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...
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Michel Daw
michelgdaw
Feb 3, 2012 4:44 pm
"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...
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Steve Marquis
stevemarquis...
Feb 3, 2012 5:13 pm
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....
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Dave
ptypes
Feb 3, 2012 9:18 pm
... 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...
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jan.garrett@...
chrys1943
Feb 4, 2012 5:58 pm
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...
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Malcolm Schosha
malcolmschosha
Feb 4, 2012 7:37 pm
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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William Denton
wtd@...
Feb 5, 2012 1:11 am
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...
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jan.garrett@...
chrys1943
Feb 5, 2012 1:49 pm
Malcolm, The best way I can elaborate on the "obsession with boundaries" in traditional Jewish law (halacha, not aggadah, not sure about the transliteration...
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TheophileEscargot
snailman100
Feb 5, 2012 8:39 pm
Not directly related to Stoicism, but an interesting article here about how Brazil teaches philosophy in high schools: ...
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Dave Kelly
ptypes
Feb 5, 2012 9:42 pm
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." ...
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Beatrix
murrell91910
Feb 5, 2012 10:21 pm
[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...
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Beatrix
murrell91910
Feb 5, 2012 10:26 pm
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...
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Beatrix
murrell91910
Feb 5, 2012 10:30 pm
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...
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Beatrix
murrell91910
Feb 5, 2012 10:34 pm
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...
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Beatrix
murrell91910
Feb 5, 2012 10:39 pm
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...
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Beatrix
murrell91910
Feb 5, 2012 10:45 pm
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...
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John Michalski
jmichal2
Feb 6, 2012 1:13 am
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:...
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JIM GODDARD
jim660331
Feb 6, 2012 6:59 am
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...
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Malcolm Schosha
malcolmschosha
Feb 6, 2012 3:36 pm
Beatrix wrote: So Jesus was executed, likely because he countered the priests. ............................ Beatrix, As you probably know, Jews claim that they...
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Grant Sterling
fccmoose
Feb 6, 2012 10:06 pm
... ***** 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",...
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Beatrix
murrell91910
Feb 6, 2012 11:02 pm
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...
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Kevin
kevin11_c
Feb 7, 2012 2:16 am
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...
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Dave Kelly
ptypes
Feb 7, 2012 5:27 pm
Social approval is, of course, a preferred indifferent. The thesis of Jules' essay, "Liberalism and social anxiety," is that, to put it simply, Liberalism...
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Steve Marquis
stevemarquis...
Feb 8, 2012 2:11 am
Kevin writes: _______________ Â But I am open to learn. Certainly we can have maps about maps in a sense this note is just that and it can go one...
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Kevin
kevin11_c
Feb 8, 2012 5:52 am
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...
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jan.garrett@...
chrys1943
Feb 8, 2012 2:43 pm
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...
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Grant Sterling
fccmoose
Feb 8, 2012 5:01 pm
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. ...
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Brandon
pluckthelast...
Feb 8, 2012 8:01 pm
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...
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Steve Marquis
stevemarquis...
Feb 8, 2012 10:02 pm
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...
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Guillaume Andrieu
subtenante
Feb 9, 2012 4:26 pm
... 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...
