Thu 10 Jun, 2010 12:31 pm - [quote="Region Philbis"]yes.
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Thanks. I just used it for this reply. (view)
Thu 10 Jun, 2010 12:22 pm - Hmm. Is there an automatic feature for quoting? I cut & pasted for this post, which seems a bit clunky.
[quote="apehead"]Might makes right?[/quote]
I said nothing of whether it... (view)
Wed 9 Jun, 2010 11:25 am - [QUOTE=apehead;174175]I don't understand. Why is a person with values set "A" able to imprison or banish person with values set "B"?[/QUOTE]
Why are they able?... (view)
Fri 4 Jun, 2010 03:12 pm - [QUOTE=apehead;173005]So we agree that every action an individual executes is fundamentally one of self interest. Wouldn't this make "Altruism", by definition, a meaningless term,... (view)
Fri 4 Jun, 2010 11:39 am - [QUOTE=apehead;172965]that is the underlying motive behind the sham of "altruism".[/quote]
Altruism is not a sham. There was a time when I resisted the idea that [I]everything[/I]... (view)
Sun 23 May, 2010 03:12 pm - [QUOTE=kennethamy;167246]Actually, the name that springs to mind for your general view is, [B]Manichaeism.[/B][/QUOTE]
Ouch! If I'm coming across as gnostic (edit: or Taoist), I definitely... (view)
Sun 23 May, 2010 03:05 pm - [QUOTE=jeeprs;167212]It needs a lot more elaboration before it can be described, doesn't it? When you say 'existence stems from one source' this does not necessarily imply monism... (view)
Fri 21 May, 2010 02:03 pm - Aside from "moronic" is there a name for my thoughts on monism, dualism, etc.? I always know what I'm thinking, but I'm not always educated in the appropriate philosophical... (view)
Fri 21 May, 2010 11:06 am - Yes, I suppose I get what you're saying in a general sense. But I'm certainly lacking the details that make it tenable. I'll look at the other thread.
And thanks for the... (view)
Fri 21 May, 2010 07:04 am - [QUOTE=kennethamy;166585][I]Specifically, what resources address the difference between knowledge and certainty?[/I]
I don't think I know what that sentence means. Are you asking who it is... (view)