If you believe Zizek's theory, we love the Neighbor to save ourselves. Dedication to the Cause might lead to more physical pain, but everything else H...
The "community" you quoted me referring to consists of the subject inside Plato's Cave, the subject outside it and the "difference" between them. That...
Thank you for the clarifications. I hope you're not tired of this debate because I finally found time for it. The love that's required is not a sentim...
Hate is silly. I think the basic understanding is that if my boss refuses to hire people who are willing to do each job for the least wages out of com...
How did you reach that notion of ideal community? Who says that a community within those parameters is ideal? Zizek says that the "end of inquiry" is ...
I don't agree with this at all. There are a lot of people who are nice to people they know, but don't advocate love for people they don't. It is impor...
As I have already explained, your claim that I am assigning 100% credibility to science is a false statement. I am not assigning 100% credibility to s...
Look, take the word "dragon". By itself, it's just a word that can be used to refer to phenomena as diverse as fire-breathing dragons, Komodo dragons ...
Let me get this straight: When you are asking me for the "meaning of life", you want to know what biological life means? I don't think that is at all ...
Having a definition of "unicorn" doesn't absolve you of the responsibility to argue for their existence. Why should it be different for life? I have a...
I think the problem with the premise of this thread is the idea that if you can find a truly virtuous thinker and learn his ideas, then you can be vir...
It is absolutely true that most of our ideas are socially constructed, but it still does not follow that they are not constructed with reference to so...
I was comparing the Buddha's philosophy with his life in accordance with the theme of this thread. I did not know your position on Buddhism. Since you...
The one great thing the Buddha did was his vow to sit down and not get up until he gained understanding or died. I'm largely pro-desire even in cases ...
So you reject Luther's interpretation of the "command to marry". I'm not saying he required everyone to marry, but Protestants usually consider marria...
Isn't Kierkegaard's behavior especially strange from a Protestant perspective? Marriage is supposed to be an expression of one's devotion to God. The ...
I like some Stoic ideas about changing what you can and accepting the rest, but their theories of what it is possible to change were seriously flawed ...
I'm not particularly opposed to adultery and fornication, depending on how much others were hurt and in what ways. But even if I were against it in al...
By the same standards using which you are evaluating whether it is a question or an answer, that is true. However, it is still possible for the same t...
Wait a minute, when you say "meaning of life", are you referring to life in the biological sense? The biological definition of life involves passing d...
Maybe not, but the argument from science is at least one rational argument. Where is the argument that life exists? Maybe I was unclear about what I w...
I worded that in a very specific way: "But when you have to choose..." If you must choose between enjoying yourself and storing up the means to enjoy ...
This is going to sound strange, but I believe that the only difference between a question and an assertion is a sense of dissatisfaction that is produ...
I think you are forgetting the context of the discussion, which is preserving ways of life. In that context, the past is very much a foreign country. ...
There is a formal argument that collective decision making as such is impossible. I linked you to a page explaining why. I suggest you go through it. ...
It is not a matter of faith. As I have explained, fair evaluation is a presupposition in our use of the word "knowledge". When we call something "know...
I don't believe that it is possible to preserve culture because culture doesn't exist in a vacuum. Cultures are necessarily in a state of competition....
Regarding life as such, I don't believe in the existence of such a thing: 1. Science no longer believes in vital principles or vital energies. Therefo...
: Thanks. I want precise criticisms of my assertions because I'm trying to eliminate inaccuracies and make the theory as generally applicable as possi...
Thanks, everyone. : Well, if we are sticking with Lacan's terminology, "enjoyment", as opposed to "pleasure", corresponds to what feels like the Real,...
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