Of what Englishman one wonders [ He will probably fill this meager space with "canned heat" . There is rumor of a new member and it is so narrow a scope for...
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richard_pendarvis
richard_pend...
Mar 1, 2010 12:27 pm
Under the name of Purity [ I understand I am a an existential zealot. Disbelief is more powerful than stupid faith. Atheism is the more probable way to...
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William
bhvwd
Mar 1, 2010 5:20 pm
To call the sisters of the night togeather is the job of a master procurer. I am not of such calabre but London Dick seems up to the task. He has been off ship...
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eupraxis@...
wsindarius
Mar 1, 2010 5:59 pm
TAKE THE MEDS!!!! W ... From: William <v.valleywestdental@...> To: existlist@yahoogroups.com Sent: Mon, Mar 1, 2010 11:20 am Subject: [existlist] The...
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William
bhvwd
Mar 1, 2010 7:18 pm
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Gordon LeVasseur
zenosarrow...
Mar 1, 2010 8:40 pm
Hello everybody, I am new to the group, new to existentialism, but not new to existence. Is there anything I should know to be a participant? Is there anything...
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tom
devogney
Mar 1, 2010 9:01 pm
Hi Gordon, Welcome. Tom ... From: Gordon LeVasseur To: existlist@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 1:57 PM Subject: [existlist] Introduction Hello...
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eupraxis@...
wsindarius
Mar 1, 2010 9:23 pm
There are two schools of thought here: 1) one that privileges texts and formal knowledge; 2) one that privileges instinct and eschews academics. (I am from the...
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Herman
a_zygote
Mar 1, 2010 11:00 pm
HI Mary, ... Your questions capture the extreme difficulty of the subject. I agree that we seek to control our environment, and ourselves as part of that. I...
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Gordon LeVasseur Jr
zenosarrow...
Mar 1, 2010 11:14 pm
I have read a bit about existentialism and I have a degree in philosophy and two in education. I am an elementary school teacher. However, when it comes to...
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Gordon LeVasseur Jr
zenosarrow...
Mar 1, 2010 11:23 pm
I propose that people seek to control themselves or others because so much of life is uncertain. Control holds a bit of that uncertainty at bay. Everything is...
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tom
devogney
Mar 1, 2010 11:25 pm
Wil, Well said. You refer to the 2 schools of thought. Defending the second school of thought, I guess I would say that to me any ideas whither espoused by...
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Herman
a_zygote
Mar 1, 2010 11:27 pm
Hi Mary, ... That's a good way of putting it. ... My view is that will and power are identical with craving, and that they precede the realisation of one's...
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Herman
a_zygote
Mar 1, 2010 11:32 pm
Hi Jim, ... And in that process of evaluation, I would think that any candidate that is affiliated with a political party must fall off the list. Political...
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Aime Casavant
aimecasavant@...
Mar 2, 2010 2:19 am
This is my first message to existlist. My background is social studies with half a dozen or so college courses in philosophy. For most of my life, I wanted to...
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Herman
a_zygote
Mar 2, 2010 6:24 am
Hi Gordon, ... A hearty 'welcome aboard' from me. I think you know too much already; you're not getting out of this alive :-) Cheers Polly...
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Herman
a_zygote
Mar 2, 2010 8:35 am
Hi Aime, ... I just wanted to welcome you aboard before anything else. Any connection with the great Canadian organ building firm? Polly...
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Rafael D. Pangilinan
rafael_pangi...
Mar 2, 2010 9:46 am
... From: KRITIKE: An Online Journal of Philosophy <editors@...> Subject: NEW ISSUE – KRITIKE: An Online Journal of Philosophy, 3:2 (December 2009)...
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Jim
jimstuart51
Mar 2, 2010 6:24 pm
All, Following recent discussions on existlist I have been thinking about, and reading up on, such `isms' as existentialism, absurdism, and nihilism. Some of...
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Aime Casavant
aimecasavant@...
Mar 2, 2010 6:29 pm
Yes, its part of the geneology. My great grandfather was from St. Hyacinthe, Quebec but migrated to the U.S. about 140 years ago .... ... [Non-text portions...
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William
bhvwd
Mar 2, 2010 8:25 pm
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tom
devogney
Mar 2, 2010 9:04 pm
Jim, You write Take one of the values I hold to most strongly: it is better to be kind than it is to be cruel. I am reluctant to say, this is a value I have...
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William
bhvwd
Mar 3, 2010 12:19 am
War exists and cruelity exists within war. Play the cruelty game badly and lose the war. Then you will experience cruelty. Wasserman and Paul showed remarkable...
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hb3g@...
hb3g@ymail.com
Mar 3, 2010 12:40 am
Hi Jim: Well, Nietzsche did talk about a transvaluation or revaluation of all values, and that seems to imply that new values, even if they are invented, and...
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William
bhvwd
Mar 3, 2010 1:09 am
War exists and cruelity exists within war. Play the cruelty game badly and lose the war. Then you will experience cruelty. Wasserman and Paul showed remarkable...
51108
Herman
a_zygote
Mar 3, 2010 10:54 am
Hi Aime, ... A little something about myself. I go to pieces when I hear a skillful person playing on any creation of Casavant Frères, especially when the ...
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Herman
a_zygote
Mar 3, 2010 11:11 am
Hi Gordon, Hb3g and all, ... Like you, Gordon, I'm only a newbie here. And I notice that, like me, you do not use the word freedom, as Hb3g does, but...
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Jim
jimstuart51
Mar 3, 2010 1:10 pm
Hi Tom, Thank you for your response. Let me comment on this final paragraph of your post: "In the story of "The Good Samaritan" the possibility and...
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Jim
jimstuart51
Mar 3, 2010 1:39 pm
Hb3g, Thank you for your stimulating response. I'll respond to your remarks in separate sections. Hb3g: Well, Nietzsche did talk about a transvaluation or...
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eupraxis@...
wsindarius
Mar 3, 2010 2:07 pm
Hb3g: This is will to life, which is will to power, which is the work of freedom in the world, at first, only nascent, as life evolves, then, with that...
