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I'm hoping to start some reading group around Philosophical Pessimism. I think it would be rewarding to have one oriented around that. Any takers?

The question seems incoherent. As I posted elsewhere, pessimism is an attitude. So, for some pessimists who view reality with dukkha and all the suffe...

Well, I just wanted to raise the issue of positivism as the antithesis of Philosophical Pessimism. In that positivists seem to have a strong desire to...

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For he's s jolly good fellow, for he's a jolly good fellow!

Marbolo 100's Black does it for me.

@"Joshs", what are your own thoughts about rational egotism and how facilitating it is dependent on governments?

A self policing government sounds pretty cool, but, isn't that called fascism?

Is that really true? I can't imagine any authority imposed on prehistoric homo sapiens other than satisfying basic needs such as food, clothing, and s...

I think it's interesting to advocate libertarianism from an evolutionary standpoint. If homo sapiens needs governments and enforcers of the law to pro...

Given the stature of Socrates and the link you provided, I don't see how else to describe Socrates as a man with incredible integrity. This fact shoul...

Well, Socrates was a man on a mission and his best student took the gauntlet after his death and glorified him like none other. Didn't Socrates die a ...

Well, I might be wrong about my previous comment with regard to continental's like Sarte or Camus.

Plato is unique in how his Socrates, whether he was factual or not, is the narrator. I haven't seen any other philosopher apart from Plato that utiliz...

A work of fiction; but, a different kind of fiction? Maybe philosophy is a different kind of fiction... :chin:

I would say that my interest in pigs is myopic towards the notion that I am sensitive. For what it's worth, they're unique in those characteristics th...

I doubt that is true given you're invested in music. I'm pretty cold and aloof in affect. Maybe I just seem sensitive but I'm pretty cold to most peop...

Well, our relation to pigs is informative to me about how cheap life seems to be or how little we value it for them, the pigs, that is. :chin:

A pig is not a pessimistic animal.

Yes, dissatisfaction is valued quite a bit to any company invested in legacy products. Advertisers make their money from not always promoting superior...

Do pigs eat so much because they are hungry or just because they are hedonistic animals? I have a suspicion that they experience boredom and focus on ...

There's a field of economics that specializes in this area, called behavioral economics. Last time I was at college to get a degree in behavioral econ...

Economists treat most people as rational agents, not as objects. I believe that most people are treated fairly as workers, even here in the US and mor...

A marvelous video... The pig was clearly the cherry on the top.

Well, certainly Socrates was condemned to death for examining the lives of others and himself.

It seems to me that Socrates did die for a cause... Yet, it would be hard to pin down Socrates as ideologically driven to do so, or am I wrong on this...

Of living the philosophical life as he did. Philosophy as a way of life, with Socrates...

I only wonder because he died for a cause...

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Well, instead of running in circles, what does that something mean?

@"Banno", for the sake of the thread can you expand on the open ended argument in reference to what implications it has in the domain of discourse wrt...

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On this I only agree.

You can't criticize personalities online, only attitudes. And it's not like we're talking about Donald Trump either.

Yeah, you think your more logical because of your IQ. :chin:

I just wanted to point out the tu quoque fallacy that everyone thought that y'all be committing to a much higher degree than Bartricks himself. Y'all ...

Yes, it's a beautiful sow...

It doesn't seem sad. My intuition tells me otherwise.

Close this taco stand already. Too much diarrhea from the tacos.

Excitable Richard.

https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/b/sow-6433333.jpg It's a clean beautiful pig.

He was one of those Gassadini1 guys.

I was sure he had a phil degree; but, didn't quite get the whole other stuff.

Those are some heavy thoughts. Thanks

https://media.tenor.com/K70jpeY5a-4AAAAM/fat-pig.gif It's kind of fat. But, mostly happy.

But, see the quote by Banno above. It clearly states in the SEP entry that: To say that something in inherently intuitive (such as morality in Moore's...

They're smarter too and can learn tricks. :smile:

Yep, talk about nasty shiet. A pig can be a great pet. A goat however just asks for food.

It would be a perfect world if we made do with satisfying our appetite from wild pigs instead of growing them for meat in farms.