Philosophy - October 2006

2006-10-01 21:26:20 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

When it comes to life, love, relationships, career? The reason I ask is...I'm 21 years old my birthday is in 11 days...and for the first time...I'm not the least bit excited...my best friend who has always been single, now has a boyfriend...the job outlook is not as promising as I thought i would be and to be honest I don't even know if I'm interested in my college major...and this best friend with the new boyfriend was supposed to be my roomate in NYC (we already have an appartment) but now shes in no hurry to move...to top it all off my college sweetheart is moving back home 3 days before my birthday (3 hours away to albany). I always thought that I was a sucker for love and once I found "The one" I'd do anything to protect it...which now means moving away from my parents...the ONLY family I have (not to mention I'm an only child, & my dad works the night shift so I would literally be leaving my mother with no one) and I know many of you will say I'm 2 young to have found the one

2006-10-01 21:13:25 · 17 answers · asked by NiK* 2

Are overman and uberman the same thing?

2006-10-01 21:09:21 · 5 answers · asked by salvador m 5

2006-10-01 21:05:52 · 6 answers · asked by The Knowledge Server 1

2006-10-01 20:54:44 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

in the form of detective novels like Poirot, Conan Doyle etc., currently these novels are treated as "story books" but I think they must be made required classroom textbooks to teach how to collect clues to solve mysteries a skill that is severely lacking. Also all American children be taught EREHWON thinking programme, with the number of subjects of study being kept at the absolute minimum, i.e., dont study anymore than what is absolutely necessary to know, for study itself stifles innovation, flair and creativity, The uneducated "Dravidians" ran a flourishing civilization for thousands of years recording their knowledge to us for posterity we are here for two hundred years and we have nuked Japan , caused unrecoverable system errors in the environment (ozone hole depletion, polar warming, pollutions etc) and we cant even find our way to progress?

2006-10-01 20:11:16 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Again, from the prev answers is the chronology something like this, probably form an absolutely Uncontrolled Gross to Subtle and from there via a Controlled Gross, to absolutely Uncontrolled Gross again which is beyond Expressions and to be experienced only ... like an old time sand clock for measuring Time .. The Visions, the Vedas, absolutely uncontrolled and Gross Pictures THAT form within thru Vedanta, the controlled actions (probably under the control of God or Word, the surrendering of ego and flying high) or can we also call, the controlled aggressions to THAT back which can be experienced only not Described, THAT Gross which the Visions represent in Absolutely REAL terms. Can we say this is the Chronology or The Theme running the world ?

2006-10-01 19:39:45 · 1 answers · asked by jayakrishnamenon 3

Or are they different and opposite ? Do you think one word can have different meanings? What's the criteria then to identify the real meaning of the word ? Is it the decision of the Majority that is accepted ? and the minority dis agreeing are compelled to agree with it or get excommunicated ? Don't you think the Majority did a Blasphemy of the True Teachings of Jesus Christ and created the organised churches to get control over the Majority and suppress the Minority ? Is this the Dual between Christ and Antichrist ? Ultimately with whom the Ultimate Victory shall be With ? Is THAT going to be the beginning of a New Era of Lasting Peace rather than the hotched, potched Peace seen everywhere now ?

2006-10-01 19:16:22 · 7 answers · asked by jayakrishnaathmavidya 4

Why do humans feel the need to create some sort of intangible realm of connection to some other being? (whether it be to God, Gods, or each other . . . .) we seem to imagine our subconscious minds connect to something greater in some ephemeral place.

I understand that this idea stems from human loneliness, and our sense that we cannot connect to others - but are we not going about this backwards?

I mean our minds are the one thing we DON'T share! THIS is the place where our minds connect (not yahoo answers, as great as it might be, but in existence). This is where we can learn to understand one another. This is where we are inextricably a part of everything that is - a mere drop in an ocean no doubt - but a part of the ocean none the less.

Is this not the forum in which we ARE connected to something greater than ourselves? And that something is the all of existence.

When existence is seen from this perspective I have to ask what is it that makes us think we are alone?

2006-10-01 19:01:06 · 11 answers · asked by Ray B 2

2006-10-01 18:41:58 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-01 18:27:33 · 4 answers · asked by Yangtze A 1

what makes humans smarter than any other species ? why couldn't ants (for example) as a species be more intelligent ? what is intellegnce , is it survivability as a species , or simply knowledge . what of all the knowledge that isn't applied ?

