I agree Amos Pity works the best though as these individuals are lost souls who blame the whole world for their misfortune. I have found Seneca's essay "On...
Dear All, To risk blundering in where I may not be wanted, I find understanding both Wittgenstein and Derrida needs a physical stance quite literally and as...
Is anyone out there familiar with Henry Hine's work on Seneca's "Natural Questions"? In particular he has produced an edition with commentary of Book II, and...
... eco-fascists. It does not follow from the fact that one believes in many gods that one cannot also be a fascist. ... organizations ("hate groups"), you...
Gich writes: ____________________ As we've discussed before, if you _really_ want to be a Stoic sage you have to become expert 'at faking emotions' since this...
... will, of ... that ... Greetings, This seems as good a spit for me to jump in and introduce myself as any. Like a few people here, I'm a religious Hellenic...
Epictetus and Seneca were nothing if not impassioned in how they expressed themselves. Clearly these two great Stoics were vibrant, fascinating and emotionally...
... .............................................. Jan, You seem to be saying that you think a Nazi could be a 'good' Stoic. Am I reading you correctly? ...
The way I understand it the stoic definition of Pathos it is “an irrational movement of the soul.” So this definition may not fit what some would call an...
Gich writes: __________________ The Stoic fundamentalists in the group don't consider 'emotionlessness' as a 'danger' at all. The opposite, in fact. They view...
Steve: A very honest and authentic post. Thanks. Amos ... our ... the ... symptoms ... the ... any ... or ... amalgam ... are ... trying ... than ... ...
... Excellent, Steve. This does open up a workable space. Because I see no advantage at all to indifference toward the Good. It seems that in pointing toward...
Hi Malcolm, I don't see how you came to this conclusion from what I said. I didn't say that Heidegger was a Stoic philosopher. There is more to philosophy than...
... ........................... Jan, If I understand you correctly, you are saying that Stoicism can offer us a way to live more effectively, but can not...
Hi Malcolm, One of the greatest of the stoics was Marcus Aurelius, he did do some distasteful things in torturing Christians to death because they refused...
I suppose it depends if you have an adeqaute understanding of National Socialism or just a biased opinion. I notice there is always this immediate Ad Hominem...
By the way, May I ask why people Judge National Socialists by the action of Adolf Eichmann? He was a Bureaucrat in a large Organization. Hardly a National...
... Certainly true. Here's my take: a "Nazi" is not merely a fascist, but someone who identifies with the specific historical version of fascism embodied in...
... Naziism is a convenient target of attacks, since almost everyone across the political spectrum can agree that the Final Solution was wrong. I quite agree...
To the best of my knowledge, Nazis were those guys running around in Sebastian Haffner's Germany round about the second world war. A good time was definently...
From what I've seen, read, and heard a good time was had by a large majority. I'm not trying to push any of my views on anyone. And if you have already judged...
Would you call yourself a Nazi? Neo or old school? Do you adhere to the political platform which the majority of the German people thought sounded good enough...
Look. I condemn the recent Israeli bombing of civilians in Gaza, the U.S. bombing of Hirsohima and Viet Nam, the Soviet domination of Eastern Europe, but...
What did the 'Nazis' give us? Arno Breker. Fritz Klimsch. Josef Thorak. The worlds first breast cancer campaign. Worker's rights in the factories: In the early...
First of all ---- how is it possible for a philosophy to be a racial-exclusive philosophy without being a racist philosophy? Do explain, please. Second of all...
Well it is true enough that "having a good time" is not a stoic criterion for judging a person or a society, permit me a little irony if you will. I think...
