Sorry for the mis-posting. This is a fascination group. I've only just started looking onto existenialism; I've read "The Stranger" so far. Any suggestions...
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Eean Ess
eeaness@...
Mar 16, 2001 7:04 pm
Thank you for explaining your intriguing signature Dennis...a car bod...for me it's motorcycles: a Yamaha Thundercat to be precise. My significant other half...
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Juan Menendez
skip2maloo2000@...
Mar 15, 2001 9:16 pm
... Thank you for your message Chris. I have read every word you've written. You may wish to re-examine Roger Penrose and Steven Hawkins writings in this area....
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Cris
CSP2@...
Mar 15, 2001 7:01 pm
Hi Juan: Thanks for the tips. I realize that the quotes was long, but I have it on the list, and can use it easily for further arguments. This book year 2000,...
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Edward Alf
ealf@...
Mar 15, 2001 6:11 pm
Juan and Folks, thankyou for this comment ... i shall have to do some digesting ... my own thought was that since Sartre was atheist, and since i took ...
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Juan Menendez
skip2maloo2000@...
Mar 15, 2001 5:22 pm
... existentialism as rationalistic. It is precisely concerned to protect and insist upon the importance of the irrational in human life, that is, the ...
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Juan Menendez
skip2maloo2000@...
Mar 15, 2001 4:59 pm
... === message truncated === Check out the exchange between Minsky and Searle, and compare Colin McGinn's recent book on the mystery of consciousness. ...
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Edward Alf
ealf@...
Mar 15, 2001 4:30 pm
Cris & Folks, it is awfully hard to deal with even a few points in an email response, but you have provided what must amount to several pages ... it would be a...
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Edward Alf
ealf@...
Mar 15, 2001 4:06 pm
Folks, i agree that existentialism is an attempt to "focus upon the concrete" ... im a bit at a disadvantage here, as i have not read that much on the subject ...
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Edward Alf
ealf@...
Mar 15, 2001 3:54 pm
the Book Doc et al, i think you are reading more into my responses than is actually there .... im not trying to create some new following ... im only bringing...
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Cris
CSP2@...
Mar 15, 2001 3:35 pm
Hi: I would like to follow up on the research I am doing about the Mind with several quotes from John R Serale's book , Mind, Language and Society, Philosophy...
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thebookdoc@...
Mar 15, 2001 2:14 pm
<<Existentialism is actually a reaction to rationalistic or totalizing systems in philosophy and an attempt to focus on the concrete. Hence, Kierkegaard's...
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Juan Menendez
skip2maloo2000@...
Mar 15, 2001 1:38 pm
... hi everyone: Existentialism is actually a reaction to rationalistic or totalizing systems in philosophy and an attempt to focus on the concrete. Hence,...
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thebookdoc@...
Mar 15, 2001 10:53 am
<<my thought is to couple existentialism with a religious or spiritual concept ...>> To do this is to make an excuse for it and develop a following...Is that...
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Edward Alf
ealf@...
Mar 14, 2001 10:23 pm
Gilligan et Folks, you have hit the nail on the head: ... "religious impulse in humans has been progressively deprived of its more fantastic elements by the...
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Edward Alf
ealf@...
Mar 14, 2001 5:06 pm
Richard et Folks, i should watch my words .. the difficulty with email is that you cant see the other person to know their reaction so that i can qualify what...
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Juan Menendez
skip2maloo2000@...
Mar 14, 2001 1:57 pm
... Gentlemen: The question has been asked: What is God? My answer would be--nothing and everything. There is nothing "out there" that corresponds with our...
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Juan Menendez
skip2maloo2000@...
Mar 14, 2001 1:57 pm
... Gentlemen: The question has been asked: What is God? My answer would be--nothing and everything. There is nothing "out there" that corresponds with our...
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thebookdoc@...
Mar 14, 2001 11:49 am
Again I quote unable to separate idea into personalities... << I merely suggested that some awareness of the contents of television is essential to...
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Edward Alf
ealf@...
Mar 14, 2001 3:28 am
Folks, lets try something different .... lets see if we can develop a line of thought in regard to religion within the concept of existentialism ... i would...
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Edward Alf
ealf@...
Mar 13, 2001 11:53 pm
Juan et les gens, i wonder if it would be instructive to say what we mean by "religion"; ... for me, "religion"; is a mental device that is used for survival ......
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Edward Alf
ealf@...
Mar 13, 2001 2:39 pm
Richard et al, i sense that you are ticked off by my last message ... i apologize if the context seemed to be directed towards yourself or seemed to be...
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Juan Menendez
skip2maloo2000@...
Mar 13, 2001 1:54 pm
... Gentlemen: I could not care less who does or does not watch television. I've gone for years without one. I merely suggested that some awareness of the...
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Juan Menendez
skip2maloo2000@...
Mar 13, 2001 1:53 pm
... Gentlemen: I could not care less who does or does not watch television. I've gone for years without one. I merely suggested that some awareness of the...
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thebookdoc@...
Mar 13, 2001 11:25 am
The seeker, et etc., << as you could guess, i would disagree with the contention that, "it is not natural to seek the divine" ... >> I don't see how you can...
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Edward Alf
ealf@...
Mar 12, 2001 10:47 pm
hi Juan et al, i would suggest that we all need gods ... and certainly other than money, power and fame ... these latter things are fleeting ... money, power...
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Edward Alf
ealf@...
Mar 12, 2001 10:15 pm
Richard and Folks, as you could guess, i would disagree with the contention that, "it is not natural to seek the divine" ... on the contrary, i think it is the...
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Juan Menendez
skip2maloo2000@...
Mar 10, 2001 3:43 pm
... Gentlemen: I don't need a God or gods either. That is precisely my point. One way or another, people do create their gods: for some, it is money; for...
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thebookdoc@...
Mar 10, 2001 11:04 am
Forgive me, but I am paraphrasing previous responses and not giving credit. I am assuming the idea is the important part, rather than who said it. You know who...
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Edward Alf
ealf@...
Mar 10, 2001 2:23 am
i dont believe in common sense ... it seems to imply that the verification of truth is dependent some kind of democratic vote ... if 3 people versus 2 say that...