2006-10-01 18:19:07 · 5 answers · asked by jsjmlj 5

2006-10-01 18:06:24 · 10 answers · asked by Lucky? 1

we're all quick to judge whether one persons either smart or stupid, but is there really actually a line drawn between the two that makes it easy to see?

2006-10-01 18:01:27 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

70% of the worlds population lives in poverty, 1 billion people have no access to safe drinking water, 530 richest people in the world has more wealth than people from 120 poorest nations combined and the income gap is only widening!

2006-10-01 17:54:43 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

Two people all out brawl. Anyone in recorded history.

2006-10-01 17:53:29 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

The father in "Legends of the Fall" thinks about how manly and heroic his son Tristan is and realizes that he reminds him of his own father - who was manly and heroic.

Then he aks himself if it is true that character skips a generation, that every other generation is born bland, faceless, unremarkable.

Is that true and how do you know if you're that generation? How do you know if you have character, that you aren't just a name that will be forgotten, squeezed between legendary figures? Is there any way to know?

And what do you do if you suspect that you are the generation without character, no more than an empty set of clothes?

2006-10-01 17:52:03 · 7 answers · asked by Shane 1

2006-10-01 17:39:55 · 14 answers · asked by Asilos Magdalena 1

2006-10-01 17:37:23 · 1 answers · asked by rukshana h 1

In conversations, people are often more interested in raising their ego, than reaching a valid conclusion.

Using the socratic method to prove them wrong does not work really well, because they make a lot of mistakes and use lots of fallacies, that, to be rebuked, often make them use even more fallacies.

What's tbe key to gain an argument with these people?

2006-10-01 17:33:05 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

People have started finding out defects in almost each and every thing, even simple instructions of religion & law are twisted to one’s own benefit.

2006-10-01 16:58:56 · 13 answers · asked by deepak57 7

2006-10-01 16:50:52 · 2 answers · asked by Brad G 1

Are emos included in the web of interconnection?

2006-10-01 16:37:06 · 13 answers · asked by Coffee-Infused Insomniac 1

I keep wondering if you change your essence to become a better person or the person you would like to become how would you approach it?

I would be amazing to experience the life of a hundred people or at least a group of people that you could be that person for a day or two and really be able to see and feel how they deal with life experiences, problems, obstacles, patterns of thinking, realatives, old emotional baggage, future years, likes and dislikes, habits, humanity, and what goes through their minds on a day like today.

How, how, how?

I look at my life and I see that all the experiences have made who I am but for some reason life is either to good to live for some or to bad to only have bad experiences for others. I have also noticed that in life if you experince bad things and have grown up in bad enviroment you can create bad habits or even become a bad person. The opposite can also apply.

2006-10-01 16:34:09 · 5 answers · asked by Soa 1

2006-10-01 16:32:27 · 14 answers · asked by abstemious_entity 4

Just sitting outside alone and looking at the stars and the moon... Or looking at the shadows or trees... that looks like shadows waving in the wind. Feeling the wind against your face...

To me it seems so peaceful. Does anyone else feel like this?

2006-10-01 16:05:13 · 26 answers · asked by ♥LostHeart♥ 4

2006-10-01 15:53:01 · 12 answers · asked by ♥LostHeart♥ 4

Did he do Ethel the same way? Or all these rumors are nothing but lies.

2006-10-01 15:51:42 · 3 answers · asked by JF. 3

I am not good at devoting myself to a bunch of things. I either want to be a painter, a rock star or a writer. I am currently spreading my time out among the three. Which do you think would be the best to pursue? (I asked this in philosophy because I wanted a thoughtful, non-biased answer from a philosopher or someone wise at least)

2006-10-01 15:49:05 · 13 answers · asked by conundrum 1

It tells us how we should dress, how we should act, how we should resolve our problems. We religiously watch our shows once a week, and the characters and their lives are more real to us than any myth or biblical tale ever was. It provides us with a sense of comfort and knowledge of another world which might not exist, but could and is real to us. It fills that void in our lives that used to be filled by religion, and reaches out to everybody--most of whom embrace it willingly. Even the most logical of athiests suspends their disbelief when watching dragons attack on the sci-fi channel, and the most devout of christians watch their religion channels with as much fervor. Television brings all faiths together, and keeps us all connected by that mesmeric glare of a cathode ray tube. The televisionists comprise the largest congregation in the whole world, and no other religion can compare to its numbers

2006-10-01 15:35:26 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous