Dialectic is great fun! Let’s address your concerns from last to first.   Science is inapplicable to the study of philosophy, ethical systems, virtue...
Dialectic is great fun! Let’s address your concerns from last to first.   Science is inapplicable to the study of philosophy, ethical systems, virtue...
Firstly, let's consider that there are different kinds of philosophy. Some philosophers, such as logicians, are concerned purely with understanding the...
... ............... I have no idea what the ref to Josh has to do with this. As for the views stated by Musonius Rufus, those views are a Stoic supporting...
... I feel I am wasting my time engaging in this discussion, and I am not sure anyone else on the forum can be getting much out of it either. ... It seems a...
The radical meaning of the word is 'the love of wisdon'. That is, it is an affection, a cleaving, a deliberate choice to learn the ways of Reality. ....
Jan wrote: ______________ Â In any case, this is not decisive for our issue, which is whether reason alone in human beings suffices for right action. Â I...
I don't think I've abandoned the Stoic view that cognitive commitments ("judgments") are necessary conditions for emotions.* I am doubtful about the view of...
Amos wrote: ______________ Â I for one would be interested in reading what neuroscientists have to say about Stoicism. ______________ Â Whatever they might...
Jan wrote: ______________ Â I don't think I've abandoned the Stoic view that cognitive commitments ("judgments") are necessary conditions for emotions ...
If I agreed completely with Grant, then there would be no point to discussing. He would say Amen to whatever I say and vice versa. Instead of a dialogue we'd...
Hi Malcolm, You are the one who brought up the alt.magick post as well as the Musonius Rufus reference, so either you were posting off topic or trying to make...
There was always a green wing of the Nazi party. http://www.spunk.org/texts/places/germany/sp001630/peter.html I have my doubts, however that vegetarian diet...
To clarify:Â Â The term "You" was intended in the informal general sense to refer to the participants of ISF, much in the way a New Yorker would refer to...
... This is actually one of the passages that I came across during my daily readings (http://wordsoftheancientwise.blogspot.com/). It gave me insight and...
... Blush. I believe I actually stamped my foot at the time as well. I realized I was reacting more childishly than my 3 year old niece, so decided to take a...
... Epictetus may not have used the expression 'belief system', but he would certainly have agreed that it can be applied accurately to Stoic philosophy. Any...
... philosopher does and what the scientist does are two completely independent activities" (directly attributable to Keith)* do not qualify as rational...
Hey there Malcolm, to tell you the truth I was thinking more along the lines of Rommel who kept getting demoted and finally died due to his refusal to be a...
Keith: You are the moderator of this group, so I expect that you will set an example. Now, when you say that someone has a weak understanding instead of...
Jan wrote: ______________ Â If I agreed completely with Grant, then there would be no point to discussing. He would say Amen to whatever I say and vice versa....
Ok, now you are trying to refute me by appealing to the Stoic (Chrysippean) doctrine of the unitary soul, taken as an a priori truth. Since I have given up...
Experience, thought and sensation are the sole province of the individual: Only the individual can experience pain and pleasure; only the individual is capable...
After dedicating my Life to Learning, my Soul to Reason, my Heart to Humanity and my Eyesight to Literature, I now recognize the error of my ways after being...
This really is dead on correct, reminds me of the debate on H.R. 3200, they are now saying that this bill is too complex and too sweeping for the mere mortals...
COMMUNICATION ERROR ALERT... COMPARE: Dave: It doesn't follow that [venting your anger] would change your judgments. Jan: Au contraire... Suppose one believes...
I haven't looked it up lately but I seem to remember Seneca's analysis of anger as involving a judgment that punishing the person who is the object of anger is...
