Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion
02-12-2009, 02:42 AM
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02-12-2009, 01:58 AM
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Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion
02-12-2009, 01:36 AM
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Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion
02-11-2009, 11:06 PM
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and yet who is suffering from the sense of...
and yet who is suffering from the sense of emptiness,
the atheists or the christians?
perhaps both, but doesn't the feeling of emptiness
imply a loss? how can you lose what you ever had?
maybe...
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Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion
02-11-2009, 10:49 PM
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Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion
01-12-2009, 06:44 PM
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Of course, because what I'm trying to express...
Of course, because what I'm trying to express can't be put into words. I could take the Buddhist path and express it in paradoxes but I somehow doubt that would get through any better. Philosophy...
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Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion
01-06-2009, 04:47 PM
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you're really missing the point. the point is...
you're really missing the point. the point is that logic, although it might be 'reliable' and 'useful' cannot be taken to be an absolute because it relies on supra-rational feelings... how do you...
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Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion
01-06-2009, 04:25 PM
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post-modernism shows that all we do is float...
post-modernism shows that all we do is float through existence using our unreliable feelings, and that logic is just one form of this.
the question, if i have to remind you, was not one of whether...
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Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion
01-06-2009, 04:15 PM
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because logic is not able to rid itself of...
because logic is not able to rid itself of contradictions, it cannot achieve a unity and a totality. that is basically what all major developments of the 20th century philosophy, science and...
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Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion
01-06-2009, 04:04 PM
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^^ i edited my post a bit right before you...
^^ i edited my post a bit right before you responded. meaning is derived from nothing when we try to make one particular goal in life objectively meaningful in and of itself. all meaning is relative...
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Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion
01-06-2009, 03:52 PM
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that's not true, meaning is a property of...
that's not true, meaning is a property of language and not of life. language is something we drape over life, and we have a bad habit of confusing the two. of course, then meaninglessness is also...
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Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion
01-06-2009, 03:29 PM
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Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion
01-06-2009, 02:33 PM
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To be or not to be, that is the question; ...
To be or not to be, that is the question;
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing, end...
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Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion
01-06-2009, 01:38 PM
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life is meaningless
or, if you want a...
life is meaningless
or, if you want a slightly less biased approach, meaning is constructed. sometimes rather shabbily, as with ayn rand, who bases it around the need to survival. everyone wants...
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Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion
01-04-2009, 12:24 PM
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Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion
01-04-2009, 12:22 PM
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Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion
01-03-2009, 02:45 PM
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Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion
12-21-2008, 11:15 PM
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Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion
12-20-2008, 10:44 PM
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Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion
12-20-2008, 07:15 PM
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Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion
12-20-2008, 06:28 PM
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