Thu 19 Nov, 2009 11:04 am - [QUOTE=john2054;104473]Hi. Im going to object to Michel's early assertation that metaphysics takes 'immense amounts of preparatory study' if it can be comprehended properly. Coming... (view)
Sat 14 Nov, 2009 03:10 pm - [QUOTE=Aedes;103509]If metaphysics is really really important, and the stakes are high, then it should be the domain of people who can undertake it responsibly.If metaphysics is NOT really really... (view)
Sat 14 Nov, 2009 01:31 pm - [QUOTE=Aedes;103488]You keep saying how you've read what I've written, but not with any comprehension.[/QUOTE]
Well, the 'lack of compehension' claim is no claim of mine. It... (view)
Sat 14 Nov, 2009 12:55 pm - [QUOTE=jgweed;103429]It may be that the duties of life make such paths difficult, but it does not take a Samuel Smiles to point out that they do not make it impossible, if the desire is there. It... (view)
Sat 14 Nov, 2009 12:12 pm - [QUOTE=Aedes;103425]Yes, you are taking his quote out of context. You're looking at the quote without asking yourself what metaphysics means in the context of his society vs ours, and more... (view)
Sat 14 Nov, 2009 12:51 am - [QUOTE=Aedes;103402]Uh no. You have made the [I]exact [/I]point I'm making as well. This is why an occupation of [U]idleness[/U], like pontificating about dualism or about infinite causality,... (view)
Fri 13 Nov, 2009 09:32 pm - [QUOTE=GoshisDead;103370]Some supported by the state some supported themselves,[/QUOTE]
But once they are self-sufficient, then its no longer clear why they have the time to study metaphysics and... (view)
Fri 13 Nov, 2009 02:33 pm - [QUOTE=GoshisDead;103363]I'm asking about metaphysical traditions that have alternate class distinctions. Monastic traditions often have self imposed poverty, but command respect due to their... (view)
Fri 13 Nov, 2009 01:52 pm - [QUOTE=jgweed;103348]Perhaps at an earlier age, the average man (or woman) did not have the necessary leisure to pursue philosophy, let alone metaphysics, nor did he had the means to build himself... (view)
Fri 13 Nov, 2009 01:06 pm - I'm sympathetic to the author's viewpoint given that I had to struggle through Heidegger. I literally hate reading much of the work stemming from his line of thought, phenomenology,... (view)
