Hi Kieran, I have not read any Marcel Proust, but would be delighted to be given the reference of his claim that the most joyous moments are fleeting..... If...
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u6c2699
Jan 2, 2004 12:39 am
I think that the bottom line to existentialism is responsibility. The individual is at the base responsible for his actions, ignorance is no excuse before the...
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decker150
Jan 2, 2004 2:21 am
In its early stages of development, philosophy was a scholarly interpretation of various subject. It should still be a critical examination of the topics it...
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Lapin _866
lapin_866
Jan 2, 2004 4:01 am
"What I find AVOIDED by the existential dialogue, is not the meaning of Being, but the 'being-there-of-meaning' which is as much 'there' as anything else 'is'...
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Elizabeth Whelchel
ephoenix@...
Jan 2, 2004 5:52 am
unfuckingsubscribe you stupid philistines...
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Leon McQuaid
leonpmcquaid@...
Jan 2, 2004 5:21 pm
i broke my hand in a bar fight, so i wont be writing much for a little whie. the reference, i believe, is from the book: "things of rememberance past" or ...
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Lapin _866
lapin_866
Jan 2, 2004 10:42 pm
Welcome here on this forum, Liz! I'd thought you were still in San Francisco (not in Palestine). Did you move to Houston? Really really hope to see you soon! ...
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Stephen Cowley
Stephen@...
Jan 3, 2004 12:08 pm
Dear Elizabeth, To unsubscribe, you have to send a blank e-mail to: Sartre-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com This is an automatic procedure - i.e. you have to...
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Tommy Beavitt
tbeavitt
Jan 3, 2004 12:53 pm
Hi folks, Thanks for your concern, Stephen. I have already unsubscribed the rather rude Elizabeth. I didn't make a public announcement about the unsubscription...
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Elaine Phipps-Earl
lizral@...
Jan 3, 2004 9:39 pm
Given the high level of intellect on this forum I feel no need to explain the distinction between the reality, which "is" and the reality, which is ...
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Henry W. Peters
nicetrees2003
Jan 4, 2004 10:32 am
Dear Elaine, I hardly think you could remotely possibly be alone here... in a world built to be addicted to alienation... (intentionally or not). & true......
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Elaine Phipps-Earl
lizral@...
Jan 4, 2004 11:13 am
Dear Henry, U wrote :- Just think, for a moment... how the little girl in the airplane in your story must have thought/felt!!!??? How about her mother & ...
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Henry W. Peters
nicetrees2003
Jan 4, 2004 7:23 pm
Dear Elaine, Then there is that famous other little girl: "Alice" of wonderland... & in the (backward looking) looking glass! in a place where some had to...
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Lapin _866
lapin_866
Jan 4, 2004 10:56 pm
For those who love relax the body through laughing, this story about the 5 years girl is an occasion to (tenderly) mock at those who gather so much money and...
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Elaine Phipps-Earl
lizral@...
Jan 4, 2004 10:56 pm
Dear (((((((((((((Henry))))))))))), One of my Professors, in the Christmas card he sent to me, wrote :- "U are a true seeker". I am indeed the seeker and as...
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Nathan Christopher
kantilicious
Jan 4, 2004 11:23 pm
Lorna- Thanks for an excellent post. I'm excited about - and really apprectiate - your response, because your second point gets right at the heart of one my...
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Nathan Christopher
kantilicious
Jan 4, 2004 11:28 pm
While it's probably true that this is a common view among existentialists, I think it's misleading to call it the bottomline. Our personal responsibility is...
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Elaine Phipps-Earl
lizral@...
Jan 4, 2004 11:32 pm
I am on several forums, and these are very diverse. On one forum, Earth Changes, they are discussing future expected Earth changes, natural disasters and safe...
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Nathan Christopher
kantilicious
Jan 4, 2004 11:50 pm
The Spirit of Seriousness. Oh, crikey... of course. That's exactly the right answer - the best refutation of Brian's remarks. Kudos to Kieran for calling...
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Christopher Alfano
scribe_of_th...
Jan 5, 2004 4:39 am
... I've studied philosophy for the better part of five years now (which constitutes a rather small fraction of my life compared to some of you, I'm sure), but...
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Elaine Phipps-Earl
lizral@...
Jan 5, 2004 6:29 am
Hi Chris ;)))) U wrote :- I'm not sure what you're getting at with this concept of "co-creation". We all have our "subjective" views of reality. Do these views...
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Henry W. Peters
nicetrees2003
Jan 5, 2004 5:28 pm
... Dear Elaine, As you may already be aware, "Being & Nothingness" is most descriptive of relations between the natural/physical & human... as well as the...
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Henry W. Peters
nicetrees2003
Jan 5, 2004 9:57 pm
... I hope I may clearify this statement... read instead: (Reagan) seemed to think that nuclear weapons were merely "glorified bullets & bows & arrows." ...
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Elaine Phipps-Earl
lizral@...
Jan 6, 2004 1:27 am
Dear Henry, Please correct me if i am wrong. Are u meaning to say that while we have managed to discover physical laws of nature, manipulate and transmute the ...
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decker150
Jan 6, 2004 5:25 pm
'Being' is a progression. Specifically, it is a 'time progression'. This is why Sartre had to deal with the issues of past, present and future. However,...
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Henry W. Peters
nicetrees2003
Jan 7, 2004 7:35 pm
... Hi Elaine, First off, I would like to make mention that I think there are even significant scientific/technological success stories humans can claim... in...
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Elaine Phipps-Earl
lizral@...
Jan 8, 2004 1:17 am
Was it many becoming One Or One becoming many? Science proclaims it to be One If One, with many parts, then reality is co-created. If all is as One energy, the...
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Elaine Phipps-Earl
lizral@...
Jan 8, 2004 1:31 am
If we as humans begin to think upon our being as distinct, our being as individual "selves", then our cohesion with others in co-created reality also begins to...
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Elaine Phipps-Earl
lizral@...
Jan 8, 2004 2:05 am
The same could be said of the human organism. While we could look upon the human organism as a cohesion of mind, body and spirit, if we disengage and perceive...
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decker150
Jan 8, 2004 8:30 pm
I agree with what you are saying. The point seems to fall in line with a monistic interpretation on the unity of being. The story I make up about that begins...
