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As I see it, Plato's world of forms is the world of ideas or potentials for forms to manifest through the interactions of universal laws on lawful levels of reality. Consider the difference between no-thing and nothing as the boundries of creation. No-thing is consciousness without content. Everyth...

Of course. This is a philosophy forum and Arthur Schopenhauer is a known philosopher. We must consider his ideas with an open mind so as to further our education. the term you are looking for is pseudo philosopher you know like ayn rand and L ron hubbard philosophers present ideas and arguments in ...

Kayla wrote:is there a point here

Of course. This is a philosophy forum and Arthur Schopenhauer is a known philosopher. We must consider his ideas with an open mind so as to further our education.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Schopenhauer

Who has a higher quality of life than a dictator surrounded by obedient slaves who satisfy all the needs of the dictator? There is simply no intellectual reason to deny this ethical goal of self serving supremacy

I was raised in a devout Roman Catholic family - Mass each Sunday, a weekly block rosary (we played for the conversion of Russia), meatless Fridays, frequent Confessions, etc. I attended Catholic Schools through high school (grad. in 1960). The schools were run by Jesuits, so the education was Cath...

Both the reality of fractions and the experience of color helps me to appreciate Plato's theory of forms. Of course this is superficial but it helps in understanding what is meant by a "conscious human perspective" that transcends the automatic expression of opinions. The number ONE can b...

Veritas Simone Weil may not fear death on a conscious level, but there is no way she could get rid of the billion-of-years-programmed neural circuits manifesting the inherent fear of inevitable death which is embedded deep in her brain and pulsating subliminally. Her turn to mysticism is one form of...

These are excerpts from Arthur Schopenhauer's "Essay on Women." They should attract some healthy growls from local feminists. One needs only to see the way she is built to realize that woman is not intended for great mental or for great physical labour. She expiates the guilt of life not t...

I'm an Aivazovsky fan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Qv_yCI_YKE

His seascapes depict the interactions of elemental forces as they create the movement of water and the atmosphere as a whole.

Hi Veritas In order to facilitate other activities of self-preservation, the fear of mortality of all shades are also inhibited and suppressed to a degree (not all) by circuits from the prefrontal cortex. The majority of human beings has a very low degrees of inhibitions and thus to soothe the angst...

Both the reality of fractions and the experience of color helps me to appreciate Plato's theory of forms. Of course this is superficial but it helps in understanding what is meant by a "conscious human perspective" that transcends the automatic expression of opinions. The number ONE can be...

Very few, if any, appreciated the natural beneficial relationship between the atheist and believer. Probably just this suggestion gives the impression of my being deranged. However Simone Weil, in her usual laconic fashion, allows one to experience the potential for this relationship. Simone Weil wa...