Philosophy - September 2006

2006-09-24 09:25:12 · 10 answers · asked by renegadepython 1

I've checked wikipedia and racked my brains but I can't find or remember the name of the essay. I saw one written by Plato, but I'm sure thats a different one.

Did Aristotle even write such an essay?
Additionally, if you know any major Greek Philosophical or Dramatic work, could you tell me? I've got down the Iliad, they Odyssey, Poetics and Oedipus the King...I just don't know anymore, or at least, I can't tell which is really, really major these days. I've seen quite a few works by other philosophers...I just don't know if they're major or not. (Note, keep it Greek, I'm doing a timeline for school and I'm stuck. The text I have doesn't have any philosophers or literary works...its just historical facts.)

2006-09-24 09:10:27 · 3 answers · asked by BassX 2

For me .. Yes
If you are going to make a decision , don`t get your heart involved

2006-09-24 08:59:48 · 13 answers · asked by Ayman 3

Remove fear by removing false propoganda and giving people a feeling of safety. What do you think?

2006-09-24 08:48:48 · 12 answers · asked by meleegc 2

2006-09-24 08:40:20 · 8 answers · asked by Mose F 1

I swear, I avoid living my life as though it's some huge term paper that I don't wanna write...

2006-09-24 08:32:07 · 15 answers · asked by melon_rose 2

do u think there is a possible way for the girl that is not popular wins?

2006-09-24 07:27:58 · 14 answers · asked by Girl 2

If I am a bum and want to ensure my 2 meals a day sooner or later then :

What are the best possible ideas / tricks / creative solutions to achieve that ?

Please help me with your creative solutions my dear fellas.

2006-09-24 07:15:49 · 11 answers · asked by An Atheist 1

Since you can only make a certain amount of movement in a certain amount of space, would'nt that be considered time.
Let's say I could tap my head 10 times in minute.
Then the next minute I taped my head 20 times in a minute.
But yet since a minute is just consired 1/60 of an hour every single day, should we really limit movement to the caluclations of what is consired a day.
Of course the earth can only move in so much of space reapeatdly in a circle.
That does mean that it is travel through time though, it means its traveling through space, yet we measure it as time that takes for the earth to complete orbit that is neccessary for it to complete.
Hence are'nt we living in a world with out time, just the caluclation of movement through space?
This could be why the past can not be visted from the future, because all the past really is considered to be is the movement which has already accompined a certain amount of space.

2006-09-24 07:11:36 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Your beloved awaited for you for 18 years.
But when you got in touch with her after 18 years she just insulted you beyond imagination.

She has also become somewhat sick you know.
And now she has other 2 men in her life who are
sort of say .. crooks.

Would you now tell her that you are the same person OR
Will you just pretend that you are someone else and cut
the communications so that mostly she will never know.
OR
Do you suggest doing something else ?

2006-09-24 07:08:32 · 14 answers · asked by An Atheist 1

You are hungry, it is the time of Fall and you don't own a winter coat.
You have 20 $ in your pocket and you have to
make a selection from the following options :
1. Full meal is available for 20 $
2. A woman is available for 1 night for total 20 $
3. A book on spiritualism is available for 20 $
4. A winter coat is available for 20 $

Which 1 of the above 4 options should one select and why ?

2006-09-24 06:56:31 · 12 answers · asked by An Atheist 1

Please explain why or why not/

2006-09-24 06:52:17 · 8 answers · asked by An Atheist 1

As I am an outcome of a biological process between my parents.
So is everyone else. I will die due to say degeneration process or a sever trauma that my body can't handle.

Then where does God come in the picture ?
When God does not exist why to run after a fantasy a mirage ?
Why people run after the God whom they have never seen or met ?
Why people search for God who has not been able to prove his existence to us humans even after thousands of years ?

Why do people waste valuable time of their life after this ONLY mental concept known as God ?

God is only created by Mind like a dog with wings.
Then why do people chaze this concept as if it was real and waste their time, money and efforts ?

