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- Thu Apr 05, 2018 4:56 pm
- Forum: Political Philosophy
- Topic: The Impending Collapse Of America
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2242
Re: The Impending Collapse Of America
Actually, the amount of manufactured out put has largely remained the same, but, due to greater efficiency, fewer workers are needed to produce the same output. This has also happened in agriculture, but no one would claim the US economy was in jeopardy because so few people are employed in agricul...
- Wed Apr 04, 2018 5:32 pm
- Forum: Political Philosophy
- Topic: The Impending Collapse Of America
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2242
The Impending Collapse Of America
At over 20 trillion dollars the United States has, as of now, accumulated more debt than any other country in the history of the world. The borrowing and spending of money by the American people has replaced the practices of saving money and production of tangible goods. The creation of debt in Amer...
- Sat Mar 31, 2018 6:13 pm
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: Will To Power As Individual Action
- Replies: 3
- Views: 963
Will To Power As Individual Action
The existential individual contains a paradox within himself. The individual, as individual, is not reducible to a set of rational truths."A man outside of the city is either a beast or a god". The road to radical individualism: the keys to the self, can only be experienced or realized whi...
- Thu Feb 22, 2018 6:39 pm
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: The Palm At The End Of The Mind: The End Of The World
- Replies: 1
- Views: 744
The Palm At The End Of The Mind: The End Of The World
Renaissance humanism replaced the Gothic cathedral with a fully serviceable architecture. The living proportions were of the order of man himself as opposed to the non-human monuments of the Gothic structures, which are akin to the Egyptian pyramids with their homage to a greater power than man. I w...
- Thu Feb 08, 2018 4:48 pm
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: The Philosophic Quest
- Replies: 1
- Views: 702
The Philosophic Quest
I was wondering why cosmology, both scientific and speculative, means so much to me; and why atoms and nanotechnology thrill me so much. I have come to a conclusion that such pleasures are universally appealing. When I think about the philosophic quest I think about the saints and the martyrs of the...
- Wed Jan 10, 2018 6:58 pm
- Forum: Metaphysics
- Topic: Is There Eternal Necessary Being Or Is The Cosmos Pure Chance?L
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7063
Is There Eternal Necessary Being Or Is The Cosmos Pure Chance?L
Is the cosmos the result of a one time chance or are there eternally existing entities (usually God)? Time Let's assume that Cosmic reality does have a beginning in time. Then, in that case, there must have been a preceding time in which no reality existed i.e . an empty time. Now, no coming to be o...
- Fri Jul 01, 2016 5:25 pm
- Forum: Applied Ethics
- Topic: Is "White Pride" unethical?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 10218
Is "White Pride" unethical?
I notice a lot of Hispanics openly (and proudly) identify themselves as Hispanics and I have seen some Mexicans burn the U.S. flag while waving the Mexican flag and nobody condemns such an open display of ethnic pride. So my question is: is it unethical for white people to openly identify themselves...
- Tue Jun 28, 2016 5:42 pm
- Forum: Metaphysics
- Topic: The Potential of the Human Will in History
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1105
The Potential of the Human Will in History
"The question is in the end whether we really recognize the will as efficient, whether we believe in the causality of the will: if we do--and at bottom our faith in this is nothing less than our faith in causality itself--then we have to make the experiment of positing causality of the will hyp...
- Tue Mar 22, 2016 4:12 pm
- Forum: Epistemology - Theory of Knowledge
- Topic: What Distance Must An Object Be For Its Appearance To Equal Its Real Size?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3558
What Distance Must An Object Be For Its Appearance To Equal Its Real Size?
What Distance Must An Object Be For Its Appearance To Equal Its Real Size?
- Tue Jan 05, 2016 5:11 pm
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: Mathematics Replaces Cosmological Myth
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3102
Re: Mathematics Replaces Cosmological Myth
To cladking: Thank you for your response cladking. I would like to get your opinion on a few related topics. Do you believe that mathematics (or logic if you like) is a human discovery or a human invention ? It does seem convenient that we can use mathematics in such a way that it helps us explore t...
- Tue Jan 05, 2016 4:42 pm
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: Mathematics Replaces Cosmological Myth
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3102
Re: Mathematics Replaces Cosmological Myth
As Zapffe has said, we anchor ourselves to fabrications and distract ourselves in order to continue existing. This statement of yours might be true of Dalek Prime and Zapffe- a couple of philosophers - but it is manifestly NOT true if one simply surveys the modern historical scene; their Cosmologic...
- Sun Jan 03, 2016 8:11 pm
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: Mathematics Replaces Cosmological Myth
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3102
Re: Mathematics Replaces Cosmological Myth
I actually agree with some of this! Two major points though; first is that you are assuming that the "rules" did not come from a science and second that any science requires humans and civilization. I might also point out that you are suggesting reality is subservient to math when in poin...
- Wed Dec 30, 2015 4:36 pm
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: Mathematics Replaces Cosmological Myth
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3102
Mathematics Replaces Cosmological Myth
In order to live mankind requires various sets of rules. Without rules or the codification of human life there certainly can be no law and order; nor can there be historical moments that are knowable by self-conscious reflection. The question remains whether absent any historical or political rules,...
- Mon Jul 27, 2015 6:13 pm
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: Sunshine Superman
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4918
Re: Sunshine Superman
Hitler won the popular vote in Germany!! That's how he became Chancellor!! That's societies' values at work for you!
--Those precious societal values are rubbish!!
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--Those precious societal values are rubbish!!
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- Mon Jul 27, 2015 6:01 pm
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: Sunshine Superman
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4918
Re: Sunshine Superman
It is You, A_Seagull, who say that "societies" produced morality is acceptable..it is YOU who are immoral!!
"He who cannot endure the sentence, "There is no redemption" ought to die out."--Nietzsche
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"He who cannot endure the sentence, "There is no redemption" ought to die out."--Nietzsche
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