Ron -- Have you already booted this guy, or do you want me to? Jim ... -- Dr. James Rovira Program Chair of Humanities Assistant Professor of English Tiffin...
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Don Anderson
nancyanddonray
Jul 15, 2010 8:50 pm
Jim see below. Donald "Don" Anderson Email: don@... Home Phone: 808-961-6460 Cell Phone: 808-896-2545 From: kierkegaardians@yahoogroups.com ...
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James Rovira
jamesrovira
Jul 15, 2010 9:17 pm
I'm sorry, Don, but I don't recall you responding to any of my previous posts in which I provided quotations and my readings with specific questions. If you...
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Don Anderson
nancyanddonray
Jul 15, 2010 9:41 pm
Jim, my responses are below. My previous responses are in red, the current ones in blue. Let me respond in more detail: Jim, I have been working on a response...
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Don Anderson
nancyanddonray
Jul 15, 2010 9:48 pm
Sorry about the previous post. I hit the paste button once too many. Donald "Don" Anderson Email: don@... Home Phone: 808-961-6460 Cell Phone:...
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James Rovira
jamesrovira
Jul 15, 2010 10:37 pm
Don -- Thank you for your response. Double cutting and pasting is no biggie... I included responses below. ... Climacus asserts that we bring our...
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Don Anderson
nancyanddonray
Jul 16, 2010 1:08 am
I am talking below about what occurs in all events, the parallels, while you are talking about that in the carnation that has no parallel. We simply cannot...
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James Rovira
jamesrovira
Jul 16, 2010 1:14 am
Don-- The question that I posed was about the paradox of RB, which is focused on the incarnation of Christ. The fact that you attempted to address that ...
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Don Anderson
nancyanddonray
Jul 16, 2010 1:22 am
And that shows that you want to isolate the incarnation from any relevance to life. Donald "Don" Anderson Email: don@... Home Phone: 808-961-6460 ...
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James Rovira
jamesrovira
Jul 16, 2010 1:31 am
Again, as my quotations from CUP demonstrated, the isolation of the incarnation in time and space is the very reason that it can pose a -paradox- and thus...
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Don Anderson
nancyanddonray
Jul 16, 2010 7:05 am
Jim, that is not what I said. Under no circumstances am I saying that the incarnation is replicated in anyone. But my question to leave with you is this; how...
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James Rovira
jamesrovira
Jul 16, 2010 11:59 am
Don, again, you demonstrate an unfamiliarity with your own words, such as here: <<I am talking below about what occurs in all events, the parallels, while you...
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Don Anderson
nancyanddonray
Jul 16, 2010 4:25 pm
See below Donald "Don" Anderson Email: don@... Home Phone: 808-961-6460 Cell Phone: 808-896-2545 From: kierkegaardians@yahoogroups.com ...
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James Rovira
jamesrovira
Jul 16, 2010 7:44 pm
Good question, Don. The answer, from my point of view, is that Kierkegaard is not concerned with ontology (the nature of being) but with our existential...
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Don Anderson
nancyanddonray
Jul 17, 2010 7:12 am
Jim, you said: The answer, from my point of view, is that Kierkegaard is not concerned with ontology (the nature of being) but with our existential states Is...
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James Rovira
jamesrovira
Jul 17, 2010 1:15 pm
I've already done that repeatedly, Don. If you didn't listen before, I have no reason to try again now. But, I will very briefly below. Can you provide some...
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Don Anderson
nancyanddonray
Jul 17, 2010 7:56 pm
Jim, you said; Ontology studies the facts of being, existential states our relationship to them. This is a distinction without a difference as far as K's works...
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James Rovira
jamesrovira
Jul 17, 2010 9:29 pm
Don -- Kierkegaard does use a term translated "existential," which I defined. Are you telling me that K's overwhelming concern isn't with subjectivity? Do ...
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Don Anderson
nancyanddonray
Jul 17, 2010 11:05 pm
Jim, perhaps you could show me where he uses existential and how it means what you say it means. In addition see below. I'm going to Maui in a couple of days...
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James Rovira
jamesrovira
Jul 18, 2010 12:48 am
Don -- When you get back, come up with some specific quotations that actually support your claims, or respond to the quotations I've already provided. Jim R...
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James Rovira
jamesrovira
Jan 15, 2011 3:54 am
Welcome to the latest Kierkegaardian's member or sock-puppet, the10thleper. Been reading On Authority and Revelation lately and find the richness of K's irony...
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jamesrovira
Mar 11, 2011 11:10 pm
Welcome to new members. Would be nice if they'd introduce themselves... Jim R...
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the10thleper
Mar 15, 2011 7:58 pm
Timothy Cameron, Christian Existentialist. Minneapolis, Minnesota. Interested in humans following existential rabbit holes....
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James Rovira
jamesrovira
Mar 15, 2011 7:59 pm
Fabulous... welcome to the group, Timothy. Reading any Kierkegaard lately? Jim R...
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McLean Gordon
zztopppppppp
Mar 15, 2011 11:36 pm
McLean Gordon. Classicist and current reader of Philosophical Fragments. Interested in the unfolding mysteries of faith and doubt. ... -- mclean...
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James Rovira
jamesrovira
Mar 16, 2011 12:00 am
Nice to meet you, and Philosophical Fragments sounds like a good place to be reading... Would be interesting to hear your insights into Kierkegaard from a ...
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McLean Gordon
zztopppppppp
Mar 16, 2011 12:21 am
well, I happen to have a greek copy of the meno, so I might be able to take a look into that. So much of the philosophical fragments seems to depend on the...
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James Rovira
jamesrovira
Mar 16, 2011 12:34 am
That'd be great, McLean (can I call you that?). My understanding of Kierkegaard is that he distinguishes the Christian from the Socratic by defining the...
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McLean Gordon
zztopppppppp
Mar 16, 2011 1:21 am
Call me McLean of course. The trouble with Plato is that the thickness of the irony makes it hard at times to pin down any particular thesis. This is precisely...
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James Rovira
jamesrovira
Mar 16, 2011 3:04 am
I think the question about Kierkegaard's relationship to Christianity is probably -the- question to start. How you answer it determines when and where you...
