Wed 17 Nov, 2010 12:25 pm - [quote]Classical Greek philosophy was contemplative: working was a dishonoring activity -- as also unnecessary, since there were slaves to do it. Even today, there are still purely contemplative... (view)
Fri 12 Nov, 2010 06:53 pm - [quote]Whilst writing my dissertation (it was a musicological essay) I was consistently irritated by reading article after article that dealt with my issue by literally making massive webs of... (view)
Fri 12 Nov, 2010 02:19 pm - I found myself curious about the last time "free will" was actually mentioned in this thread; it looks like it was about a week ago. We seem to be spending most of our time talking about... (view)
Fri 12 Nov, 2010 01:54 pm - Guigus' reminder that the meaning of [i]philosophia[/i] is "love of wisdom," along with reminders from various commenters that neither philosophy nor wisdom is "a thing"... (view)
Wed 10 Nov, 2010 02:07 pm - Actually, we never see "what is there." What we see is light bouncing off whatever is there. "Seeing" is the collecting of light and the conversion of it into a mental image. So... (view)
Wed 10 Nov, 2010 01:50 pm - I appreciate everyone's comments, which have helped me clarify my thinking about what it was I really wanted to ask; I didn't express it very well with my original question(s).
So let... (view)
Tue 9 Nov, 2010 08:50 am - [quote]There is a very good example in Marx's Capital:
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For instance, it is a contradiction to depict one body as constantly falling towards another, and as, at the same time,... (view)
Mon 8 Nov, 2010 06:23 pm - Thanks to all who've commented, and my apologies for not posting more actively in response. "Real life" has been taking up a lot of my time, and I do want to give everyone's... (view)
Mon 8 Nov, 2010 06:14 pm - "Philosophy lost a lot of time judging contradictions, much like moralists judge other people's behavior, when it should first understand them, so as to learn from them."
So you... (view)
Mon 8 Nov, 2010 05:56 pm - "'Existence' relates only to the physical representation of objects. That is what the word means. It is real if it is empirically knowable or perceivable. It's that... (view)
