@"BitconnectCarlos" As a final note concerning the elimination of societal ills I ask, who would deny that homelessness and war rank among them? Yet t...
@"BitconnectCarlos" I don’t see any difference in our views about suffering. When I criticized the various wars against societal ills that are constan...
It seems to me a student of the human condition, far from assuming that it be an axiom that suffering be eliminated, would take suffering as a postula...
@"Brett" I tend to agree with Mr. Carlos, that suffering and tragedy are simply part of life, and that having to endure them can be beneficial; but it...
@"Brett" Your two questions, is there a higher power and is there an objective morality: are they inexplicably linked? In other words, is the existenc...
@"frank" yes, mr. frank, I’m inclined to agree with you. I actually felt bad about calling Merky subhuman, so much so that, milling it over this morni...
@"tim wood" Being well-off physically is not necessarily being so in a broader or more grand sense. It is said that Lincoln, when he wished, as a boy,...
@"jgill" I investigated Mr. Gabriel on-line, and I find that his abstruse investigations into the nature of ontology, etc, scarcely qualify him to com...
@"jgill" I disagree with you Gilly. I think the “ability to reason and write well about past generations of philosophers” is most needed in our day wh...
@"Ansiktsburk" As poorly as you expressed your original question, it nevertheless invokes a most elemental problem: the relation between the philosoph...
@"jamalrob" what does “hover over” mean, and how do you do it? and what is a “tooltip”? (Sorry; I’m old, and not very familiar with things digital and...
@"Merkwurdichliebe" It is obvious to me now, sir, judging by the crassness and vulgarity of your response to my last post, that you are not only far f...
@"Merkwurdichliebe" I don’t know where you live, Merky, but I think you would be a lot happier living where I do. Let me give you a subtle hint: when ...
@"Book273" Book, I don’t understand why you are willing to wear a mask at work, because your boss requires it, but would be willing to refuse to be va...
@"Book273" I want to thank you, mr Book: after I read about all the dangerous adventures you enjoyed in your life, I thought to myself, “Todd where ar...
I failed to mention that I have worked hard all year to keep my foolish lover and beloved from unnecessarily risking her health and life by going into...
@"Book273" “I would not have stressed her out in the first place”; but you don’t know, haven’t dealt with her family as I have over the years. I have ...
The mere necessities of life have been easily accessible since antiquity, and have resulted in great cultural achievements, without modern technology,...
@"Brett" No, Brett, I did not intend to be rhetorical. I honestly ask (and, btw, we have still not agreed on what “quality of life” means or is), what...
@"Brett" you’ve not told me what quality of life is, rather, you’ve told me it’s beginnings; is “food and water, shelter and a feeling of security” eq...
Is fame an essential component of quality of life, recognition in your own lifetime? Mozart’s body was carried out to the graveyard by a few close fri...
For example, is longevity an essential component of quality of life? I suspect someone might object that it depends upon the “quality” of that longevi...
The fundamental question in this discussion, what quality of life is, was never agreed upon, and therefore the discussion became a series of loosely r...
In the beginning, when there seemed to be nothing, suddenly, out of the blue, a divine spark was ignited (from where no one can tell) that burst forth...
@"Book273" My girlfriend is 87 yrs old and underwent lung cancer chemo and radiation 3 yrs ago, from which she successfully recovered. She can’t have ...
I’m standing looking out the kitchen window this afternoon when I see a double-trailer FedEx pull into the parking lot of the commercial garage/truck ...
Jack, I am honored that you adopted my nickname for Mad Fool. Keep flooding bathrooms and falling into ponds...as long as you don’t drown! Allan Bloom...
Just a possible contribution to this discussion, which, honestly, didn’t interest me enough to follow it particularly closely: “History and social sci...
Problem is, the word “philosophy” is ambiguous: do the two “philosophies” in your inquiry refer to the same thing? For “philosophy” may refer to a spe...
During my lifetime I have seen a transition in American English from using the male singular 3rd person pronouns (he, him, his), when referring to a p...
The question is not how we can use science in a way to benefit man, but rather how long it will be till these artificial men we are on the way to prod...
Ms. Leon, You say, “The human being is the animal that has the capacity to perceive the universal in the particular. His mission, his role is determin...
What true dissent or protest is: It is certainly not in drawing attention to yourself; Intus omnia dissimilia sint, frons populo nostra conveniat. Not...
What is the difference between Merkywurdy’s cage and Plato’s cave? The cage is unique to each individual, while the cave is universal, consisting of t...
In other words, isn’t it true that your image of the “cage”, of a place where all of us are confined from birth until self-liberated, describes a univ...
Merky, I have a couple questions to ask you based on previous statements you’ve made... You say, “psychological freedom at its maximum, is never troub...
It is late and I must bow out of the investigation for now Merky...but I look forward to continuing it, perhaps tomorrow... I am in the process of tra...
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