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- Sat Aug 07, 2010 3:00 pm
- Forum: GENIUS FORUM
- Topic: the underground man
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Re: the underground man
Sorry for this long post. I'm going away tomorrow for a couple of weeks and I don't have time to write succinctly, just rambling on... Kelly, I hope you are recovering from the intelligently adaptable yet unconscious RNA virus attacking you. The seeming intelligence of DNA and RNA is a really intere...
- Fri Aug 06, 2010 4:44 am
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- Topic: the underground man
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Alex T:
Did you write this poem? If so, you have some wicked talent!Now children, since you've worked so hard
We'll spend a little time on Soren Kierkegaard
- Thu Aug 05, 2010 2:51 am
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- Topic: the underground man
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What you are, is a weiner lost in the intoxication of your own pitifulness. You are a girly-man, a puff, a snivelling nancy-boy, a rambler of irrelevancy. Hahaha! That's funny Prince. Thanks. Hey wanna go play basketball or something? Bet I can kick your ass! (Insert sarcastic tone of voice). Alex ...
- Wed Aug 04, 2010 3:46 pm
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- Topic: the underground man
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(I edited the quote "When you love God there is always time for real life.) Well I hope that just because I shared something personal and made that comment about wolves that I didn't deter anyone from speaking frankly and honestly about their perspective. Earlier in this thread, David made a ps...
- Wed Aug 04, 2010 10:22 am
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- Topic: the underground man
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Kelly: I think you know already. I have a basic idea but these subjects tend to be subjective and dependent on how one defines the semantics of the concepts being used. My questions were not intended to be rhetorical, I wasn't fishing for weaknesses or trying to redirect you anywhere (except maybe i...
- Tue Aug 03, 2010 1:42 pm
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- Topic: the underground man
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recognizing the emptiness of all things Maybe you have simplified this statement because you have discussed this many times in the past in exhaustive detail - so forgive me if I pick apart what you are saying a bit to get caught up to speed with how you "really" view things. I am guessing...
- Tue Aug 03, 2010 4:56 am
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- Topic: the underground man
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Hi Kelly, I agree with all of your previous statements concluding with this: Truth is the very last attachment to be challenged. So my question for you is in what way does one finally challenge "truth"? Is there a method or can it not be articulated because the very act of articulation bri...
- Tue Aug 03, 2010 4:26 am
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- Topic: Wisdom of the Infinite Regress
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Maybe what is ultimately baffling you is not the concept of infinity but rather to concept of zero???
- Tue Aug 03, 2010 4:18 am
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- Topic: Wisdom of the Infinite Regress
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Re: Wisdom of the Infinite Regress
Hi Liard - my name's Adam. Hmm? I have no idea what you're talking about, sorry. This was a simplified reference to this: because the timer has existed for an eternity - is "an infinite amount". Let's, then, for the thought experiment's sake, pick a different number - a number from the pas...
- Sun Aug 01, 2010 6:28 am
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- Topic: Wisdom of the Infinite Regress
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Re: Wisdom of the Infinite Regress
Hi Guest Of Logic, Are you referring to an arrow of time - in which time appears to have a direction – the past lies behind, fixed and immutable, while the future lies ahead and is not necessarily fixed? In that case what you are saying doesn't apply to physics, mathematics, or logic - which allow t...
- Fri Jul 30, 2010 4:33 am
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- Topic: Arbitrary absolutism: the values of the house philosophy
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Re: Arbitrary absolutism: the values of the house philosophy
Hahaha! Oh sorry. I just read that you deactivated them. Ignore that last post :)
- Fri Jul 30, 2010 4:31 am
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- Topic: Arbitrary absolutism: the values of the house philosophy
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Re: Arbitrary absolutism: the values of the house philosophy
Alyosha, whom/what are you quoting? Hi Robert, I'm a little disappointed you did not recognize the "Classic of Purity" considering it is an absolute must in the Taoist cannon for anyone studying that philosophy. It is attributed to Ko Yüan (or Hsüan), a Tâoist of the Wû dynasty (222-277 C...
