[H]owever it is not inconceivable to assume that a consciousness could be 'inspired' and choose to 'create' a whole new line of causes and effects, so becoming...
Hi Paul: In relation to the Discourses about the punishment of a thief; the Epictetus attitudes is immediately perceived as moving and significant but...
Paul wrote: _____________ Epictetus counseled his students against calling for punishment for criminals, comparing a criminal with a blind person, and asking...
Steve, I couldn't agree more about the role of rhetoric. From your precepts 5-9 ("discussion" precepts), I'd choose 9 as the most important one: "Avoid...
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Mar 3, 2005 6:01 am
Keith, While I haven't had a chance to look over your book yet, I must say I'm very interested to check it out. I am studying philosophy and have a particular...
Marko wrote: _____________ When the other person is wrong in any matter that is not urgent, one should NEVER express their disagreement. _____________ Thanks,...
Hello, Melvyn Bragg on Radio 4 has dedicated today's programme to Stoicism. You can listen to it online and also for a limited time download the MP3 file For...
I just wanted to introduce myself. In case you were guessing, Jack Death is not my real name. My real name is C.J. and I live in the United States. For the ...
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samuelh@...
Mar 8, 2005 3:24 am
hey didn't you post on the epicurean list? jack death sounds familiar cheers, sam...
Yes, I did. In the interum, the yahoo people took away my old account (for reasons I would rather not discuss) and I replaced it with this one. cheers ... ...
Yeah, I believe I remember you from the Epicurus listserv, although you never did tell us about this, that you found Epicureanism to be "spiritually empty" and...
Well, I just found the self-centeredness of Epicureanism to be illogical. I see what only looking out for one's basic needs does to people, and the last thing...
What does the "golden ratio" mean? I'm not familiar with that term? Thanks. Cam ... From: Jack Death [mailto:thedude6752000@...] Sent: Tuesday, March 08,...
Whoops, never mind, just realized what you meant re: golden ratio. Cam ... From: Jack Death [mailto:thedude6752000@...] Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005...
Are you basing these opinions on something actually written by actual Epicurean Philosophers? If so I would be very interested to know the source. Lucretius...
You seem to have a rather shallow understanding of Epicureanism, and note that the Stoic Seneca found great wisdom in Epicurus (see the 1st 30 of Seneca's...
I think design, like other things, is in the eye of the beholder. With enough drive, a person can find design in a table of random numbers. There is a series...
The outstanding thing about Einstein was his ruthless intellectual honesty. Despite his absolute insistence that "God does not play dice with the Universe" -...
... I did not mean any disrespect for the Epicureans. Although I disagree with their beliefs, I find their philosophy very rational and good, and if more...
Mauricio wrote: _____________ I think design, like other things, is in the eye of the beholder. With enough drive, a person can find design in a table of...
Steve, yours is a rich message, as usual. Let me concentrate on one argument, namely, that the numbers that go into a table of random numbers go, in each...
Mauricio wrote: _____________ What we humans have trouble accepting is the second type of argument, perhaps (I argued before from a psychological viewpoint)...
... to being hurt is responsible for you being in that particular spot at that time." I have been thinking about determinism. Since I believe everything has a...
Rick wrote: _____________ Since I believe everything has a cause, then I do believe in a degree of determinism, in that nothing happens in isolation; "on its...
An interesting debate. 'Orthodox Stoicism'? The Stoics of old based their views on the system of thought and debate of the time. Generation by generation...
Following on from my previous posting I thought I would add the following account and conclusions regards a personal experience of 'time'. When I was about...
Nigel wrote: _____________ 'Orthodox Stoicism'? The Stoics of old based their views on the system of thought and debate of the time. Generation by generation...
... is in the Now." I quite agree, Nigel. Now is all that really exists. Or at least, it's all that matters. Of course, there is the "many worlds" theory...
