Philosophy Now Forum

Nick: Plato wrote that “Man is a being in search of meaning.” Plato did not say that. Nowhere in Plato’s works will you find this. But I am sure that this will not stop you from repeating it. Attributing it to Plato does not secure its credibility it undermines your own. A single misquote can be con...

Veritas Aequitas: If “En Sof” cannot or is not to be spoken, then we should remain silent [Wittgenstein], i.e. subject closed. And yet Wittgenstein was not silent. Not to go too far off topic but the reason one must stay silent is because ethics lies outside the logical structure that underlie langu...

vegetariantaxidermy: The 'allegations' are beyond pathetic, even if they were true. From the Buzzfeed article: Suddenly, he lifted her by the arms and pushed her onto the bed beneath him, forcibly kissing her and trying to pull down the crotch of her tights. Hensley said she struggled to push him of...

vegetariantaxidermy: I don't recall any trial, yet Krauss has effectively had his career ruined. And automatically believing women is part of the campaign. You seem to be unfamiliar with the case. His accusers were not automatically believed. There were multiple allegations and an investigation by t...

vegetariantaxidermy: Put it this way. If I went to the police and said that some old man had pinched my arse 40 years ago and that I want them to arrest him, what do you think they would say? You can put it that way but it ignores what is at issue. As I said, there are allegations that go too far bu...

vegetariantaxidermy: These 'crimes' don't exist for the general public, so your 'stretching to accommodate celebrities' is a moot point. Sexual harassment certainly does occur. So the intellectuals, scientists and creative are being attacked. Hmm. Who does that remind me of? These are the stories th...

vegetariantaxidermy: Some of the greatest scientific minds and educators in the world being silenced by the creeping parasite of ''PCProgressive'' politics. I will keep this short since the moderators may determine that “PC” is not a gender philosophy issue and delete it. There is an awful lot of sl...

According to Kabbalah “En Sof” (ein sof, eyn sof), the boundless, infinite God is not the god who is manifest. All that is named, all that is attributed to God, is not En Sof, who is unknowable and incomprehensible. So, when we speak of God it is an inferior god, limited by what we can conceive and ...

Reflex:

Finger, moon.

I assume the irony of you parroting what has become an overused cliche escapes you.

Reflex: Do you think F4 will ever come to understand that, in final analysis, ideas are meaningless images frozen in time? Will you ever come to understand that, in the final analysis, you have not moved beyond ideas? Even the idea that ideas are meaningless images frozen in time is an idea. You may...

-1-: you mean Caputo or else you mean God? By you I assume you mean me. I mean Caputo in each case. On the other hand, I assert that Caputo does not know this. Surely Caputo knows that Caputo is not interested in assertions about what God is, and that his (Caputo’s) interest is in response to a call...

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I think I know you well enough to assume you are getting a good chuckle out of all of this. Yes?

Reflex: fooloso4 wrote: Your relating of the relationship is, I take it, a relationship between you and the divine or man and God. You interject things never said all the time. Why? Do you not see how you are relating yourself or man within this relation of the infinite and finite, the eternal and t...

I should preface my comments by saying that since this is an open forum even though what is said may be addressed to specific individuals, it is intended to speak to anyone who may be interested in such things. Reflex: Philosophy is about wisdom, not argument. I agree with Plato - philosophy is the ...

Reflex: It’s not about ideas or who said what, but the ideals I am drawn to by experience. The listed perspectives are images meant to figuratively convey to others what is sensed on a deeply personal level. There is nothing to debate or challenge. So the point was to simply inform us of ideals you ...