... From: "decker150" <decker150@...> To: <Sartre@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 2:11 PM Subject: [Sartre] To be a real philosopher ......
As self-appointed liason with the Nihilist group, I should, again, mention that Nietzsche (since someone else brough him up this time) said "'Should' is...
Maybe a more useful question is whether bad faith might be better than no faith. If we proceed in bad faith, we at least proceed; bad faith does not assure an...
How is it one decides to let religion make major decisions on how one leads one's life? The poor, the Being living in rural areas, the Being who's ignorant,...
To be a "real" philospoher, one must first recognize that there is no "real" philosophy. - Josh (who doesn't claim to be a real philosopher) ... and imitators ...
Lenin, opposed to religion, referred to religion as 'the opiate of the people.' But religion is only one aspect of the cultural life. I imagine that...
William James as usual is wrong. It's not one of hating someone else's thinking. It's one of liking the freedom of your own desires and stresses. It's...
William James said "To be a real philosopher all that is necessary is to hate some one else's type of thinking." I thought this was an interesting quote. Joe...
Love within the structure of Da-sein, it a mitda-sein (being-with). Although, love is 'my possibility', may be expressed as self-love. I love being myself. I...
I would replace capitalism with some of the elements of the society Marx discusses in the Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844. The early Communists in...
I appreciate john writing one of his long philosophical essays. I appreciate his use of Marx in the essay and his critique of psychoanalysis without ever...
Richard's issue with capitalism probably stems from the fact that it's the only system he's seen corrupted first- hand. I would suggest that he consult some...
Sartre's rather complicated view on Love
is specifically dealt with starting with
page 364 of Being and Nothingness.
In real life, his lifelong partner was...
Richard, since you are certainly an opponent (understatement) of Capitalism, what - may I ask - would you suggest it be replaced with? We do need labor, don't...
I'm not discussing what part of speech Being is. I'm talking about the existence and the ontology of Being in the world. In this case, Being is in capital...
Joe, the discussion is one about the authentic and the un authentic according to Heidegger. It's not about the inauthentic. You are once again playing a game...
If I'm responsible for Arial Sharon and you, I argue then I'm authentic. That means my possibility of indicating Sharon is guilty of genocide and omnicide in...
'being-true,' with Being in small letters means nothing to a person encountering existential. Being in a capital letter is the authentic. The addition of a...
Our moderator had asked us "Can we build an ethical system upon the Sartrean existentialist foundation?" Once again, I find myself wondering the same. And it...
I'm still writing on the authentic in a response to both Decker and Gozde. One writes from a Camus perspective, Gozde, and the other, Decker, writes from a...
In Being and Nothingness, Satre defines the primary relationship between individuals as conflict. What were his views on love? Where did it fit in? How...
Back on the subject of authenticity; what does it mean 'being-true'? My reflections indicate that it is an acknowledgement of one's own uniqueness and a...
(((((((((((Everyone))))))))), Does anyone have a copy of the following books they would be willing to sell me ? Author: James Edwards Title: The Authority of...
Were gender roles formulated in relation to nature or nature formulated in relation to social-gender roles? In all serious now. For the past several months i...
I am sure Good and Evil have their own 'modes' of being-in-the-world, as do many other axiological values which cannot be adequately explained. Perhaps the...
Group: Having returned back to the States, we would like to entend an invitation to join the Existentialism Philosophy Blog http://existentialist.blogspot.com/...
In the Kantian mode, we only discover what we ourself through projection bring before ourself our topics. I imagine this to signify that I only discover the...
This can be true only to the extent that "violence"; against everydayness is possible. I think I see your point, but I'm uncomfortable with the word "violence";...
Robert Cavalier from The Department of Philosophy at Carnegie Mellon University says: "Being of Dasein involves a kind of 'wresting from concealment'...
