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If there were no suffering, there would be nothing to overcome. Thus, struggle would be obsolete. If a happy life is defined by the process of overcoming adversity, then a good life itself is made relevant by adversity itself, which seems contradictory to me. If we had a choice, would we choose adversity with the option of overcoming it... Or unadulterated non-conflict? I guess that's where you begin separating human values. I just don't think it takes a negative to equal a positive. That's all. |
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"So you worship a space cube?" "Yeah!" "So, what does that mean?" "Well, I take a few minutes each day to worship the space cube each morning, then I continue my life no differently then I normally would. I also thank the space cube every time something good happens to me." The only time it would become a dangerous or harmful belief is if somebody decided that the space cube has views, opinions, desires, ect. Which would of course probably happen, somebody is going to speak for the space cube and make everybody think that eating makes the space cube shed acidic tears of sorrow which slowly begins to melt the universe. |
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I would strongly recommend reading Kant, since he acknowledges that pure reason cannot prove the existence of God, but that through hope we can assume his existence and allow it to guide us in our quest for moral perfection. I'm one of those people who thinks Kant is half brilliant half asinine, and that Hegel brings his ideas to their true conclusion. Still, there are plenty of contemporary Kantians, and I think Kant's political ideas are pretty solid and ridiculously ahead of their time.
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I'm not trying to be an ass, but what are you suggesting here? |
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Critique of Pure Reason is a pretty heavy undertaking, I might suggest Religion Within the Bounds of Bare Reason, Prolegomena to any Future Metaphysics and Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals as good, short introductions, and then you can always delve into the critiques if you really feel the need to go deeper.
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