... Certainly by the time Galen wrote his "Introduction to Logic" it was recognized that the categorical syllogisms of Aristotle and the hypothetical ...
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julia_stahl_hernandez
julia_stahl_...
Mar 1, 2011 12:17 pm
snip ... ***************************************************************** This distinction, along with the one above about the "magical" emphasis on the...
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Kevin
kevin11_c
Mar 1, 2011 1:32 pm
I don’t think grammar and logic were thought of as discreet subjects like we do today. Also their theory of implication was different than what is used in ...
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Nyk Cowham
eperotema
Mar 1, 2011 2:48 pm
... On the other hand there is a place for what I would call a mytho-poetic approach. The use of imagery and visualization can have very powerful effects if it...
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Douglas Moore
douglasjhmoore
Mar 1, 2011 6:24 pm
Thank you Nyk for your excellent reply. *On 1/03/2011 3:40 AM, Nyk Cowham wrote:***** On 28 February 2011 18:01, Douglas Moore <djhmoore23@... ...
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Douglas Moore
douglasjhmoore
Mar 1, 2011 6:32 pm
Nik, My last post lost its formatting . Here it is as an attachement Cheers Duglas...
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Mark
psbagumba
Mar 10, 2011 10:46 pm
Is anyone in the Dallas area interested in meeting regularly?...
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Scott Rhodes
khrodos
Mar 11, 2011 1:26 am
Yes but it's a mite too far from Austin. Sent from my iPhone...
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jiohdi
Mar 11, 2011 1:45 pm
============= But what was lost has now been found again. At the core of this renaissance is a growing tally of results showing that entanglement has profound ...
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Nyk Cowham
eperotema
Mar 11, 2011 4:01 pm
... The philosophical implications of contemporary physics to which you allude here, combined with research into the field of Digital Philosophy (Fredkin, ...
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Ghi O
subtenante
Mar 11, 2011 6:41 pm
... The truth is that we don't have any way to get any evidence of the objective reality if it exists. But our common experience, in our daily life, is...
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Jan Garrett
chrys1943
Mar 12, 2011 1:52 pm
I have posted the Study Questions (keyed to the 2009 edition, which differs from the 1994 edition only in pagination and in the design of the cover) on my...
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Jan Garrett
chrys1943
Mar 12, 2011 2:03 pm
The url in the message sent out a few minutes ago was wrong. I have posted the Study Questions (keyed to the 2009 edition, which differs from the 1994 edition...
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Jan Garrett
chrys1943
Mar 12, 2011 2:06 pm
The "CORRECTED" url in the message sent out a few minutes ago was wrong too. Hope this fixes it. I have posted the Study Questions (keyed to the 2009 edition,...
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Jan Garrett
chrys1943
Mar 12, 2011 2:11 pm
The fix sent out a few minutes ago may not work either. I should have rekeyed the whole url: http://people.wku.edu/jan.garrett/103/crossan_sqs.doc . If this...
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robert.worrall@...
robert.worra...
Mar 17, 2011 12:34 pm
To my understanding... What he or she should do would depend on the extenuating circumstances and how society would be better off if he stayed or left. For...
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Matthew Copple
penguinista_kc
Mar 18, 2011 2:32 pm
The Stoic should not be afraid of illness or death, but that does not mean he should go courting it. Unless the Stoic has some explicit duty which requires he...
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peregrine3970
Mar 18, 2011 5:05 pm
Hello all, I've been a member of the Stoic Forum for sometime but have only occassionally visited and even then remained in lurker mode. However, over the past...
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Ghi O
subtenante
Mar 18, 2011 8:05 pm
Hi Gich. The answer to your question is rather simple : in case of a huge disaster, if you can help make things better, or if you are needed by people who...
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Grant Sterling
fccmoose
Mar 18, 2011 9:13 pm
... What is "my good"? The only good is virtue. In what does virtue consist? In having a personal character that leads to correct actions, understood as...
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JIM GODDARD
jim660331
Mar 18, 2011 11:23 pm
Hello Steven, You are most welcome. I don't post much myself but will occasionally chip on on topics of interest that feel I have something worth contributing...
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peregrine3970
Mar 19, 2011 4:35 pm
Thanks Jim. I hope that as time goes on I will have something of value to offer to the discussions. I've considered doing a introductory philosophy classes at...
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Nyk Cowham
eperotema
Mar 19, 2011 4:57 pm
Hello Gich, ... No ataraxia is ataraxia - apatheia is apatheia and eudaimonia is eudaimonia. There is a reason different terms are used. Let's not assume they...
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Grant Sterling
fccmoose
Mar 19, 2011 8:21 pm
... ***** Well, freedom from passions is a necessary component of eudaimonia. That doesn't make them the same thing. Eudaimonia requires perfection of one's...
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Douglas Moore
douglasjhmoore
Mar 20, 2011 12:59 pm
I've just been writing about the difference between two poles of thought, the Epicureans and the Stoics. It's part of my general scheme, influenced by Iain...
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Grant Sterling
fccmoose
Mar 21, 2011 2:26 pm
... ***** Well, it's not at all clear to me that this is an accurate restatement of Grayling's views. Grayling seems to me to be asserting that _virtuous...
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Grant Sterling
fccmoose
Mar 21, 2011 2:46 pm
... First of all, I have no idea what "A good in relation to something but not a good in itself" means. Whatever it means, though, the final qualification...
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robert.worrall@...
robert.worra...
Mar 21, 2011 4:32 pm
GCS "Sage will certainly enjoy friendship with other Sages" Would not a Sage enjoy something virtuous out of a friendship with non Sages? For example, if a...
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Nyk Cowham
eperotema
Mar 21, 2011 5:25 pm
... Cicero also summed up philosophy as "Cultura animi philosophia est" (Husbandry of the soul is philosophy). Husbandry or cultivation--using the agricultural...
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Nyk Cowham
eperotema
Mar 21, 2011 5:38 pm
On 21 March 2011 23:32, robert.worrall@... ... A Sage would not be at risk of associating with 'foul' characters. As we hear reported from Diogenes the...
