Jack, thanks for your insightful message. The Delphic maxims are intriguing. The difficulty lies in practical application. For example, the last one -...
Thanks to everyone for your friendly welcome. I will put my response to all of you on this one email so as not to deliver multiple emails all at once. I will...
You address several issues, on which I'll comment briefly. The list of specific virtues relate to different areas or departments of life, but from the...
coberst2001 wrote: [snip] ... That's an interesting question, and to some extent it's a matter of taste. Personally, I prefer to leave my critical thinking hat...
Chuck wrote: ____________ Steve--I wonder what is the reasonable attitude to take when one studies such things as classical ethics as exemplified by the...
I am 34 y. old, male, programmer by occupation. The main reason why I am interested in Stoic Ethics is proposed eventuall effect of its practical aplication...
For the stoic there is no dilema in the fact that there are around people not capable of reasoning and thus not capable to achieve the happiness in the stoic...
Hi Greg; Wisdom is to be measured in the wider scope; in the edge of eternity maybe. The border among it acquire some potency are the imminence of death [at...
Regis Alain Barbier wrote: [snip] ... That's true to some extent, but I can speak from experience that people have led me to believe in falsehoods, and to...
Hi Robin; Epictetus also said that [whenever the body and its assistance are essential, nothing is in your power] but it is clear that as god and mater are a...
Regis wrote: ____________ I am asking to those more acquainted with Hellenistic culture if the concept of love, in this sense, would be fairly linked with the...
Regis wrote in response to Robin: ____________ In relation to the point you are stressing it is clear that mind manipulation, induction, subliminal subjection...
Steve writes 'Intelligence, then, is the state the agent is in who has learned to reason well about moral matters-not in a particular sphere, but generally. ...
Greg wrote: ____________ Some will argue, how can a person be virtuous if they can potentially perform an act that accidentally causes harm to others because...
Nigel wrote: ____________ Why can't we get to the point of discussing Stoicism in all of its glory - a simple spiritual philosophy that offers a path to a life...
Murder in the first degree is cold-blooded murder. Such an action is called `cold blooded' because it is performed with malice after careful consideration....
Chuck wrote: ____________ Habits are the result of cold-blooded action. One develops habits over an extended period of time. Habits are a reflection of will....
Steve I cannot identify easily where we agree and do not agree. I will just say that remnants of old habits probably remain with us for a very long time....
Steve & Oxsana Marquis wrote: [snip] ... A very good question. The first consideration is what it means to hold someone accountable for their actions, and I...
It is worth noting that the term hexis in Aristotle's classical discussion of virtue, which is usually translated "disposition" (sometimes "state") is derived...
Wonderful, another fan of George Lakoff in the ISF! For those interested in more, there are bibliographies, links, and some things I have written myself...
Hi Nigel and Steve; About Intelligence and Anylisation: I guess that the origin of this unbalance and misapprehension may be quite remote. Whereas Socrates...
... Thanks for posting these. I'm a bit of a Lakoff fan myself (with some reservations) and enjoyed reading your application of his theories to Stoicism. I may...
I have acquired my understanding of habits primarly from studying Dewey's essay "Habits and Will" when I was involved in a Great Books discussion group. For...
Jan I see that you also hold metaphor theory in high regard. I speculate that metaphor theory will eventually become the first paradigm for cognitive science....
Chuck, Being at best an amateur cognitive scientist, I hesitate to predict. If Lakoff and Johnson are right, the sort of work they did and the work of others...
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