. God exists and I have had many great, rich, visceal, divine experiences. If you don't believe me, read Socrates. He was not tha...
neither did i suggesting erasing emotion from the mind. I explained that whatever rhetoric a great stoic uses in the application of their calming phil...
You bet your life that one is better than the other. A democracy creates chaos with a myriad of conflicting view points. There is only one truth in te...
Nice words, but it makes no mention of the very highest peak of psychological attainment - and that my friend... is enlightenment. Which is when you l...
You are wrong - "digression" implies the redirection of an argument into an unrelated point - but that is not true. I invoke a very simple truism (abo...
In my opinion, that is a bit knotty and obtuse... there's no need to complicate issues with this idea. Wisdom is the bridge by which you reach the tru...
Philosophy was the path upon which I attained enlightenment, and when you become enlightened you realise that what we call "learning is only the proce...
When I use the term Philosopher, I use it in its correct context, i.e. someone who loves, and therefore spends his life in the pursuit of wisdom. "Reg...
Democracy is one of the very WORST forms of government. And Democracy doesn't even result in democratic decisions. Democracy is a sham - you generally...
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