Jack Cummins

From what I have read of your posts you don't appear to be arguing for belief in God, atheism or agnosticism clearly which is why I went for the 'othe...

I am not sure that my answer is what you are seeking but I am writing it because it has been going through my mind when I look at your thread. My answ...

It is hard to know what the aesthetics of A1 will be. It may not be based purely on biology like Darwin's natural selection. Perhaps, it may involve b...

I was speaking more about the aesthetics of the created bodies of artificial intelligence rather than their specific artistic abilities. Your point ab...

I feel that 'The Wind Cries Mary' by Hendrix is a wonderful track and it sometimes gets overlooked amongst his songs.

[reply="Agent The whole relationship between the internet and beauty is interesting. Initially, computers seemed to be about the functionality but, gr...

I have always been a Manic Street Preachers' fan. I like their music, including that including Richey and afterwards. I think that my favourite album ...

I have just looked at the link because I didn't notice it before. It is an interesting. I suppose this may be where psychiatry comes into the picture ...

I know that Spinoza says that will and the intellect are the same thing, but I am not sure that it is as simple in practice. Philosophy and psychology...

The topic of will does incorporate various meanings. It goes back to the idea of voluntarism which goes back to Kant. Schopenhauer on will is also imp...

Thanks for the quotes from 'Ecce Homo'. I thought that he had probably suggested his thoughts on the issue of existence of God somewhere in his writin...

Do you know if Nietzsche actually looked at the God question? That is because from the reading which I have done, it doesn't seem particularly clear w...

It does seem that Nietzsche's idea of consciousness was about greater depth of knowledge and awareness, rather than about being governed by instincts ...

Nietzsche's idea of eternal recurrence doesn't have to be taken literally as it can be interpreted as a symbolic way of thinking about life. Life is p...

With regard to the question you ask about whether Nietzsche was an atheist, people often assume that he was on the basis of how he spoke of God as bei...

Yes, it does seem that Nietzsche's approach was about looking beyond the 'animal' aspect of the human being as @"Gus Lamarch" suggested. I was just lo...

Funnily enough, when I spoke of Nietzsche creating a new romantic movement, the music of the new romantics came into my mind. I love the music of the ...

Yesterday, when writing on the thread I was thinking about how the idea of the superman relates to the idea of Satan, as the ultimate rebel. The compl...

Part of the issue about Nietzsche's ideas being used by the Nazis says a lot about the way human thinking was going, especially in the early twentieth...

I would go along with the idea of Nietszche as an 'antiromantic romantic'. If anything, his work could be applied to develop a critique of what it mea...

What the quote you give, especially the idea, 'Write with blood' does suggest the Nietzschian path to be more about the call of being a writer than an...

My understanding of what Nietzsche meant by beyond good and evil was not about ignoring life and pain. It was more about the conventional superficiali...

People vary so much in which philosophers appeal to them, but it is also worth thinking about the cultural contexts in which they were writing. In par...

Perhaps philosophy needs a few romantic bohemians to create inspired writing. In some ways, he may be one of the role models, certainly more so than K...

Perhaps if Nietzsche was around today he would get so carried away on the forum and get banned.

The question may be whether Nietzsche himself would have been more in place on a philosophy forum or as a rock'n'roll star. He probably would not have...

It is likely that the idea of enhancements of transhumanism was very far from the scope of Nietzsche's thought. He had more in common with literary tr...

I do wonder if Nietzsche did really think that the animal side of human nature was something to be ashamed of because that would be more consistent wi...

I am not sure that Freddie Mercury was influenced by Nietzsche, but Jim Morrison was, for better or worse. Of course, it was a specific interpretation...

The way in which I see the idea of the 'last man' is symbolic of the post-apocalyptic predicament and that may be where the idea of the posthuman cond...

Yes, it does seem likely that Nietszche is making a critical attack on the way in which human beings are driven by instincts, especially in his depict...

Yes, it may be that the understanding of the concept is understood BADLY often, like a caricature 'superman' in a Marvel comic.

I am not sure that Nietszche did intend to overcome hedonism, as his writings suggest that he valued the Dionysian principle of pleasure. I am incline...

It may be that the finding of one's own individual voice is a central aspect of the philosophy quest and that Nietzsche's approach is compatible with ...

Thanks for the link. I will try to download the book and read it.

I do see the idea of the 'overman' as an ideal but the notion of 'revaluation of values' is ambiguous in many ways. I guess that I do subscribe to the...

I have read 'Homo Deus' by Yuval Noah Harari which looks at future possibilities and the idea of death as being a technical problem to be overcome. It...

The importance of hermeneutics may be underplayed in philosophy, with so much focus on science and empirical validation. The understanding of texts, e...

Perhaps music is a doorway into peak experiences and the 'baby' walking down the street is symbolic of fantasy. The psychoanalyst Winnicott spoke of o...

I would not deny that both Freud and Jung had faults in their philosophy. Freud may have overplayed sexuality, with the issue of the Oedipus complex b...

As far as I am aware Leonardo da Vinci was far ahead of his time in many aspects of thought. Some of the greater thinkers have gone beyond the scope o...

I am not suggesting that suffering or rejection are desirable, but that when they occur it is best to try and meet the challenges and not give up. The...

The new Lego building may be a better model than the original, as the revised upgrade. Beyond the metaphor, the person who has experienced the sufferi...

Rejection can be painful and it comes in many forms. Perhaps, the interpretations need revisiting, especially the labels of success and failure. It ma...

My understanding is that Jung read Kant as well as Gnosticism. He blends the two together to come up with the emphasis on 'God' as known within the ps...

You present a good argument for agnosticism and one which counters Jung's argument, 'I don't believe, I know'. Jung's epistemology was based on his id...

I did realise that you said that Spinoza, spoke of immanence. I may have a read of his writings today. Of course, it is human beings who construct rea...

That may be a bit too reminiscent of Ritchey of the Manic Street Preachers who was declared dead after he was missing for so long. One person who I wa...

He went missing for a few months previously and I was wondering where he was then and he resurfaced, so I suspect he may do so again. However, some pe...

I definitely believe that there is a middle ground between theism and atheism. Spinoza may get into this area, as well as Jung, even though they are c...