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Experience of Clarity

['Member']Joined: February 22, 2020 at 21:32Last active: October 28, 2023 at 22:48None discussions11 comments

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Our minds are circumscribed by our immediate reality, but we stop short at the thought of it.

The proud mind denies the existence of the stimulus in an argument, and so does not see or feel the force of the necessary response, creating the illusion that it is not the perceiver but the world that is twisted.

Truth does not begin with an answer on behalf of which all questions must constantly rearrange themselves.

Faith is the fatigue resulting from the attempt to preserve God’s integrity instead of one’s own.

There is more ape in man to deny the relation than there is more than ape with which to accept it.

Favourite Philosopher

Emerson, Nietzsche

Favourite Quotations

"Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind." ~ Emerson

Comments

Where is your disagreement? “The map-territory analog only works sometimes. In your account, the map was purchased, which ignores the art of cartograp...
March 14, 2023 at 20:05
“I think your example of an incorrect map, does not compare with the 'level of unintelligibility' of concepts such as the supernatural, or god, or omn...
March 14, 2023 at 19:12
"Hence, the notion of a supernatural event is unintelligible." — Banno "…., 'unintelligible,' EXISTS as a 'notion.' Such serve as notional comparators...
March 13, 2023 at 18:51
Agree -- and tweak your last sentence for a different take: The concept is rationally unsustainable, but practically useful: faulty “reasoning” as beh...
March 12, 2023 at 18:01
In the same way that Kant says the "prohibition of publicity impedes the progress of a people toward improvement" I think the evident corruption of th...
March 12, 2023 at 16:40
“I don't disagree but I think what the OP says is easier to support, because it, in effect, puts an impossible burden of proof on the person who says ...
March 12, 2023 at 16:35
Reading the comments, it is easy to lose sight of your OP. Your nuanced approach has been interestingly provocative. Supernatural: a phenomenon or ent...
March 11, 2023 at 20:15
“I think ‘beyond’ is too vague; more precisely, 'any X that contradicts, or is inconsistent with, the laws of nature' is what I understand by ‘superna...
March 06, 2023 at 19:20
I was attracted to this discussion by your statement: “Like you, I'm motivated to try to find application of philosophical concepts where they can be ...
March 05, 2023 at 20:11
"... the instrumental role Philosophy should have in everyday life(reality)...but nobody seems to care about weighing in!(answerable metaphysical idea...
March 05, 2023 at 14:26
"I'm saying it may not be sane to seek happiness and possessions, etc. if it will all get taken in an instant as you trip going up the stairs. (Knocki...
March 02, 2023 at 18:09