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Re: Liberalism and social anxiety
Well Keith, you said what I had in mind much better than I did. I do believe in living my life in dedication to the improvement of my thinking. I trust reason
Posted - Mon Feb 13, 2012 5:26 pm
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Herman Triplegood
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Re: Liberalism and social anxiety
... What is the Stoic view on human rationality? However reason is best characterised, clearly it does not arise in anyone (at the age of fourteen, or
Posted - Mon Feb 13, 2012 2:34 pm
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Keith Seddon
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Re: Liberalism and social anxiety
... This is not at all clear to me. You seem to me to be observing that many individuals poorly apply logic, fall prey to false intuitions and otherwise
Posted - Sun Feb 12, 2012 8:18 pm
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Re: Liberalism and social anxiety
Hello Herman, There is sense in which to be rational, "logical" was not the best choice of words, is an ideal, and there is a sense in which it is the mode of
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Re: Liberalism and social anxiety
Friends. Clearly, the rational "nature" of man is an ideal that the individual may or may not measure up to. If it is an ideal, it is not already there
Posted - Sun Feb 12, 2012 4:42 am
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