SVF II, 518: ... Chrysippus... says that 'past and future time are nonexistent, but have subsisted [or will subsist]; only present time exists'. Paul...
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robert.worrall@...
robert.worra...
Sep 1, 2011 10:59 am
Hello, If I may intervene at the this point. As I am unclear what argument your trying to put forward. Are you saying that string theory is nonsense because...
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TheophileEscargot
snailman100
Sep 1, 2011 11:41 am
Silicon chips are designed using quantum theory. The Pauli Exclusion Principle is critical to semiconductors. Flash memory, which stores the music in your iPod...
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Guillaume Andrieu
subtenante
Sep 1, 2011 12:12 pm
Hi Gich. ... exist. We don't know. We have not been able to produce *any* scientific ... Sorry but this is the same as saying that trees do not exist, because ...
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Steve Marquis
stevemarquis...
Sep 1, 2011 1:07 pm
Guillaume writes: ______________ Sorry but this is the same as saying that trees do not exist, because although we can see and experiment with trees, there...
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Guillaume Andrieu
subtenante
Sep 1, 2011 3:00 pm
Steve, To me, the philosophical idea of whether something exists or not is not to be put on the shoulders of science. Thus, what I don't agree with in Gich's...
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dtstrain
Sep 1, 2011 3:10 pm
Gich, The matter is very simple. Before evidence had been gathered, it was right and proper that the experts did not listen to you. For any given theory, on...
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dtstrain
Sep 1, 2011 3:13 pm
I see Malcolm has slipped back into claiming Stoicism as solely for the theists :) I believe, if memory serves, most of us had agreed that the 'primary texts'...
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Malcolm Schosha
malcolmschosha
Sep 1, 2011 4:30 pm
I said, Daniel, that all the primary sources assume that God exists and that God's providence guide the universe. But I have always encouraged those who are...
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dtstrain
Sep 2, 2011 2:03 pm
Sorry Malcolm, I do not mean to sound that way. I think I tend to do this more when responding to absolute claims on matters which ignore or dismiss the fact...
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dtstrain
Sep 2, 2011 2:29 pm
Gich, I had always been under the impression that String Theory was in a hypothesis stage and, as such, had many supporters and many critics. I'm not sure...
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robert.worrall@...
robert.worra...
Sep 2, 2011 2:38 pm
Hello Gich, My apologies for asking this,, but why are debating this here. If you are looking for rigorous exploration of the theory or are trying to change a...
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JIM GODDARD
jim660331
Sep 2, 2011 3:10 pm
Rob, I would like to support those sentiments. Regards, Jim ... From: robert.worrall@... <robert.worrall@...> Subject: [stoics] Re: STRING THEORY...
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dtstrain
Sep 2, 2011 3:11 pm
Hi Robert :) In Gich's defense, I think when he said 'basic issues' he was referring more to things about how we know what is true, which I could see being...
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Malcolm Schosha
malcolmschosha
Sep 2, 2011 3:24 pm
Daniel, what "absolute claims" did I make? Perhaps you are referring to my saying that the Hellenistic Stoics assumed God, and divine providence, exists....
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Malcolm Schosha
malcolmschosha
Sep 2, 2011 3:26 pm
No one is obligated to read the string theory posts. Just delete them if they do not interest you. ... From: JIM GODDARD <jim.goddard1@...> ...
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dtstrain
Sep 2, 2011 3:26 pm
Greetings :) I would think that Stoics would say pursuing survival is natural to a human being (and all life) and therefore appropriate - just as pursuing...
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JIM GODDARD
jim660331
Sep 2, 2011 3:48 pm
It's not just a question of interest, it's a question of tone. This is the sort of esoteric argument, conducted in such a mean-spirited way, that will put off...
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V. Valerius Volusus
eperotema
Sep 2, 2011 3:53 pm
On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 9:38 PM, robert.worrall@... < ... Personally, I find a discussion that includes "epistemology meets physical reality" to be...
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dtstrain
Sep 2, 2011 4:02 pm
Hi Malcolm, In your previous notes, you had used the phrase "primary sources" and I wasn't aware you viewed this as synonymous with "Hellenistic Stoics", as my...
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Malcolm Schosha
malcolmschosha
Sep 2, 2011 4:02 pm
There was once a group member who liked to post NYTimes news articles. Sometimes it related to Stoicism, sometimes not so much. Jan sometimes discusses George...
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Malcolm Schosha
malcolmschosha
Sep 2, 2011 4:05 pm
Daniel, I think we can agree that we disagree. That much is clear. Malcolm ... From: dtstrain <dtstrain@...> Subject: [stoics] Re: STRING THEORY IS...
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Steve Marquis
stevemarquis...
Sep 2, 2011 5:43 pm
Guillaume writes: ______________ To me, the philosophical idea of whether something exists or not is not to be put on the shoulders of science. Thus, what I...
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Malcolm Schosha
malcolmschosha
Sep 2, 2011 9:53 pm
I did not have time before, but would like to reply to Daniel's rather imperial sounding statements on God in Stoicism. ... I did not say Spinoza, I said the...
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Kevin
kevin11_c
Sep 2, 2011 11:39 pm
I think the Roman Stoics were inspired by the phrase "know thy self," like we are. In one place (Disc 1.11) Epictetus used a man's own perception of what is...
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Dave Kelly
ptypes
Sep 3, 2011 3:27 pm
... SVF 2.509 (part), L&S 51B 3-4: He says most clearly that no time is wholly present. For since continuous things are infinitely divisible, on the basis of...
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Steve Marquis
stevemarquis...
Sep 3, 2011 3:44 pm
Kevin writes: ______________ But none of this negates what we were talking about such that we should question strongly held values we have, and ensuring that...
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Alexander Alvarenga
moltronstoic
Sep 4, 2011 3:22 am
Hello and thanks a lot for your answer. Stoicism is really great and good to have a forum to share ideas with people like you. A you say this is Preferred...
I am going to make what seems a broad and vacuous statement which, however, I say is quite specific if its context is fully clarified. So far as there is any...
