Steve I think this article explains my point better than I have.  The key philosophically issue in my mind (which isn't discussed in this article but which...
"The rankings tend to be based on definitions of success that are themselves derived from the economic story. The number one actor, for example, is the one...
Hello Kevin- I read your linked article. I’m well aware of the role that peer review plays in determining what is considered scientific and what is not....
... As Stoics, we know that these things are preferred indifferents, and that by definition and in fact they cannot really benefit us. But how many of us fully...
It would be a mistake to assume that the modern-day assumption in the citation from Grayling is radically different from the average classical Greco-Roman...
In his excellent historical-critical study of the man behind the myths regarding Jesus (Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography), John Dominic Crossan presents a...
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I don't recall this being mentioned here before, but if it was, my apologies. I stumbled across a mention that Rob Goodman and Jimmy Soni (formerly Washington...
Malcolm, The best way I can elaborate on the "obsession with boundaries" in traditional Jewish law (halacha, not aggadah, not sure about the transliteration...
That's a good point that Jan makes; the author has presented what is really a false dichotomy opposing the "wisdom of the ages" to the "wisdom of the moment." ...
[i won't get into Crossan's analysis that Jesus was a Peasant Cynic. Maybe he was? Yet, as Crossan also attested, Jesus actually belonged to an underclass...
Unfortunately, as I passed by Sepphoris, though pointed out to me, I didn't know anything about it at the time. But I do now! Built on a hilltop, Sepphoris...
As Scripture tells us, after being baptized Jesus headed into the desert where he struggled with the dark power for 40 days and 40 nights. I, too, followed...
After being spurned in his home village of Nazareth, Jesus moved to Capernaum--perhaps a town of 1,000 in his day, located on the northwest shore of the Sea of...
After being spurned in his home village of Nazareth, Jesus moved to Capernaum--perhaps a town of 1,000 in his day, located on the northwest shore of the Sea of...
OOOPs...Messed-up on numbering of posts. Never could count very well. Anyway, here's the last segment. ... In Jeusalem I did manage to reach the "Wailing...
Crossan is an intellectual flake who is taken seriously by no one. ... From: Beatrix <stoa@...> Subject: [stoics] (1 of 5) Another look at Jesus To:...
John, I think that writing with politeness and courtesy to a fellow member of this Forum, even when one disagrees with them, is entirely compatible with...
Beatrix wrote: So Jesus was executed, likely because he countered the priests. ............................ Beatrix, As you probably know, Jews claim that they...
... ***** OK, first I had to get past the fact that she used the phrase "matter of opinion" in a context where she really means "matter of attitude or taste",...
Anyway, I'm glad I went and saw these places for myself. As for Crossan, I'll leave others to him. As for the Temple priests, well regardless their role or...
a) Do we have reason to believe that _all_ facts about the world can be sensed? Â This is an interesting question. If I look at my umbrella it has a distinct...
Social approval is, of course, a preferred indifferent. The thesis of Jules' essay, "Liberalism and social anxiety," is that, to put it simply, Liberalism...
No worries my only intent was to discuss other arguments which are materialist in nature which address the ontology of experience and reasoning. If anything I...
It sounds like an interesting essay, and I plan to read it, but my instinctive reaction is to point out that the classical philosophical heroes of most members...
This may be my last post on this subject--it's too far away from Stoicism, and doesn't seem to be going anywhere. ... ***** Agreed. I never said otherwise. ...
The Stoics were of course part of the Greco-Roman culture sphere and would have been enmeshed in their festivals, but were there any days special to Stoicism...
Jan writes: ______________ Â If folks can't see it, it's because they are like fish who have never really been out of the water and so don't take seriously...
... Hi Brandon. I guess the Stoics celebrated the big crunch/big bang every now and then. Probably because the coming of an ekpyrotic collapse is not very...
