The new issue of The Philosophers' Magazine has a cover story called 'Practical Wisdom: Philosophy for children, business, therapy and more', and includes a...
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TheophileEscargot
snailman100
Apr 1, 2010 1:39 pm
Interesting! I'll look out for the magazine. There doesn't seem to be a free online edition. If you subscribe, you can get access to an online edition. There...
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Gary Moore
gottlos752004
Apr 1, 2010 3:19 pm
THE STOIC THEORY OF OIKIOSIS: [pg. 42] ‘(ii) An argument in practical thought – builds directly on the Aristotelian model for talking about the TELOS –...
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Kevin
kevin11_c
Apr 1, 2010 4:17 pm
Jan, I assume you wrote this, in this way, to practice your technique. I 'll add a couple of comments which may be helpful Jan: "Not all the partisans of...
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chrys1943
Apr 1, 2010 9:51 pm
Thanks, Kevin, it will lift my GPA....
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Gary Moore
gottlos752004
Apr 3, 2010 6:11 pm
REPEAT -THE STOIC THEORY OF OIKIOSIS: [pg. 42] ‘(ii) An argument in practical thought – builds directly on the Aristotelian model for talking about the...
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pjahshan
Apr 3, 2010 9:15 pm
Hi all, I was a member here in 1998, disappeared, came back in 2000, disappeared again, and I'm now back, hopefully for good, after a ten-year hiatus. This...
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JIM GODDARD
jim660331
Apr 3, 2010 9:49 pm
Hello Paul, Welcome (back!). Overall, you'll have been on here far longer than I have. I don't contribute that often, due to lack of time, but I enjoy some of...
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pjahshan
Apr 5, 2010 9:45 am
Thanks, Jim! Paul...
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Gary Moore
gottlos752004
Apr 6, 2010 11:25 am
McLynn proceeds, ‘Ye the problems of Marcus’ “presentism” do not end here. His ideas on the present collide with other aspects of his overall doctrine,...
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Dave Kelly
ptypes
Apr 6, 2010 10:32 pm
Thomas Aquinas made an argument for seven capital vices: vainglory, envy, anger, sloth, covetousness, gluttony, and lust. But "pride, like a universal vice, is...
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Gary Moore
gottlos752004
Apr 7, 2010 8:04 am
McLynn goes on, ‘Another cosmological issue that exercised Marcus was whether the cosmos was to be considered a product of God’s providence or a mere...
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joshuageller
Apr 7, 2010 8:34 am
Any rational person would prefer the idea of Providence to that of atoms. Who, having a choice, would prefer to live in a random World? Having a choice, I...
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fillosofree
Apr 8, 2010 5:50 am
In this introduction, we see that in contrast to our stagnant universe that doesn't grow well; that in an all-good universe with lots of growth, no one is left...
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joshuageller
Apr 8, 2010 6:25 am
Is this supposed to be poetry? Is this intended to be understood by others? ....
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Vicki Russell
vrussell001
Apr 8, 2010 11:13 am
Actually, it is remarkable that a male feminist has set down in writing the reasoning behind behavior that invariably leaves me confused and in general...
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Gary Moore
gottlos752004
Apr 8, 2010 3:06 pm
Dear Richard, one of the points I am trying to make clear is that philosophy strictly, in itself, has nothing to do with how to live or 'normal life' whereas...
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brunians@...
joshuageller
Apr 8, 2010 3:07 pm
Nice windmill! ....
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Michel Daw
michelgdaw
Apr 8, 2010 3:17 pm
Well said Sancho! Let us go a-tilting. "philosophy strictly, in itself, has nothing to do with how to live or 'normal life'" & "the Stoic way of life is...
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joshuageller
Apr 8, 2010 3:51 pm
Wait until we get to Book II. ....
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joshuageller
Apr 8, 2010 3:54 pm
For one time I will explain. Cervantes wrote Book I and faded back into total obscurity. Some other person wrote a sequel. Cervantes found a patron and wrote...
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Michel Daw
michelgdaw
Apr 8, 2010 4:07 pm
Book II is the devil. Incarnate. With horns and everything. Purile and putrid are elevations of it's content. The world only exists in Book I. Think of Book II...
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joshuageller
Apr 8, 2010 4:16 pm
Oh no. I'm with Borges on this one. And he's with me. ....
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Michel Daw
michelgdaw
Apr 8, 2010 4:49 pm
Is THAT were he is! And here I thought he have been dead this last quarter century. Sneeky fellow. ... -- Cheers, Michel "If one accomplishes some good though...
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joshuageller
Apr 8, 2010 4:57 pm
Hmm. How could I tell if he was dead? What would he do differently if he was dead than if he was alive? ....
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Michel Daw
michelgdaw
Apr 8, 2010 5:18 pm
I think this is the most fun I have had in a while. Take away his cane. If he bumps into stuff, he is alive. ... -- Cheers, Michel "If one accomplishes some...
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joshuageller
Apr 8, 2010 5:27 pm
He doesn't walk around much. He mostly just sits there. He doesn't use the cane. Seems to know where he is going. This I understand: without my spectacles I am...
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Dave Kelly
ptypes
Apr 8, 2010 7:45 pm
The capital vice of sloth starts its life on the list of commonly called "seven deadly sins" as the "evil thought" of acedia. ...
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Kevin
kevin11_c
Apr 8, 2010 8:22 pm
Grant, if I recall correctly you teach medieval philosophy. How does the concept of Virtue differ for someone like Thomas Aquinas compared to the Stoics? I...
