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By follow he means the same thing as worship. He just uses a different word. When christians worship Christ they are FOLLOWING his teachings .

There's an error in my point above. It should read nowhere did I say Buddhism is better than Christianity

I'm not "throwing dirt at Christianity" if you read my intial thread you would see that I said that there are many similarities between Buddhism and C...

In John 10:27–28 Jesus states that: "My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: and I give unto them eternal life; They're the words...

I'm afraid I don't understand this point. I don't know if you answered the central question in my thread which was that Christianity is focused on sal...

Good point but I'm only interested in the Philosophical aspect of Buddhism not the religious part. And the philosophy in my opinion is neither chauvin...

I suppose wisdom may be a subjective term but I didn't know what other word to use . Wisdom means different things to different people, but I suppose ...

I suppose wisdom may be a subjective term but I didn't know what other word to use . Wisdom means different things to different people, but I suppose ...

The article on Existentialism you mention at the end, who is it by? I wonder how good a philosopher is Woody Allen. Is he really exploring the genuine...

I didn't follow exactly your analogy with the chess game. The fundamental critique Pierre Hadot makes of modern philosophy is that it has become divor...

Unfortunately don't understand everything you say in the blog. I can follow some of it. I'm not as knowledgeable about Wittgenstein as about Socrates....

Socrates method of doing philosophy which he seems to have pioneered has given rise to The Socratic method which has become famous and to my knowledge...

There's an error in the above. It should be Philosophy hasn't continued to be done in the form in which Socrates started.

You were saying that language imposes limitations on what one can express and Nietszche was aware of this. Didn't Wittgenstein also point out the limi...

Fine. I take your point. I've been told by many that the quote is out of context. On another matter Id like to discuss and that is , Is Nietszches att...

That's interesting but why can't Nietszche express himself more clearly and if he has a positive view of women why didn't he just make that clear inst...

As a matter of fact many of the classes I have in recent times are adults, some who actually have degrees in philosophy themselves , and we have loads...

That's fine. I understand your point about backing up ones point with proper argument. To a certain extent I was playing the role sometimes of the dev...

I'm very sorry it was someone else who clearly has taken umbrage with my opinions about Nietszche who made that comment. I was accused of being a Budd...

As a matter of fact I had already decided that I'm done with this ridiculous fencing match of a discussion. You think I m the worst academic you've ev...

So you're saying I shouldn't be blogging on this site because I'm giving opinions without hard evidence. I find that an unfair comment. Show me please...

Right. Ok then . Give me examples of hard evidence that Nietszche provides to BACK UP his ideas, not just clever aphorisms, or mythical narratives, li...

Am I wedded to Enlightenment rationalism. The answer is no. I think there are SOME good aspects to it. The 18th century Enlightenment was primarily a ...

That's an interesting point and the quote from Nietszche is interesting. He seems to be a hard philosopher to pin down because of his highly metaphori...

Ok. They are interesting , thought provoking points you make. I note your point that on a philosophy blog proper arguments need to be made. I have bee...

I seem to have ruffled a few feathers on this blog just because I took a quote from Nietzsche and described it as a rather outlandish remark. Nietszch...

Here is a passage I found in Wikipedia as follows:- Nietszche admired Buddhism, writing that: "Buddhism already has - and this distinguishes it profou...

Firstly I disagree that Nietzsche's comment should be only viewed in the context of his society. John Stuart mill another 19th century thinker who liv...

I'm simply giving you what seems to be a famous quote from Nietzsche and giving you my opinion that it's a rather inane statement also seems a rather ...

Buddhism has been around for thousands of years and has stood the test of time as a philosophy that today 500 million people find brings them peace an...

Is this all a quote from Nietzsche's work. It's certainly very hard to read. I have seen far more elegant and powerful writing of his in other passage...

Nietzsche attacks Christianity for weakening western culture and as not encouraging the strong independent minded , creative genius. But what about Th...

Explain how his ideas are invalid and your line of thinking is correct. Ok Here's a Friedrich Nietzsche Quote: “Is it not better to fall into the hand...

I didn't say I don't like Nietzsche. By the way I'm not a Christian, I would be critical also of other philosophers including Plato, for the same reas...

[reply="Christoffer;572396" Ok let's talk about Buddhism , it is often dismissed by western thinkers who are ignorant of Eastern thought ( which is no...

I don't see how aphorisms can be seen as arguments. I disagree that Buddhism and Christianity are not based on everyday experiences. Love, compassion,...

But that's exactly what the Buddha said 2000 years before Nietzsche, namely that "suffering is your teacher" . It increases your compassion and unders...

Nietzsche writes in a series of aphorisms and metaphors which are often ambiguous. How does one define philosophy. If it is a not a discipline using r...

I completely agree that logic and rational argument is limited in conveyed the human condition. That's why we have had art, literature , religion , po...

I wonder would Nietzsche agree with you that he is not presenting a philosophy. He's doing more than just raise questions or proposing new viewpoints....

I'm afraid I disagree. Compassion and kindness are not just feelings , they are, as Aristotle would say excellences of Character but only if they are ...

I'm afraid I have to disagree that "Jesus and Nietzsche were not against the current culture. Both figures were very radical and they attacked many as...

The real reason Nietzsche was against pity is because he thought it furthered the interests of the underdog. He was thinking especially of Christianit...

"but is not confined to current social structures, morality, etc as if they were eternal, fixed.". Its not so much a question that I misunderstand Nie...

Isn't it irresponsible for a thinker like Nietzsche to be writing in such a way that it could be so easily misunderstood and used for evil purposes. I...

I have to disagree Nietzsche does not attack people's use of the values of compassion , love and kindness. He thinks they further the interests of the...

It's been have known since Immanuel Kant that we have no direct access to knowing reality. But I don't think that's relevant to my point. I'm not sayi...

The Will to power is only one among several theories which competes with Freud's will to pleasure and Victor Franks Will to meaning. Personally I thin...

Science and the pursuit of knowledge have nothing to do with a will to power. They stem from man's survival instinct to master his environment. Mankin...

Unfortunately I couldn't understand everything you said. Philosophy is a highly abstract subject! To answer your question Im not religious. I believe ...