Yeah, subject. Favorite type of philsopher, favorite writings from famous philosophers, or famous philosophers themselves? I'm interesting in looking for extracurricular study on the general subject, just to feed my mind. |
|
Yeah, subject. Favorite type of philsopher, favorite writings from famous philosophers, or famous philosophers themselves? I'm interesting in looking for extracurricular study on the general subject, just to feed my mind. |
|
naturals are what we call people who did all the right things accidentally
My personal fave (and mind you, I'm no philosophy expert) is Descartes; Cogito, ergo sum or 'I think, therefore I am.' |
|
My favorite question of all time-- "Why is there something instead of nothing?" My favorite philosopher is Lao Tzu, the author of the Tao Te Ching and the founder of Taoism. He is the one person I know of who might have actually answered the question correctly. "Being and nonbeing create each other." It has something to do with relativity and the nonnecessity of a cause of nonexistence. Well, I guess that is not a full answer, but it is the closest anybody I know of has come. I also love trying to explain human behavior by relating it to ape evolution. |
|
How do you know you are not dreaming right now?
"I think therefore I am" is actually one of the greatest false statements ever made. It is one of the great misconceptions. |
|
"Why is there something instead of nothing?" |
|
|
|
The basic reasoning behind 'I think therefore I am' is this: |
|
Why is it nature to breath once we're born to oxygen. |
|
Media is a system of control,
Find the truth for were on our own,
Truthfully we are one, hand in hand legit,
When the doors of perception are cleared
everything will appear to man as it is ," infinite"
Not sure if it would be considered a philosophy, but 2 things that intrigue me the most are bushido and ancient chinese proverbs. There are various different documents you could look up as pertaining to bushido; i suggest starting with gorin no sho (book of five rings, originally written by miyamoto musashi). Musashi was a little different from samurai in his time, but maybe thats why he never lost a single duel in his life(only tied once). If you want a more detailed account of all the things surrounding bushido as a whole and not just told from one person; take a look at the hagakure. I understand that a lot of bushido coincides with more popular philosophies and philosophers that were no doubt an integral influence in laying the groundwork, but its one of my favorite things to read about; regaurdless of what it was derived from. And as far as ancient chinese proverbs go, take a look at my sig and go from there; im sure youll find more than enough interesting insights in your search for knowledge. |
|
"know grass moving"
The absolutes |
|
All intelligent creatures Dream
LD's 12 And counting..
I do not wish to hear about the moon from someone who has not been there.
Mark Twain
Existentialism. |
|
"I want to learn more and more to see as beautiful what is necessary in things:—then I shall be one of those who make things beautiful. "
- Friedrich Nietzsche
|
|
|
|
But you are presupposing the existance of "I" to prove the existance of "I" |
|
|
|
Let's run with that.... |
|
Well no, the assumption of my existence doesn't prove I exist, the thinking about my existence does. The simple act of thinking is evidence that there must be something there to do it. Whatever it is that does this thinking, I classify it as 'me'. |
|
but how do you know that it's not someone else thinking that your thinking and therefore the construct that is "you" in "their head" is lead to believe it's thinking 'cause they think it's thinking? |
|
Hmm ok... |
|
|
|
All intelligent creatures Dream
LD's 12 And counting..
I do not wish to hear about the moon from someone who has not been there.
Mark Twain
|
|
Media is a system of control,
Find the truth for were on our own,
Truthfully we are one, hand in hand legit,
When the doors of perception are cleared
everything will appear to man as it is ," infinite"
When I was young I used to only think about things. It wasn’t until I developed problems did I start to consider the workings of man. Unlike the dog that gives up after a wile of tail chasing, humans seem to believe they can dissect themselves. Time will tell. |
|
All intelligent creatures Dream
LD's 12 And counting..
I do not wish to hear about the moon from someone who has not been there.
Mark Twain
I love seeing grown people act like children trying to prove their opinion, when by definition (an opinion) is entirely subjective to the individual. |
|
You sadist! no, i'm just kidding. |
|
naturals are what we call people who did all the right things accidentally
|
|
Bookmarks