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ChristianityWhy I Am Not A Christian
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A whimsy? haha. Remember the philosophical context of his writings .
"I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I shouldn't wish people dogmatically t... |
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Discovering True Happines
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I think ignorance probably is bliss, to be honest. There's a great quote which I think is relevant here "Philosophy is a study that lets you be unhappy more intellegently".
I think b... |
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Relationship: What is going on?
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one thing is certain, she is a cheater. and my philosophy is - once a cheater, always a cheater. and she sounds very insensitive to me too. forget her, she is just fucking with you. you may be able to... |
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Human Nature & EmotionEmotion and Philosophy
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When contemplating an issue is it appropriate to use emotional arguments and if so how? I can't seem to find a way to validate the use of emotion because emotions are subjective and one can claim... |
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Memory
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neurologically speaking, the human brain contains enough neurons to contain everything it experiences down to the most mundane and intricate detail. like you said, however, the problem arises during t... |
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About You / IntroductionsHow's it going?
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Hey everybody; I'm a philosophy major at UB. It's really apparent that my facebook is not a very good place to find intelligent conversations. There are too many people using it as a platfor... |
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Intelligence, Memory & BrainRemoval from Working Memory...
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as for improving or own mental abilities, literature, science, philosophy, the desire to be enlightened and see towards the truth through total self-honesty and hard work, not just improving the mind... |
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The Mayan Calendar and the Transformation of Consciousness
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Oh, it's a must-read, if you're a fan of Doomsday shit, and/or Archaeology. The Cosmology/theology/philosophy/ World View (whatever you want to call it) of the Maya, written from the prespect... |
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Conditon of the average American
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I disagree with the purpose of philosophy being about searching for happiness. It is what occured when science failed. People set out to understand their world and their place in it, science was only... |
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Reality & MetaphysicsThe Matrix Is Real
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its about eastern philosophy, its about western philosphy, its about politics, its about race, its about faith, its about logic.... its about christianity, hinduism, buddism, taoism.... la de da.... |
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Alternative BeliefsGod = The Universe
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Yeah but science is aside from reason by reason I mean common sense the soft sciences like philosophy particularly ethics and psychology of the human mind as well as literature, religions are just boo... |
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The Mind
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(s)he my only be 13 but (s)he already understands philosophy and theology completely. its all about people thinking about things to deeply, tieing their minds (or brains) in knots and then using long... |
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Ethics & MoralityMale Racism and its Parallels to Male Homosexuality
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and as you've got the philosophy of being gay cracked, maybe you should try it!
as for being black, well we are all born into our families whether we love them or hate them - i fucking hate mi... |
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Child & Family PsychologyBeing Lazy
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The human mind can make a Hell out of a Heaven and a Heaven out of Hell. (John Milton) Studying philosophy can do that. |
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Favorite quotes so far.
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"Philosophy is a study that lets us be unhappy more intelligently." - rollergirl
so, is she still "lurking?" *clown* *lol* |
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Life & Deathwhat is your theory on life?
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There are some great ideas her but dont forget to give credit where its due-
The Philosophy of Life
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Swami Krishnananda
http://www.swami-krishnanand a.org/phil/phil_04.html |
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What can be done?
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The main reason philosophy is not "cool" is that the vast majority of people think of _how_ things are, rather than _why_ things are. Unless this changes, neither will popular view of philos... |
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SocietyAtlas Shrugged a Cynical Review
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Actually it was a GOP rally cry back then and was since it was published. This sort of insane in it for yourself philosophy has been growing ever since the American right took up the mantle when Hitle... |
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Philosophy and persona
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how outgoing i am depends on the situation, i am perfectly happy to talk to a person on their own, or in a small group, but tend to take a back seat in larger conversations. i make friends easily, and... |
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Goals with philosophy
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knowledge is one. the classification of the illusion of knowledge into subjects, philosophy being one, is but human ignorance. an endeavor in ultimate futility. reality is singular knowledge. and that... |
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Life & Deathwhat defines life
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"If your physically fit then the maths you do to catch a ball is quicker and better than any mathematician."
why is it better? so you're suggesting no one goes to college and everyon... |
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Alternative BeliefsWhat do you believe?
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So you advocate the lifestyles of any and everybody as long as they feel they are right. You side both with the Nazi behaviour and the goals of Ghandi. Your philosophy breeds disorder.
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ARE YOU CYNICAL OF…...?
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light cynicism, not heavy...there's no fun in correcting each other. Every person should express his own autonomous insanity.
as for me, i'm only cynical about all the persons i could be.... |
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Would You Tell?
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Last night, while lying in bed, I thought of something. I've been looking through these threads of us (I guess you could say premature) philosophers attempting to uncover things such as the meani... |
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Starting over
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i agree. i dont intend to change anyone to endear my philosophy because as much as i feel lke it may be the best way to go about life, ultimately happiness is the only essential to life and that is co... |
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