T_Clark

And you're just the man for the job.

I would guess the most important thing is memory.

You and @"Michael Zwingli" are putting a lot more thought and effort into this than I did, or than it's worth. Keep up the good work.

This is a really good post about something I've been thinking about for a while. I need to put some thought into my response. I'll be back.

All my Latin comes from one of three places 1) quotes from others, 2) I make them up, or 3) Google translate. For pig Latin I do my own translations.

Yes. You are a bit less forgiving than I am. Not necessarily a bad thing.

My only real experience with poetry from a significantly foreign time and place is the Tao Te Ching. I've received much more from that than I ever hav...

https://i-6uf0utvje8gy-cdn.plushcontent.com/uploads/files/4x/2xixie5ekhnyccbx.png Yay! Thank you.

I want to reuse a file that I previously uploaded. How do I do that?

Disagree strongly. Poetry uses words, but is not like our other uses. I know that because I feel it. Poetry feels like music. It feels like visual art...

Can we receive the message sent to us by Mozart? By the cave painters in Lascaux? By the guys who built fucking Machu Picchu? By the guys who built th...

I don't agree. I think the values of most Americans are pretty mainstream. Discord has been intentionally engineered to keep people with common needs ...

Serious question - are things different in Australia?

This is not a scientifically accurate depiction.

But I think pinning the caterpillar is the whole point of art. By which I mean that, when I read Lao Tzu, I am trying to receive the message he sent 2...

Sounds like you're saying art is impossible or useless. Given your history, I know that's not what you mean.

In the US at least, environmental protection enforced by government is part of the liberal agenda, resisted by business, often conservatives. The air ...

To start with, it would be really helpful if you would quote the text you're trying to discuss so we can all figure out what post and specific text yo...

I think you and I are talking about something similar, but the language we use is too different for us to make a connection. And I don't think art - p...

Anyway, I wasn't disagreeing with you. It's just that I've never found that the quantum vacuum ends any arguments or leads to any resolution in these ...

Sure. Ok. I've used that answer when people ask how something can be created from nothing. They just say the quantum vacuum isn't nothing.

Perhaps the poem examples you provided would read as more poetic in Persian, but in English they're pretty prosy. So I'm not sure they're very good ex...

Good post. Well expressed and I agree with you thoughts.

As I said, I'll keep any additional thoughts between Bitter Crank and myself.

As I said, I'll keep my thoughts between @"Bitter Crank" and myself.

@"Prishon" could have been a really good part of this community. I've said it before. I'll say it again. You guys should be ashamed of yourselves. I i...

I'm moving this here. It doesn't belong in a substantive thread. I apologize to Constance. Here's my response to your comment: Bull shit.

Often, a large number of posts and threads means low quality. Generally, that hasn't been the case with @"Prishon". You, who's primary contribution ha...

Gregory is trying to piss you off. Seems like he's trying to get you banned by harassing you. You should stop responding.

Why are you harassing @"pirshon". Generally, his posts are higher quality than yours.

@"Hanover", @"StreetlightX", @"fdrake",@"Michael", @"Benkei" A lot of us here kind of like @"Prishon". He generally works and plays well with others a...

To be honest, I'm surprised you've lasted this long. Which is not to say I don't think you belong here. As a wise philosopher once wrote "Prishon is a...

https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/1560/deathmatch-objective-reality-vs-the-tao/p1 https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/10427/my-favorite-...

By George, he's got it! This is something I've discussed many times on the forum. If you haven't seen those posts, now is not the time to go into it.

I think this just points out the arbitrariness of your philosophy/religion distinction. One definition of "philosophy" from the web - "The study of th...

Less satisfying, perhaps, but also more philosophical, reasonable, rational, logical, fair-minded, even-handed, objective...

Well...you know...I kind of do. I acknowledge that that way of seeing things is a metaphysical proposition, but then, everything in this thread so far...

I assumed you would take that as a compliment.

@"Prishon" is a pain in the ass, but he's not a troll. Calling someone a troll is just another example of the malady I was referring to - delegitimizi...

I meant what I said and I said what I meant.

Is too.

No further questions. I rest my case.

Religion generally deals with issues of the origins and nature of reality, ontology, so, of course it's philosophy. You have a history of kicking area...

The idea that reality inhabits "the dark places where language cannot go," is pretty common. Kant's noumena, Lao Tzu's Tao, Schopenhauer's will are al...

I don't see why my statement is funny. It's just a matter of fact - the US is a more heterogenous nation than Afghanistan.

The principle I generally endorse - If you have to make a decision about a scientific issue where there is uncertainty, decide on the basis of the sci...

A mongrel is a mixed breed dog, especially if the breeds are not known. That describes Americans better than it does Afghans.

I just like to add a little class after you stink up the joint.

This is a good description of my thoughts in regard to truth. All language, thought, and conceptualization is "linguistic convenience to even make ref...

Richard Shindell, "The Courier." A flare shot leaves a scar Burning in the dark On my forearms Through the barbed wire Then another fifty yards Crouch...