I am afraid that even though I love classical literature I can't relate to classical music at all. The closest I get to classical is prog rock. But on...
Okay, I will try reading a bit of that philosophy. The one advantage we have over the Romans though is that they did not have all the wonderful music ...
I think that you do not realise the full impact that the pandemic has had on people. Obviously, it is variable according to location and personal circ...
I am wondering what impact the whole cost of the pandemic and all of its aftermath will have economically. I fear a far deeper division between the ri...
I am glad that you have joined in the discussion on relativism and pluralism, and the question of how they are distinguishable. Your points are useful...
I hope that you are right that I am worrying unnecessary over totalitarianism coming. I may be reading too much news on my phone. However, when I was ...
I am aware of having the freedom of speech to even create a thread of this kind on an online site. I do agree that there have been major moments in hi...
If you(Synthesis)think that the collapse already happened, what was it? As it is, we have experienced a horrible year, with both the pandemic itself a...
You are probably right to say it 9/11 may have been the start of a whole change in culture in the USA and possibly other countries. But, what I am thi...
I do agree with what you are saying, but I think that most people are blind to the collapse that is taking place. Most people I know are just swept al...
I think that Covid restrictions are part of it but not the whole picture. I am not in favour of being paranoid, but just wonder about people being abl...
I know that it may seem all a bit abstract, but I have no idea where you are living in the world. I am living in a part of the world where extreme res...
I am not wishing to come to any firm conclusions, but just have so many questions about where we are going with information and the whole issue of soc...
I do appreciate Graves, Borges and Graves l do have read Jung and have found him worthwhile, but would not wish to put him on a pedestal. I am particu...
To what extent do you think that many people do have an understanding of sensitive information. I am thinking of details about health and mental healt...
I am very wary of biometrics. It seems that it may give people, with so little understanding of sensitive information, the potential for abuse of powe...
Yes, I want to know, in the here and now. I don't wish to have to spend time searching in the foggy mist. To some extent, it can be worthwhile, but if...
It is so hard to disentangle what appears to be totalitarianism from what really is. Democracy is questionable, as to what extent we feel represented,...
It is interesting to think about the role of mindless pleasures, such as the internet, and to what extent they would blind us. Of course, we all seek ...
It is interesting to wonder to what extent current thinking about mind and other aspects of philosophy is the ultimate one. It may be that there is a ...
Your reply is useful, but one problem which I see is the theoretical one and the practical one. Most of us have read George Orwell. However, to what e...
Your comment is interesting, but I do think that if my question is seen as worth discussing, the implications on an international level will need to b...
I do think that we may be going into a form of totalitarianism, but not a complete one. I am interested to know what form you think that this would ta...
Do you think so? I am really not sure of this at all. Even before the pandemic I felt that the system was becoming more oppressive, and apart from sit...
I have done a bit more thinking on the paradox of theism and atheism, as well as reading the interaction between you and @"180 Proof". I can see that,...
I am glad you replied, but I would rather discuss ultimate reality tomorrow as I am getting ready for bed. So, I will read what you wrote and reply th...
Perhaps I am just thinking too much. Anyway, I think that you were lucky to be able to study philosophy at school. I only got to do religious studies ...
I see your point but I am not sure if paradoxes in ideas are the same as in daily life. After all, ideas are mental constructs. However, in saying tha...
So, do you think that the idea of the paradox of theism and atheism is a bit way out? One problem which I have thought of is that it could end up poin...
That is our Easter revelation idea for anyone to contemplate if they log into this thread. The startling conclusion may remain lost and buried in this...
Yes, I am inclined to agree. Perhaps theism and atheism are like the two sides of the same coin. It just depends which side a person views it from. I ...
It is questionable to what extent Jung can be seen as an 'explainer of everything'. I can see problems in some of the ways he tries to piece together ...
In a way, I think that you are right to say that Jung was not really sure whether he believed in God, but he said a lot more than that. He went into s...
It is interesting to read that you went to a Catholic school and that you weren't taught philosophy. It was not on the school curriculum but I had som...
One aspect which I wonder about is whether inner speech is likely to translate into 'psychosis' if the person has little opportunity for dialogue with...
Socrates is an interesting role model for philosophy. It has already been pointed out that he was ugly and, as you pointed out, he didn't write books....
Yes, I think that I fantasise that I matter too, especially that I matter to the people who are significant to me. It makes life so more pleasant. I e...
I do agree that the matter of hearing voices is about identification, although from discussion which I have had with people who hear them regularly, t...
I spent over 3 years in Jungian analysis, although the therapist did use other psychodynamic techniques. However, I do think that it is possible to wo...
The particular book which @"Valentinus" and I were discussing by Jung, 'Answer to Job' focuses on the shadow specifically. It looks at it on a collect...
I read Jung before Plato, but I also see a parallel between the idea of archetypes and forms. I think that in many ways, Jung's ideas on religion are ...
I had a strange coincidence today. I was in a newsagents, looking at magazines and, I found a magazine with an article which discusses Julian Jaynes' ...
I believe that it is going to all be done on phones with scanned in data, and barcoded information, to prevent forgery. One outcome which I can see is...
One problem which I see with the vaccine in England is that having had it or not is being planned as a whole basis for reorganisation of life as we kn...
Yes, it does seem that the scientific pursuit of knowledge can be seen as 'devout' and it is probably because that has become the main paradigm of 'tr...
I wonder if the way we are drawn to certain writing is to do with how we shape our ideas autobiographically and with language. I began reading Jung du...
You asked me what specific insight I gained from Jung. I think that is that there is some underlying source from which our ideas and images come from....
Your extract from Jung's 'Answer to Job' contains some particularly relevant points which he makes and they do really raise the question of whether th...
One aspect which I think is particularly interesting is your remark that about mental commands believed to be coming from gods or God. This has specif...
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