Oh by the way,h. You do care about Dick Chaney. If you are not smart enough to fear Chaney you just don`t get it at all. I met him many years ago on his...
Hi Pat!  Statistical Analysis versus Philosophical Analysis. I have tried to analyse the notions of *universal national sovereignty* and *absolute/ ideal...
Hi Pat! Â (Sino-American Relativism : Issues of National Sovereignty and Human Rights) Â Let us start with the contentious issue of the prospect of Chinese...
... You probably are not a pounder as you say fuck. [...] ===Bill,I wondered what a 'pounder' is, did some googling and found out it is slang for a cop and...
... Religion in general is problematic here and we have been attacked many many times. The attackers sometimes want to block our conversations and sometimes...
... It made me laugh because I hadn't even visited existlist in a number of months, and the post was brand new like a yodel that turned my head. Coincidence,...
A labor leader has died. I miss him deeply. Our sergeant our warrior , he is gone. He would not hand over his name to the local press so I only heard through...
... Bill, you asked: 1. How did you come to existentialism? 2. Have you written a personal philosophy? 3. So as I know you are most concerned with security...
... write it, it would be dead. This existence seems to be in flux. Maybe that is what my philosophy could be. One word: Flux.< Vicissitude is what led me to...
... Mary and h, Your posts are provacative of thought to me. That h fears he will croak if he creates his personal philosophy resonates with me in that when I...
... === No, reread what I said. I am not afraid of dying, I'm afraid of "it" dying. My philosophy would die as soon as I began conjuring up words to explain...
Ah . . . so it's the unspeakable, immutable mutable? I don't understand the point of writing this then, since in this medium to write is to speak. Mary ... ...
... h, ya that is different. The Byrds had that thought in "Turn turn turn" . In times of maximum change I find existentialism a big anchor . So I use it....
I've enjoyed reading the recent exchange between Bill, Mary and h on the question of what existentialism is and what its significance is in the twenty-first...
... === Hi Jim. I've always enjoyed Camus/Absurdity and could relate a little to some of what Nietzsche had to say. I think I've moved forevermore into the...
h. I detected some "Zen" in your selection from Anonymous about the absurd being an awakening (#59418) but let it go, because I didn't want to assume too much...
... Jim, I too have been listening to discussions of conspiracy theorys. I write this because of the threat I see emerging to individual thought. The cop who...
Bill, Jim, h... I think another characteristic which also fits the conspiracy believer is that strange combination of cynicism, incredulity, and naivete. Also...
... I tried " for cause" organisations such as the NRA and ACLU. I have quit all of them as I see them become single minded and obsessed. The collectivists...
Pat, (A delayed reply. And I will not be available at my desk for a week or two now for further replies. Only after I return. Thanks for info in the...
... === Yeah, I use concepts (all kinds) all the time to function in the world but the mind can get too cluttered with comparing and contrasting, judging,...
Doing Psychology? [ I read that most people who study psychology do it to learn about themselves, did you do it for that reason? ] Yes. I did. So it was not...
Bill, I support causes I agree with but not by joining organizations or by giving money. I do so at the risk of my individualism but for the sake of my...
