... I wrote a long response to this, and then junked it right before sending it. I have looked at the article, and I have applied the principle of charity to...
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Kevin
kevin11_c
Dec 3, 2008 2:59 am
Grant, your comments make sense to me. More generally I think that the traditions and ideals of the West should be vigorously defended, when they accord with...
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Steve Marquis
marquis95960
Dec 3, 2008 3:15 am
Grant writes: __________________ Held is right that ethicists have traditionally regarded Reason as a counter-weight to emotion, and have associated women with...
22168
accura2k
Dec 3, 2008 8:47 am
Epictetus ask the question to those who doubt the existence of god, "let them explain . . . how it is possible that things so wonderful and like the...
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brunians@...
joshuageller
Dec 3, 2008 11:36 am
... What is chance? ....
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Curt Steinmetz
enkiduq
Dec 3, 2008 5:02 pm
As to what Stoics believed about the Gods, an excellent source is Cicero's "On the Nature of the Gods". Although Cicero himself was not a Stoic his...
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Daniel
dtstrain
Dec 3, 2008 6:08 pm
Hi accura2k, I have in the past written on your question in my philosophy blog. The link is HERE ...
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Curt Steinmetz
enkiduq
Dec 3, 2008 7:40 pm
... In fact, the history of "the West" is a history of totalitarianism. The continent of Europe was completely under the boot of totalitarian regimes a mere...
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Kevin
kevin11_c
Dec 3, 2008 10:56 pm
Curt, which of these types of activities would you say is unique to western culture? Â Kevin ... From: Curt Steinmetz <curt@...> Subject: Re:...
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Robin Turner
selgusni
Dec 4, 2008 11:15 pm
... I am still not convinced that women are more emotional than men. I have seen men engage in fisticuffs in parliament. I have seen men slip in pools of...
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Steve Marquis
marquis95960
Dec 5, 2008 4:04 am
Robin writes: _____________ I am still not convinced that women are more emotional than men. _____________ Robin, from what I've read on Briggs-Meyers...
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Amos
vivepablo
Dec 5, 2008 1:32 pm
It seems to me not only that men and women are culturally conditioned to exhibit different emotions, but that the emotions that both men and women show vary...
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Steve
marquis95960
Dec 5, 2008 2:52 pm
Amos writes: ____________ I think that it would be simpler to say that both sexes are emotional and should try to be more rational. _____________ It might be...
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Curt Steinmetz
enkiduq
Dec 5, 2008 4:12 pm
I had assumed (wrongly) that "Boethus" was a typo for "Boethius";. But it turns out that there was a "Boethus of Sidon" - and that is the person that Sellars...
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Grant Sterling
fccmoose
Dec 5, 2008 4:55 pm
... Nor am I. That's why I made no such claim. :) ... And that's just irrational. Now weeping because one group of men were unable to carry a odd oblong...
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Grant Sterling
fccmoose
Dec 5, 2008 7:00 pm
... An excellent point, with which I partially agree. Emotion stems from our beliefs, and so does not exist on a separate and incommensurable standing than...
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Steve
marquis95960
Dec 6, 2008 4:49 pm
Grant writes: ____________ But I do think it makes sense to point out the distinction between bad reasoning and lack of reasoning. _____________ Grant, you've...
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Grant Sterling
fccmoose
Dec 6, 2008 8:26 pm
... No, we quite agree. I only pointed it out because ordinarily people do not say someone has reasoned badly when they have not reasoned at all, and...
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Tony
anthony_j_ca...
Dec 7, 2008 4:42 pm
... website: www.williambirvine.com ... Amazon. ... effort ... successful ... presentation ... us ... anyone ... plague ... attaining ... own ... to ... of ......
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Malcolm Schosha
malcolmschosha
Dec 7, 2008 4:51 pm
I read a substantial part of it, but stopped because I found it rather disappointing, and I had other books with a higher priority. I think that William Irvine...
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Gary Moore
gottlos752004
Dec 7, 2008 5:32 pm
Dear Dr. Jan Garrett and Curt Steinmetz, I have been slowly reading through the first hundred pages of Engberg-Pedersen's PAUL AND THE STOICS. Maybe because it...
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Leo Iermano
leoiermano
Dec 7, 2008 7:00 pm
Hi All I just bought A Guide to the Good Life ... It looks like good introduction to Stoicism. Cheers Leo ... From: Tony <vtcallan@...> Subject: [stoics]...
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Gary Moore
gottlos752004
Dec 8, 2008 11:55 am
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Gary Moore
gottlos752004
Dec 8, 2008 11:56 am
Dear sirs, That I may seem to overemphasize Aristotle is not only contraindicated by numerous concept defining references in the rest of the text I have read,...
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Steven Hamilton
epic2mn
Dec 8, 2008 2:58 pm
The book has been out in the US since mid -November and I am now reading it for the second time. It is an easy-to-read introduction to Stoicism and is...
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Kevin
kevin11_c
Dec 8, 2008 3:50 pm
Steven, when this new translation is available to the public please let the Forum know. I am interested in seeing more from Rufus. Thanks Kevin ... From:...
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Grant Sterling
fccmoose
Dec 8, 2008 5:16 pm
... (It should be noted that when Nadler (who's a decent philosopher) gives this statement, he is assuming a definition of pantheism according to which...
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Dave Kelly
ptypes
Dec 8, 2008 5:46 pm
Hi Malcolm, On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 10:51 AM, Malcolm Schosha ... By the following definition of disagreeableness it looks like disagreeableness is a vice. I...
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Steven Hamilton
epic2mn
Dec 8, 2008 5:49 pm
I definitely will. Much of the surviving writings of Musonius address issues not commented on at all by other Stoics or only to a very limited extent. By...
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Curt Steinmetz
enkiduq
Dec 8, 2008 5:58 pm
... Considering the fragmentary nature (to put it very mildly) of the surviving Stoic corpus I wouldn't read too much into that. Curt Steinmetz...
