... De : Timothy Anstiss <Anstiss.Shl@...> ... not ... the ... My understanding is that the only thing under our control is the correct use of...
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Thomas
trs236@...
Jul 1, 2000 3:58 pm
Correction of my last post about Fung Yu-Lan (author of A History of Chinese Philosophy, 1931). He writes that Confucius "expounded the I Ching", but that the...
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Thomas
trs236@...
Jul 1, 2000 9:40 pm
Sorry about my last post that I sent by mistake - it was meant for a Chinese philosophy list... Thomas...
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Jake Whitmore
skeevo666@...
Jul 2, 2000 7:50 pm
On Tue, 27 Jun 2000 13:51:38 -0500 Jan E Garrett <JANGARRETT@...> ... Hello! My name is Jake Whitmore. I originally joined the Stoic Commons list then...
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mary sinclair
marysinc_2000@...
Jul 2, 2000 8:39 pm
Greetings everyone from a new member (and e-mail novice). My name is Mary Sinclair. I became interested in stoicism as a result of reading "A Man In Full"....
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jfvirey@...
Jul 3, 2000 1:21 pm
Hi, As the new subscribers have been invited to introduce themselves, I shall do so. I am not a Stoic, but an Objectivist with an interest in stoicism and in ...
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Jan E Garrett
JANGARRETT@...
Jul 3, 2000 2:50 pm
Welcome to Jake and Mary and Jean-Francois. . . ... Although as a academic teacher of philosophy and student of classical Greek thought I was long familiar in...
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Thomas
trs236@...
Jul 3, 2000 4:31 pm
... I find a better stoic model to be Jean-Luc Picard. Spock is too icy. I think that there is a great political potential in ancient Stoicism, because of the...
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Keith Seddon
K.H.S@...
Jul 3, 2000 8:12 pm
Jean-Francois wrote: _______________________________ One question I have for the group is: how many of you were influenced to become stoics under the influence...
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Timothy Anstiss
Anstiss.Shl@...
Jul 5, 2000 5:39 am
homeless a non-problem. hmmmmm. I agree, a better understanding of political philosophy would be helpful. Can I throw in the road to serfdom by Hayek, and also...
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cbobo
cbobo@...
Jul 5, 2000 2:42 pm
Proposing Rawls as tool for the discussion of stoic political ideas is extremely provocative. Rawls proposes a political theory that is in one key feature...
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Jan E Garrett
JANGARRETT@...
Jul 5, 2000 4:21 pm
... It is worth bearing in mind that although classical Stoic philosophy is materialist (or, if A. A. Long is right, and he may be) dual-aspect monist, it is...
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Keith Seddon
K.H.S@...
Jul 5, 2000 10:16 pm
cbobo wrote: ___________________________ Proposing Rawls as tool for the discussion of stoic political ideas is extremely provocative. [ . . . ] Rawls proposes...
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Timothy Anstiss
Anstiss.Shl@...
Jul 6, 2000 4:25 am
JAn wrote: "One aspect of Rawls' philosophy that I find problematic is his willingness to start from an abstract conception of human nature that is exclusively...
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cbobo
cbobo@...
Jul 6, 2000 7:17 am
Keith Seddon wrote: "Does this mean that Rawls would say to me, 'You are a Stoic, so you cannot imagine yourself behind the view of ignorance.'" I think Rawls...
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cbobo
cbobo@...
Jul 6, 2000 7:18 am
Jan E. Garrett wrote: "...although classical Stoic philosophy is materialist (or, if A. A. Long is right, and he may be) dual-aspect monist, it is also in key...
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Keith Seddon
K.H.S@...
Jul 6, 2000 1:55 pm
Cbobo wrote: ________________________ ... if Rawls is to be realistic about the prospect of achieving agreement about the appropriate principles for realizing...
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Keith Seddon
K.H.S@...
Jul 6, 2000 1:55 pm
cbobo wrote: _________________________ Stoicism seems to endorse tolerance and a respect for diversity. _________________________ I'm not so sure about this. ...
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Thomas
trs236@...
Jul 6, 2000 3:41 pm
... De : Keith Seddon <K.H.S@...> Having compassion for the mass of non-Sage 'fools', which I think characterises the Stoic Sage, is not the same...
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Keith Seddon
K.H.S@...
Jul 6, 2000 7:08 pm
... would ... Larry ... We had some traffic on this point only a few weeks ago. I think we decided that compassion was okay, put that pity was not. Even tho...
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cbobo
cbobo@...
Jul 7, 2000 6:55 am
Keith Seddon wrote: "Having compassion for the mass of non-Sage 'fools', which I think characterises the Stoic Sage, is not the same thing as endorsing...
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Timothy Anstiss
Anstiss.Shl@...
Jul 7, 2000 7:09 am
The Buddha (allegedly) had unlimited compassion for all creatures - even those in ignorance of the fourfold noble truths, mistaking maya for reality. The fact...
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cbobo
cbobo@...
Jul 7, 2000 7:16 am
Keith Seddon wrote: "It is not rational to prefer that some people enjoy benefits that others lack. " But isn't this the way of the world. In reality, some...
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Thomas
trs236@...
Jul 7, 2000 4:06 pm
Timothy wrote ... desires? ... Well there is only one latin word for pity and compassion: *misericordia* so how can one make a distinction between the 2 on...
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Keith Seddon
K.H.S@...
Jul 7, 2000 8:03 pm
cbobo wrote: __________________________ First, I do not think that diversity implies that those diverse from ourselves are "fools". __________________________...
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Keith Seddon
K.H.S@...
Jul 7, 2000 8:03 pm
cbobo wrote, first of all quoting me: ____________________________ [Keith Seddon wrote:] It is not rational to prefer that some people enjoy benefits that...
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bertr@...
Jul 7, 2000 11:32 pm
... From: <jfvirey@...> To: <stoics@egroups.com> Sent: Monday, July 03, 2000 7:21 AM Subject: [stoics] New member ... I teach American history and English,...
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Bill Bryner
bbryner@...
Jul 8, 2000 1:40 am
Hello, It would be great if true, however... Even though I am not an historian, and I know nothing of this in an historical sense, my logic tells me that it...
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jfvirey@...
Jul 8, 2000 5:50 am
Hi Bertram, On this subject, I suggest you read Murray Rothbard's "Conceived in Liberty" vol. 4, ch. 78 ("Elimination of Feudalism and the Beginnings of the...
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cbobo
cbobo@...
Jul 8, 2000 6:10 am
Keith Seddon wrote: "Indeed they are, which is precisely why we should contribute according to our abilities, and receive according to our needs." This sounds...
