"Wisdom is not communicable.[....] Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one...
Dear Delia and Chris, I fully agree with Delia. Please, when making startling announcements, let us all be very soundly backed up. Moreover poetry should stick...
... Yes, exactly. My experience is the reaction to the reflex. "It tasted salty." is the experience (reaction) of salty. ... Why not...choices cause other...
Dear Sam, Well said. I too was shocked at the way Christopher's valiant effort was ripped to shreds in such a demeaning and pointless way by T Brooks. Regards ...
... Though I don't think I've ever been close to death I can tell you with great certainly that when I was in my 'head-on' car accident I didn't think of god I...
... and yes .. I have also read the latest material from the researchers of the Human genome project .. and those involved in DNA ancestry tracing .. and the...
In the Beginning … Genesis Underneath the myths and legends ... … underneath the codings of religion, education and learned behaviour Coded deep within the...
... on ... Are you talking about reflex as distinct from conscious choice. Isn't the experience of this reflex immediate? Can't you experience your reaction?...
... Yes, I'd like to comment. You cannot know whether you had/had not had a personal experience of god. How would you know any more than I can listen to the...
Picking up on what you wrote, Thom, why is it that we have to choose to be theist, atheist or agnostic? What about a fourth way? If I rely on my personal...
Dear JC - you said ... Justin, like I said, facts are temporary truths on which the wings of thought do rest. Constant flights will tire any philosophical...
Dear Charles, Justin, Facts are what lead me to action, what precipitate my actions. Facts, however are perceptions of reality, and need not actually *be* that...
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I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other...
... These are the kinds of questions that help demonstrate the crux of misunderstanding about the distinctions of existentialism. When someone asks me, in the...
Delia, I see - so in the passage below Nietzsche is decribing a state of being or existence, not a metaphysic. So Delia, do you agree with JC that when people...
Dear all, I sometimes enjoy the game of solitaire. The other day when I was quite engrossed in moving the cards a thought crossed my mind. This game seems so...
I agree with you Justin (JC), and so I believe would Descartes. After all, he was the one who first worked out that he could know nothing for sure except that...
Dear JC, The Universe does not run on human beliefs, but this is my belief so everything is back to square one again. Excuse me, but can I talk at all? Regards...
hello. i have determined a theory that i have entitled nescism. i would like to tell you all about it, not to win approval, but merely to hear feedback in...
Dear Gretchyn, Gretchyn, I understand your concept of the oversoul, but isn't it a lot like Freud's Superego? I am inclined to believe that that the oversoul,...
Randy, i didn't mean it in a pejorative way. was just curious to know. i have a story for almost any significant move i make. Rajiv, you're dialog is a matter...
... Yes, of course. That's what facts are. If you disagree then you must think the terms 'red' and 'ball' were not invented but existed before man and were...
Here's a posting I've made to the Objectivism newsgroup. I quote an explanation of Objectivism by Ayn Rand and comment on each section. Comments welcome. ...
Dear Randy, So here I am again in the vicious circle of Randian debate. Good show Randy, but please clarify. The names of facts, and how they are expressed is...
Delia, I have another idea for the list on top of your suggestion of a common reading (this is what happens on the Sartre list, by the way, and we have just...
Dear all, Why not start with existential terminology? Sartre's "Nothingness" or "Ekstasis"; or "Bad Faith" etc? Or what does "existence precedes essence mean"?...
Dear Delia, Yes - discussing books is a good idea, but I am not sure we could access all books. How about quoting some salient passages and we could discuss...
