Hello Paul, I am a Christian and i joined this list primarily to lurk and glean information on Soricism and how Stocism interacts with Chritian concepts and...
... I don't know where the expression "closure" comes from, but I had never thought that it entailed hedonism. I should have thought that the psychological...
Paul, A few thoughts: Doug, I also am not completely comfortable about the theological side of stoicism. I can accept that the universe as a whole is perfect, ...
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Christophe Paillard
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Oct 1, 2003 11:49 am
Dear Paul, "If there is an omnipotent god in the universe, he, she, it is directly responsible for everything. Given the pain and suffering in the universe...
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Christophe Paillard
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Oct 1, 2003 11:51 am
Sorry Paul fot this mistake, I was in fact answering to Pete. ... From: Christophe Paillard To: stoics@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 1:49...
Pete, Your comments on the insidious and morally enfeebling US concept of closure, which is claimed to cause litigiousness -- especially by the voices of big...
... I don't know where the expression "closure" comes from, but I had never thought that it entailed hedonism. I should have thought that the psychological...
Hi, I know that many people have thought of Stoicism and Christianity as being mutually exclusive, but here in the Southern United States, there did exist a...
Dear Friends The concept of "closure" began as a psychological term and has been widely used for some time. Unless I am mistaken "Rodgerian" counsellors...
If you accept the stoic theory of fate then everything in this universe was caused by that which was contained in its beginning. If this is so, this is the...
Charles, I very much appreciate your challenging reply. Your comments on the insidious and morally enfeebling US concept of closure, which is claimed to cause...
Hello Adam, Just a quick note: interesting vein here - I'm going to read more before I give a more thorough reply though. It has always struck me that the best...
A few years ago, when I first joined the Forum, we had a fellow in the Forum who worked for National Public Radio and had done a fair amount of research on the...
This is a useful clarification of the original use of the term closure. (I am going to assume you are right until I learn otherwise.) In the U.S., anyway, it...
Dear Pete, You said: "If there is an omnipotent god in the universe, he, she, it is directly responsible for everything. Given the pain and suffering in the...
I agree with Paul that I am not comfortable with some stoics' theology; let us not say "the" stoic theology for there is room for debate among us. And that...
... [snip] ... -- Though *classical* Stoicism might be mutually exclusive with Christianity (as you can't follow every detail of classical Stoicism and every...
Dear Paul, This is a good example of where subsequent knowledge entails that one either subscribes to the essence of Stoicism or the letter. If you accept the...
Dear tharasbulsone, My comments follow (please forgive the shouting my friend: I feel the emphasis necessary at points) Dear Pete, You said: "If there is an...
Dear Pete By the way, I'm also attracted to stoicism because it is not a creed. If an argument is made you see a logical fault in it is a very worthwhile thing...
Dear Pete, It is a good thing that C.S. Lewis didn't have a Pete Stonehouse. His straw men didn't write back! I guess the devil needs a new advocate because I...
The work by Justus Lipsius, Two Bookes of Constancie, is available under "Classical Works" at the Stoic Place web site (http://www.wku.edu/~jan.garrett/stoa/...
Faith is what you have before you have a more complete understanding. It is not necessarily blind faith. An initial trust should perhaps be abandoned if a...
Paul Quite so -causality is the central problem in a measured world within the copenhagen interpretation (the edges of which are, as we know, fraying). Is ...
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Oct 3, 2003 1:17 pm
Hi Pete thanks and no problem - it's a very emotive issue so I admire anyone who has the courage to make the case against the death penalty/capital punishment ...
Hi Jan, Thanks for the very fine analysis of faith. I enjoyed, also, Adam's recounting of his professor's demonstration of how faith and reason are not...
Dear Richard Enjoyed your reply! I was at a lecture by Roger Penrose today on the subject of symmetry. I was lucky enough to get to ask a question which...