- Thu Jul 29, 2010 2:35 pm
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Robert: none of his followers taught it of him, and neither Laozi nor Zhuangzi ever advocated A = A Oh sorry. Apparently it's only valid when the followers of Buddha, Laozi or Zhuangzi advocate it? OK: I do not know its name but for title call It "TAO". TAO manifests both the pure and the ...
- Thu Jul 29, 2010 6:32 am
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Re: Arbitrary absolutism: the values of the house philosophy
Robert: What I would really like to have, since I am in fact grotesquely ignorant of 'philosophy', is a working sense of what you actually mean by A = A. When Moses talked to God in the burning bush he asked God, when I go back to Israel "who" will I tell them sent me? It was a rhetorical ...
- Thu Jul 29, 2010 6:13 am
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- Topic: the underground man
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The Apostle is the one who can point authentically to the truth, in an innocent and simple way. This is possible when the ego hasn't developed all kinds of defenses and hiding-places, that co-opt truth-consciousness. If we look at human society as a single ego, then the age of the Apostles would be...
- Wed Jul 28, 2010 10:54 am
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- Topic: the underground man
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Thank you Kelly, I sincerely appreciate the Kierkegaard PDFs, you provided way more than I was expecting and hopefully I will get a better sense of what he has to offer. Sorry, I know I should avoid kinship and pleasantries around here because some consider it a weakness. I used to tournament fight ...
- Mon Jul 26, 2010 3:26 pm
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- Topic: the underground man
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Very informative thank you. I'm sure I can get these from the library. From your descriptions I think I'll start with Training In Christianity and I'll hold off on Concluding Unscientific Postscript for a little while (postmodernism gives me indigestion).
- Mon Jul 26, 2010 2:34 pm
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- Topic: the underground man
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Hmmm... It seems I need to revisit Kierkegaard all around. Thanks for the insightful description.
- Mon Jul 26, 2010 1:18 pm
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- Topic: the underground man
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On a rather innocent note. Has anyone read Kierkegaard's Concluding Unscientific Postscript? If so, what is a brief overview of your opinions of that particular work in the broader context of what he has to offer? What would be your quick "amazon" review of that book? I am asking because I...
- Mon Jul 26, 2010 11:04 am
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- Topic: the underground man
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Thank you Dan and Kelly.
- Mon Jul 26, 2010 10:55 am
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- Topic: the underground man
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Hi Kelly,
What are my PMs and how do I check them? Go ahead and explain it to me like you would a child, I will not get offended :)
What are my PMs and how do I check them? Go ahead and explain it to me like you would a child, I will not get offended :)
- Mon Jul 26, 2010 10:24 am
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- Topic: the underground man
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Hi Kelly,
I'm sorry I misunderstood you. How can I obtain the PDFs? Or are they on that website you posted?
I'm sorry I misunderstood you. How can I obtain the PDFs? Or are they on that website you posted?
- Mon Jul 26, 2010 9:18 am
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- Topic: the underground man
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Just out of curiosity, can we have a show of hands how many people have actually read all seven volumes of Kierkegaard's Journals and Papers? Mr. DQ I think I finally see the main point at which we diverge and in seeing that difference I wonder if it's even fruitful to discuss such a thing. Well, ce...
- Sun Jul 25, 2010 7:03 pm
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- Topic: the underground man
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Oh those 7 volumes are not cheap. That's quite a commitment... I might have to file that away on the "things to do before I die" list, along with being good at playing chess. Consequently, the 9 volumes of Vivekananda's writings are REALLY cheap. India puts out some subsidized editions so ...
- Sun Jul 25, 2010 4:36 pm
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- Topic: the underground man
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By Hongs' volumes - do you mean "The Essential Kierkegaard"? Thank you for offering the PDF but I'm sure I can get a copy from my library (I'm sort of old fashioned in that I still enjoy lugging around a big brick and thumbing through it in my spare time - I have no idea why someone would ...