Sun 21 Dec, 2008 09:48 pm - [quote=Holiday20310401]I used to believe this but now I don't. Talking to my friends I have asked them all [B]why not take some time to be alone with your thoughts and think. But no; everybody... (view)
Tue 16 Dec, 2008 09:25 pm - Why is a philosopher a philosopher? It seems to defy practicality. Of course, practicality is not the only issue. What about matters of memory? Can wisdom be forgotten? If so, did we waste our time... (view)
Tue 16 Dec, 2008 07:42 pm - I find the sorrow preferable. During times in my life when I am not dealing with that sorrow, I fall into a dullness (my friends and family percieve it as depression). This dullness is marked by... (view)
Thu 30 Oct, 2008 02:57 pm - [quote=Icon]I don't know how to explain it really. Have you ever just known something? You never studied it, never researched it or played with it... it is just something that makes sense? It... (view)
Thu 30 Oct, 2008 02:53 pm - [quote=Icon]250 is the MENSA registered cap as of the mid 80's.
It might also interest everyone to know that the average IQ was dropped from 130 to 100-110 which is a tad bit frightening.... (view)
Thu 30 Oct, 2008 02:20 pm - I can't find the source, but I remember reading an article about philosophy education in children dramatically increasing IQ. It seems fair to say that philosophical thought might increase... (view)
Sun 20 Jul, 2008 10:42 pm - The intense level of creative freedom poetry provides does it for me. I find all writing (all art for that matter) to have an incredible level of freedom. Poetry, however, encourages certain... (view)
Thu 10 Jul, 2008 12:57 pm - [quote=Fido]Pan; If I may, there is no line between artist and philosopher. And there is no difference between philosophy and math or science, liturature, or history. Philosophy is a rather... (view)
Wed 9 Jul, 2008 05:29 pm - I find it intriguing to pursue, rather than a philosophy of art, an art of philosophy. Philosophical themes in literature provide wonderful capabilities for not merely presentation of thought- but... (view)
Tue 20 May, 2008 04:46 pm - That's one loaded question, Pessimist :)
Words can mean many things. Fiction and actuality are just that- words. Thinking with words gives us advantages and disadvantages; namely, worded... (view)