2006-09-24 06:50:41 · 11 answers · asked by An Atheist 1

Given that the present instant is a flash, do we only remember it after our brain has had time to hit ENTER, like in 43 hundredths of a second or whatever?
I myself have remembered certain things better than I experienced them initially, and those were actual events that occurred over a minute or more, more than the present instant -- could that be even more true the infinitesimal event, which is the present instant?

Could it be the brain does not even try to experience the present instant, since its computing skills are not adroit, and correct me if I'm wrong; but the brain just takes the easy way and remembers the present instant -- actually getting a clearer view if it that way.
That could explain a lot of things, but I don't know what.

2006-09-24 06:32:16 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I wonder

2006-09-24 05:46:35 · 11 answers · asked by david 1

2006-09-24 05:41:54 · 18 answers · asked by Annie 2

" Satsangatwe nissangatwam,
Nissangatwe nirmohatwam,
Nirmohatwe nischalatattwam,
Nischalatattwe jivanmukti. "
(Sanskrit verse)

"Good company leads to detachment;
Detachment makes one free from delusion;
Freedom from delusion leads to steadiness of mind;
Steadiness of mind confers liberation. "

Source :- http://www.sathyasai.org/discour/2006/d060905.html

2006-09-24 05:29:11 · 5 answers · asked by jayakrishnaathmavidya 4

"The body, which is made up of five elements,
is weak and is bound to disintegrate.
Though a hundred years of life-span is prescribed,
one cannot take it for granted.
One may leave his mortal coil at any time,
be it in childhood, youth, or old age.
Death is certain.
Hence, before the body perishes,
make efforts to know your true nature. "

2006-09-24 05:21:44 · 4 answers · asked by jayakrishnaathmavidya 4

Key words suggested cognition, logic, observation, synthesis

Think of your own words, or even create your own?

2006-09-24 05:03:58 · 15 answers · asked by Perseus 3

twice I've been in public and women have bumped into me so hard I almost fell down.

2006-09-24 04:48:22 · 9 answers · asked by Zac M 1

2006-09-24 04:42:39 · 15 answers · asked by Arjuna 1

Comes from observations in nature?

Do you agree, or if not, where does it come from?

2006-09-24 04:30:15 · 8 answers · asked by Perseus 3

who has an overwhelming desire to answer questions about stains by sugesting the use of fire and by suggesting that tazars are the answer to child behavior problems? is the fact that i have managed to restrain myself a redeeming feature or am i a virtual arsonist and sadist just because i considered them?

2006-09-24 04:28:11 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

Does anyone know why ?
I will appreciate to know the reasons behind this phenomenon.

2006-09-24 04:25:45 · 5 answers · asked by James 4

It has been known that Gandhian ways fail most of the time to produce the desired results. Why do they fail ?

2006-09-24 04:23:13 · 5 answers · asked by James 4

2006-09-24 04:18:23 · 32 answers · asked by ravindra1969 1

When Mahatma Gandhi was almost a senior citizen he slept naked with 2 naked youg females at least one of them was his niece.

Does anyone know why he did that ? What is the explanation for such a behavior by Mahatma ? Do you think the explanation is enough to justify sleeping with young niece like this ? What about the niece ?

2006-09-24 04:18:17 · 3 answers · asked by James 4

2006-09-24 03:30:05 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

if i ask 2 people(with the same level of intelegent and life conditions) an advice and both of them had the same experience about something but each of them had different conviction different opinion about it ....who is right n whos wrong...
our opinions r based on our experiences so is it" right"or is it really usefull to take advices from other people,i mean about life things not scientific or religious things....while at the end we follow what we like in the begining ........

2006-09-24 03:26:36 · 8 answers · asked by ink 2

For the benefit of the young ones, I have mentioned Sturgeon's Law here many times, and described it most times. Now, for those who have known it for awhile, perhaps through science fiction fandom, do you remember any of the corollaries that went around the convention circuit? Or have you written any of your own over the years? My only one is Sturgeon's Law of Advertising: 99.99. . . percent estimate.

2006-09-24 02:57:59 · 2 answers · asked by auntb93again 7