Fri 27 Jun, 2003 05:45 am - [quote] Get a sense of proportion, stop sitting in majesterial judgment of matters of personal opinion [/quote]
If you read the posts I've been making, you'll see all i've done... (view)
Fri 27 Jun, 2003 05:25 am - Actually Setanta, I do disagree with you that life means ONLY what you wish to make it. You are ignoring the extent to which meaning is a social thing, starting from the word up... you are not... (view)
Fri 27 Jun, 2003 05:22 am - [quote="Dux"]Btw, part of the characteristics of the huamns it's the desire of naming everything & measuring everything, from a book to the lenght if a sound wave. If we can... (view)
Fri 27 Jun, 2003 05:18 am - [quote="Setanta"]Using terms like wasted, insignificance, achievement, justification--all of these are pejoratives, value judgments which are arbitrary and contrived. Notions like those... (view)
Fri 27 Jun, 2003 05:02 am - I wouldn't say the nutrients are 'knowldege or the pleasures of life'. For you at least, knowlege is [i]part[/i] of the pleasure of life. So what is pleasure?
There's... (view)
Fri 27 Jun, 2003 03:22 am - [quote="Dux"]Maybe the question is what to do with your life to [i]make it look like[/i] you are not wasting the only thing you have.[/quote] (italics added).
This suggests a concern... (view)
Fri 27 Jun, 2003 03:18 am - Yes, fair point. The fact that it is the only thing we have does invest it with some significance! But it is still possible to live a meaningless life. The question is - in the terms that u used -... (view)
Fri 27 Jun, 2003 02:27 am - Will you permit me to interrogate you a bit further on this?
I understand that these are personal values - they are what strikes you as most important (or are these the elemental values of... (view)
Fri 27 Jun, 2003 02:13 am - The question 'what is the meaning of life' should be rephrased:
'what makes life meaningful?'
This question is less theoretical and I think it is more likely to generate... (view)
Fri 27 Jun, 2003 02:04 am - Dux, you mention lonliness as a elemental value. What about relatedness? Look how much time and energy are taken up in making and maintaing CONTACT with others... this forum being an example. This... (view)
