AXIS OF EVIL "Just as a target is not set up to be missed, in the same way nothing bad by nature happens in the world."--EPICTETUS Currently, the phrase "axis...
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Gerold Reimondo
selekz
Mar 3, 2002 7:31 pm
Mr. Broadway has made some interesting points in his discussion of the "Axis of Evil" comment. It has been noted before that apparently irrational behavior on...
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charlesbricebroadway
charlesbrice...
Mar 3, 2002 7:46 pm
I think the reason the President and many others resort to "morally unambiguous" notions is merely for the sake of convenience. It's a lot easier to think in...
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Fortunatus
tlfortunatus
Mar 3, 2002 8:37 pm
Hello, One brief comment, a bit off-topic. ... Hinduism isn't a revealed religion in the same sense as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. While similar...
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R&F Bamford
scipan_rick
Mar 3, 2002 9:38 pm
Well, I guess I have to hand it my Stoic card, because I don't agree with this. Well, much of it I don't. I am an atheist, and I don't like the word 'evil'...
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Jan E Garrett
chrys1943
Mar 3, 2002 11:34 pm
I apologize for not having time to formulate this with extreme care--I am swamped with academic responsibilities right now--but I want to point out that...
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charlesbricebroadway
charlesbrice...
Mar 4, 2002 1:00 am
SOME CLARIFICATIONS 1. I do not think my position is a relativist position. It sounds relativist in the sense that we are limited by our reason in determining...
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R&F Bamford
scipan_rick
Mar 4, 2002 4:48 am
Well, I'm not sure what to make of all this. Sometimes I think we 'over-think' these things. But hey, isn't that philosophy is all about? ;) I won't go into...
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Gerold Reimondo
selekz
Mar 5, 2002 3:12 pm
As regards the subject of free will and Fate, I would hold that sentient beings have free will in that they may choose to consciously conform to Logos or not....
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Dean Baratta
iago@...
Mar 5, 2002 5:19 pm
Just a couple of thoughts on this conversation: It looks like Rick's got it right on the definition of evil. I would argue that Hitler did not conceive and...
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labienus@...
tlfortunatus
Mar 5, 2002 10:22 pm
Hello all, Either all events are caused by some other event(s), or at least some events are entirely random. In either case, free will is not logically...
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charlesbricebroadway
charlesbrice...
Mar 6, 2002 3:28 am
Some interesting stuff this week so far. Here are some further thoughts on this topic. 1. Does the issue of determinism matter in any practical sense? To a...
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Keith Seddon
khs10uk
Mar 6, 2002 4:17 am
... events ... Those who argue a compatibilist position, including the Stoics, would agree with the first premiss but not with the second premiss or the...
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hubertus hayn
epictde
Mar 6, 2002 1:53 pm
broadway wrote<< I define evil as anything contrary to the will of the Logos. << I found the best defination of evil is the one of Schopenhauer : good and just...
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hubertus hayn
epictde
Mar 6, 2002 1:53 pm
someone wrote quote << I don't buy this whole 'fate' thing.<<... <<Of course I make all my decisions based on what I think is the best course<BR> of action,...
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R&F Bamford
scipan_rick
Mar 7, 2002 12:19 am
Evil... four little letters... so much baggage... I'm not sure if I made this point clear in my earlier discussion of evil, but I should point out that evil...
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Jan E Garrett
chrys1943
Mar 7, 2002 3:54 am
Just a little warning about Schopenhauer and Kant. Schopenhauer gets his vocabulary from Kant but gives it his own meaning. You cannot go back and forth ...
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Jan E Garrett
chrys1943
Mar 7, 2002 3:54 am
Metaphysical Determinism Irrelevant to Responsible Choice _______________________________________________________ This is a reprint of something I wrote to the...
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Caleb Williamson
caleb@...
Mar 7, 2002 6:47 am
I agree with Dr. Seddon's and Mr. Broadway's comments about free will. I'm not sure that Mr. Bradway's definition of evil is the best we can come up with,...
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charles broadway
charlesbrice...
Mar 7, 2002 11:29 am
I will be brief on this if possible. This morning I've been reading the discourses where Epictetus talks about the end for which we have been made. Human...
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Robert Tyner
quantum_self
Mar 9, 2002 2:52 am
I have found a Delphi forum on "Vulcanism" (defined as the study of Surakian Philosophy from Star Trek) where there are some interesting discussions on ...
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charlesbricebroadway
charlesbrice...
Mar 9, 2002 3:42 am
These are some observations of a personal nature akin to the progress report I posted awhile back. 1. I find it helpful to pick a face to show to the world...
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charlesbricebroadway
charlesbrice...
Mar 9, 2002 4:07 am
This is interesting. I remember reading years ago of the differences between the original Star Trek series and the Next Generation. In the original, you had ...
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R&F Bamford
scipan_rick
Mar 9, 2002 4:35 am
Vulcanism seems like a fictional form of "stoicism on steroids" to me; way over the top on the emotional suppression. I don't think it's possible to have a...
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charlesbricebroadway
charlesbrice...
Mar 9, 2002 5:18 am
From my understanding, Stoicism tries to rid us of the bad emotions or the passions and to cultivate the good emotions of joy, wish, and caution. I agree that...
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R&F Bamford
scipan_rick
Mar 9, 2002 2:59 pm
I don't know enough about Freud to comment fairly on his work. I haven't studied him. Not yet, anyway. I agree we live in a society that seems to be getting...
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Jan E Garrett
chrys1943
Mar 9, 2002 9:41 pm
A note in relation to the notion of repression . . . A couple decades ago Robert C. Solomon wrote a nice book on the emotions. I think it was entitled A Theory...
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R&F Bamford
scipan_rick
Mar 9, 2002 11:20 pm
Interesting. Is there a stoic position on the relationship between thought and language? Some argue there can be no thought without language, others say...
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Jan E Garrett
chrys1943
Mar 10, 2002 4:17 am
If I were to research this I'd start with the A. A. Long and D. N. Sedley, eds., collection The Hellenistic Philosophers vol. i (Cambridge University Press),...
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Keith Seddon
khs10uk
Mar 10, 2002 6:28 pm
... do ... Maybe I am peculiar in this, tho I put it down to my efforts to make Stoic progress -- but I _do_ 'get out of bed' because it is the logical and ...
