T_Clark

I haven't read what Nietzsche wrote.

I usually don't see what we do here on the forum as competition. I have an idea I believe in or want to examine. I give my thoughts. I try to think th...

That's at least as good an explanation as those given by the former president's supporters.

Why would it be my job to determine what Christians' "main tool of judgement" is. Why would I care. Unlike many here on the forum, I respect people's ...

There are always stories of predictions of end times leading people to disrupt their lives to get themselves ready. Then, when the end doesn't come, t...

@"Hanover" is a wealth attorney. It is my understanding he had a major role in President Trump's attempt to coerce Georgia's Secretary of State to fin...

You and I agree that evil, to the extent it exists at all, is human. Maybe that's the difference between us - I don't believe there is such a thing. E...

Alternatively, I think that Hammurabi stele from the Louvre might do the trick.

Name an effective comprehensive implementation of such a model. There hasn't ever been one in any but the smallest societies, if then. It's just anoth...

Not exactly. For me, at the heart of all moral questions is the need to protect the vulnerable. Beyond that, I think the purpose of human society is t...

And I can't see how it can be otherwise.

Who do you propose would: Provide schooling Build roads Protect property rights Fund fire departments Enforce contracts Protect the vulnerable Provide...

Yes, that would have been a better parallel to your story. I'm going to tell the story your way from now on.

I agree. I think the idea of evil is generally not a useful one. It often leads to responses that are not effective in addressing the behavior in ques...

I'll give you an anecdote that feels a bit similar. From long, long ago, but we still talk about it. We were visiting my brother in France. He, his wi...

I checked on line. Perhaps not in the British Isles, but most other places, including Italy, scampi is a shrimp or prawn dish.

I'm not sure "gems" is the word I would use. For some of us, it's been an uncomfortable 24 hours since faceapp was introduced to the forum. Love scamp...

Seems like I didn't understand the distinction you were trying to make. To be honest, I still don't. I don't think we need to go any further.

Great minds think alike. And then there are you and I.

First off, how about a bust for the credenza. Since you are an attorney, it could be Hammurabi or Perry Mason. If you can get this from the Louvre, yo...

Two lines of thought. First, you write about a kind of linguistic creation of causation as a phenomenon that somehow doesn't "really" exist. I underst...

I've always liked "The Song of Hiawatha" by Wordsworth. A link: https://www.hwlongfellow.org/poems_poem.php?pid=288 The poem is capital "R" Romantic -...

I like poems with vivid visual imagery, and this one certainly has that. I also really like foxes. We had a pair in our back yard. They kept the groun...

I just reread "Home Burial." It had been a long time. I love the way Frost writes about men and women. I think of "West Running Brook" and "The Death ...

Yes. Thanks to @"Moliere" for starting it. Tim told me he is bowing out of the forum. There's always a chance he will rejoin us.

So, if I move from Boston to Cleveland, where my brother lives, to see if I can get a better job, I am fleeing poverty and misery.

I agree with you. I love the forum. I appreciate your comment. As I've written to you previously, your English is good. You shouldn't be shy because o...

Baloney.

Your seeming disregard for the difference between humans and other animals from a moral point of view makes your argument hard to take seriously.

Disagree.

This is quoted text I've posted before. It's from R.G. Collingwood's "The Principles of Art." I have an affinity for Collingwood's way of seeing thing...

I took one year of German more than 50 years ago. Back in 2014, my brother and I went to Europe and I refreshed my memory so I could use it when we we...

You are not getting much support for your position. At least know I agree with you. It is disrespectful and inappropriate to use a member's photo with...

It's true that I tend to talk about the Tao Te Ching with the same kind of language I do about poetry. I think that's why Lao Tzu's poetic language wo...

I think people try to come to this country for economic opportunity. They think they will be better off here, and it seems reasonable to think they ma...

I've reread what you wrote about your translation. I don't think I expressed my enthusiasm enough in my first response. I would love to hear any more ...

I was looking at my previous response to your question: I'm afraid I somehow gave the impression I have some deep insight into the Tao Te Ching. I don...

I guess you've all heard of a citizen's arrest. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9efgLHgsBmM This is a citizen's banning. @"Hanover", @"Baden", and @"J...

I've read lots of translations. When I'm fiddling around with a verse I'll usually read four or five. I see each one as looking at the text from a sli...

I thought your comments were interesting. I didn't think you were denigrating the the translation. It's something I've often wondered about.

I think this must be something incel's do a lot.

It has always struck me that when I read a translation, I'm reading something new, not the original. It seems like translating a novel, story, or poem...

Say whatever you want, but I'm the Secretary of Health and Human Services and you're not.

Here's mine: /uploads/files/45/tfl8cpwu22brfehv.png

I remain skeptical of your sincerity. I'm considering responding to all your posts like this from now on. Just think how much time it will save both o...

I remain skeptical of your sincerity.

Got it from the library electronically. What a wonderful world we live in.

Yes. Dear God yes. As I noted, I wasn't writing to you as a moderator, just as a fellow human being. Both of us the targets of unspeakable literary at...

Yes, I saw that. That's why I asked. Thanks.

From the Wikipedia description, this sounds all post-modernist and self-referential and stuff. It seems like it might be fun and funny, but I could al...