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So you're a parent, and you realize that you have no idea how to be a good parent. You know how to be an abusive, soul-crushing parent, and that's it. You'd like to be a good parent, but what's that? So, I would like to show a dichotomy. A kind parent shows esteem in action and words; but a cruel pa...

Like Wittgenstein, I became a philosopher by accident (that is the only thing I dare claim in common, I hasten to add!). For me, the more pressing question would be, given the deluge of meaningless, non-rational verbiage which forms the bulk of the posts in the popular philosophy forums nowadays, w...

What will happen over time ..the creation of weak-willed/weak-minded future generations to come, to be manipulated used and abused within the ‘hierarchy of [other people’s] needs/wants/whims’.. as has been evident in the entertainment, corporate, youth-corps, social services, and institutional indu...

Peter Kropotkin wrote: ↑Mon May 06, 2024 5:41 pm
so, what exactly does philosophy stand for, if not about
representations?
Kropotkin

Successful philosophy is about success itself.

While we denounce monarchy in the U.S., I stand by the monarchy in the U.K., as you continue your Brexit.

In both places, the government is the lesser of two evils. Both governments ought to be supported.

Ethics ought to yield to the situation. And our situations are unique.

Master Morality was a rebellion against the matriarchy. Nietzsche, with all of his psycho-social finesse, seems to have overlooked the actual purpose of paganism. They were Goths trying to be equal to their own women. Or, at the very least, worthy of their women. How, are we overlooking the Domina o...

A. That is typical of the majority. Since the emergence of evolution all living things and humans had been programmed to direct attention externally from themselves to facilitate basic survival, i.e. look out for food, threat, partners, etc. B. But since humans are now endowed with self-consciousne...

Do you have any idea what Socrates' 'Know Thyself' means or refer to in terms of the latest knowledge and potentials of human nature? No, I don't. A. That is typical of the majority. Since the emergence of evolution all living things and humans had been programmed to direct attention externally fro...

1. Your point: Love of money causes us to have to deal with bad assets (polluting, etc.). But this is NOT my point. My actual point is; The love of money creates, and keeps, so called, 'bad assets', pollution, et cetera. My point: Fixing that would cost more money than anyone has and would halt wor...

Do you have any idea what Socrates' 'Know Thyself' means or refer to in terms of the latest knowledge and potentials of human nature? No, I don't. Generally what I getting at is, for whatever the effects [e.g. what are you living for] always be mindful of the proximate root causes and not merely fi...

1. I would posit that assets that pollute the environment or injure people are the problem more than love of money. But why are assets, which pollute the environment or injure people, still in existence for, if not for the love of money? Remove the 'love of money', then the assets that pollute and ...

I find it most useful to apply a quality to the quantity. For example: too much or too little. Of course, such usefulness is often highly devalued if we must all aspire to be goth (i.e. Master Morality). You might say, one good turn deserves another, or, you scratch my back; I'll scratch yours. But ...

Impenitent wrote: ↑Mon Sep 28, 2020 10:14 pm a clear solution looks like water

-Imp

-impudent

I would add this as one of your proverbs: If you wish success in whatever, protect your actual work from all those weasels you just described.

This is a philosophy forum not a market-square. Anybody can claim they have done their best regardless, that is not philosophy, rational nor wise. If you want purely subjective personal views then you should raise it in the chat section. Any subject raised in the Philosophy Section is taken to be i...