Well, you know, philosophy is a kind of an individual thing anyway, and an existential thing too. It is the individuals, after all, who are actually doing the...
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louise
hecubatoher
Dec 8, 2006 7:13 pm
... anyway, What an extraordinary statement, especially from you, Herman, the accomplished reader of philosophical texts and noted critic of the recently...
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louise
hecubatoher
Dec 9, 2006 12:25 am
The train is not moving. If anyone has noticed, no-one speaks. Hope is to blame. This is a platform announcement. Love and faith have been delayed. The...
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eupraxis@...
wsindarius
Dec 9, 2006 12:52 am
Louise I must admit to you that your posts sometimes act on me like a Rorschach test. I never know if I am interpreting you or me. Wil ... [Non-text portions...
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Herman B. Triplegood
hermanbtripl...
Dec 9, 2006 5:39 am
Hi Louise: Yeah, well, when it comes down to it, those texts. whether they are on the reading list or not, were written by individuals. Each philosopher does...
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eupraxis@...
wsindarius
Dec 9, 2006 3:20 pm
"Now, I am in a Hegel phase as I sit down and read Hegel. He is really blowing my mind." I can recommend a few recent texts - Robert Wallace: Hegel's...
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louise
hecubatoher
Dec 9, 2006 4:38 pm
... are ... of ... they ... them ... That ... Herman, I'm quite doubtful about the truth of what you are saying here, though it may be more evident in the...
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Herman B. Triplegood
hermanbtripl...
Dec 9, 2006 11:45 pm
Thanks Wil. I don't have any of those. I have Taylor, Solomon, both of which I have read, and Hyppolite. Russon's "The Self and the Body in Hegel's...
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Herman B. Triplegood
hermanbtripl...
Dec 9, 2006 11:47 pm
Louise: Can you specify what it is you see there you disagree with? Hb3g ... gesture ... the ... relation...
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eupraxis@...
wsindarius
Dec 9, 2006 11:55 pm
Sounds to me like you have it pretty much all together. Wil ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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louise
hecubatoher
Dec 10, 2006 12:35 am
Yes, sorry, the wording of my first sentence in particular is rather unclear. I shall try to expand and explain. From my experience, mainly in the 'eighties,...
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louise
hecubatoher
Dec 10, 2006 3:54 pm
Maybe the explanation is alreay made, that is, in the archives. My gaze is turned to future. Organic growth. It's all metaphor when we write, language our...
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NEFILIM001@...
Dec 10, 2006 5:53 pm
Dear ExistListees; I have to go back and read 'Mario' for my own taking-apart & putting-back-together what he stated; but I meanwhile wholeheartedly applaud...
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louise
hecubatoher
Dec 11, 2006 12:00 am
Is it my imagination again, or is the list somewhat stifled by timidity at present? The only games I have to offer are in the interests of survival, but my...
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Herman B. Triplegood
hermanbtripl...
Dec 11, 2006 12:13 am
Dear Louise: Yes, please go into it further. As for me, I am right in there with good old Kierkegaard and Nietzsche. The pragmatic thing to do, it seems to me,...
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louise
hecubatoher
Dec 11, 2006 2:15 am
Herman, I need to go very slowly, and often other philosophical threads, or simply the complicating demands of living, bodily, in a house made with hands,...
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Herman B. Triplegood
hermanbtripl...
Dec 11, 2006 3:45 am
I don't know. Hopefully they are not also dead, like "good old" K and N. Polemic can be a good thing. It serves a useful purpose. Sometimes one has to...
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wot53_2000
Dec 11, 2006 9:26 pm
What's your problem with Darwin? Not much in you post about Darwin? don't like him because he is from England? or buried in England? I like the ol' chap! The...
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eupraxis@...
wsindarius
Dec 11, 2006 9:46 pm
No problem with Darwin here. Wil ... From: wot53_2000@... To: existlist@yahoogroups.com Sent: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 3:25 PM Subject: [existlist] Death to...
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louise
hecubatoher
Dec 11, 2006 10:11 pm
... Hi Warren, I was under the influence of Nietzsche at the time I wrote that. Was reading "Will to Power", which as it happens has been my occupation also...
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Mario
mario_daigle
Dec 12, 2006 3:22 am
Dear Frank, Thank you for picling up where I left off. BUT you see, THTAT'S my point!! ie: "Just" ceasing to exist "consciously!!!". THAT'S what has always...
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Mary
agignesthai
Dec 12, 2006 3:29 pm
The essential idea of personal freedom posited by Existentialism is very different from the political and economic version. The latter has been commodified,...
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Mary
agignesthai
Dec 12, 2006 5:25 pm
For the two of you who expressed mild interest in Hannah Arendt: "Hannah Arendt's Fame Rests on the Wrong Foundation" http://chronicle.com/temp/reprint.php? ...
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Bobconkawi@...
Dec 12, 2006 6:27 pm
Mario-- Your concerns about life's meaningless struggle that just ends in death anyway is exactly why I have been interested in philosophy for 50 years. The...
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Mario
mario_daigle
Dec 13, 2006 3:26 am
Thanks again Bill, these are definetly words to ponder. I never really heard it put in this way... Mario ...
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Mario
mario_daigle
Dec 13, 2006 3:45 am
Hi Bob (I presume it's Bob?) I found your message to be quite interesting. Alike the others; I'll have to give it some thought. Thank you so much for your...
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Herman B. Triplegood
hermanbtripl...
Dec 13, 2006 2:44 pm
Its a package deal. Want life? Death comes included, free of charge. You get two for the price of one. The way I see it, life is good, I am glad to be here....
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Mary
agignesthai
Dec 14, 2006 3:07 pm
Death isn't a reality of learned perspective, is it? Kurt Vonnegut,Jr. wrote "God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian." Dr. Kevorkian painted "Nearer My God To Thee." ...
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Exist List Moderator
PoetCSW
Dec 14, 2006 4:37 pm
As we conclude the semester, it's time for doctoral students to present their work. Last night I sat through a presentation that suggested if we would only...
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louise
hecubatoher
Dec 14, 2006 4:46 pm
Death is the end of life. Not an attractive idea to those of us who love life. Long live simplicity. May we discuss ideas, separately from art and its...
