Philosophy - February 2007

worth living?

2007-02-22 18:10:16 · 9 answers · asked by onemark1966 2

I heard the question and found it interesting. I prefer to love, then to be loved.

2007-02-22 18:07:30 · 12 answers · asked by Cochran 6

I have read somewhere that dogs will protect you even if it means dying. They call this an emotion greater than love. Anybody agree? Feel free to write comments, notes, comments that disagree, anything, etc.

2007-02-22 17:35:35 · 17 answers · asked by John 4

2007-02-22 17:18:59 · 22 answers · asked by Sangeeta C 2

Isn't that an parauniversalanamoly, or something?

2007-02-22 17:14:34 · 8 answers · asked by kushman13 2

2007-02-22 16:42:12 · 10 answers · asked by Sophia 1

I mean come on, whats the worst that could happen of any situation? Torture? Death? Yeah right, like those things can hurt you [(Spiritually/Mentally)Maybe mentally if you arnt spiritual enough?] you will end up in the same place no matter what happens to you, your defined by the actions you make not the actions made against you right?

2007-02-22 16:40:33 · 14 answers · asked by Jeff w 2

I have no reason to be depressed... a new home on 12 acres, a job, many blessings all around... but the Winter Blues have me down and out and I can't seem to beat 'em. Any suggestions?

2007-02-22 16:40:18 · 9 answers · asked by Raaven 1

is it worth it all in the end? and please, no answers relating to god

2007-02-22 16:34:45 · 13 answers · asked by cognition 3

i have 400 dollars to spend what should i use it on (please no investment advice)

2007-02-22 16:27:26 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

Can someone please explain the part where Russell uses Bismark as an example?

"But we know that there is an object B, called Bismark, and that B was an astute diplomatist. We can only describe the proposition we should like to affirm, namely, 'B was an astute diplomatist', where B is the object which was Bismarck. If we are describing Bismarck as 'the first Chancellor of the German Empire', the proposition we should like to affirm may be described as 'the proposition asserting, concerning the actual object which was the first Chancellor of the German Empire, that this object was an astute diplomatist'."

2007-02-22 16:14:47 · 1 answers · asked by Brian L 2

Recently I read a quote as follows:

WE ARE SPIRITUAL BEINGS GOING THROUGH A
TEMPORARY HUMAN EXPERIENCE.

Many thoughts raced through my mind but most perplexing question was,
how do you classify human experience vs spiritual one?

Anyone has any answers? if so include examples and justify your
reasoning of classification.

2007-02-22 16:06:26 · 20 answers · asked by snehesh 2

2007-02-22 15:52:23 · 8 answers · asked by lee f 5

2007-02-22 15:51:38 · 24 answers · asked by arum 3

Doesn't matter- fiction or non. Just something that will be stimulating and engrossing. I haven't read a good book in a long time.

2007-02-22 15:32:28 · 18 answers · asked by Sugarbaby 2

people sat and ignored the fact that there were older people being tossed about on the bus and none of them offered their seats to them. They were oblivious-on their cell phones, i-pods, etc. and it was as if the very thought of being courteous, considerate, or respectful wasn't even a part of their make-up. It really saddened me deeply that this society is so warped in what matters and what children are taught/not taught. So, where are aging populations treated with respect and it would be a given that a bus seat would be offered, by all the kids, without a blink of an eye?

2007-02-22 15:16:55 · 16 answers · asked by birdy 3

If there are infinite possibilities, then there is a chance that there is an exact replica of earth somewhere in the universe, with me asking this same question, right?

2007-02-22 15:12:46 · 16 answers · asked by kushman13 2

India is a spiritual country. Everyone follows the path of religion or sect, be it Hinduism, Islam, Chritianity, Sikhism, Jainism, Buddism etc. We have many spiritual leaders in all relisgions and sects and each spirtual leader have big amount of followers. They have their centers spread over not only in India but entire world. The followers of each spiritual leaders pray them like God or their messanger and follow their advise seriously. The followers travel long distaces to just have glimpse and listen the teachings of their spiritual leader. These followers are commited to their spiritual leader. So, the question is, why not our spiritual leaders advise their followers to adopt to honesty and reject curruption?

Dear friends, It is possible that your answers and awarenes will awaken the conscientiousness of our spiritual leaders and they shall advise their desciples to reject curruption and help in beautifying India.

2007-02-22 15:12:06 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-22 15:10:40 · 13 answers · asked by robert s 1

I have been trying to discribe friendship in terms of what it is. The problem is that I keep hitting a wall, I can discribe what friendship (i.e. best friends, great mates, etc.) looks like (what it does) for example a friend is there for you when you are down but I can not for the life of me discribe what it is. I am talking about unselfish (true) friendship here.

A though hit me a little while ago that friendship is a form of love (the hebrews called it ahgarpah [AH-gar-pay] I believe) that we feel for a person after spending a bit of time with them. But this then leaves open the door for other questions like 'If friendship is a form of love then what it romantic love nothing more than a biological drive to reproduce dressed up by our society?' Questions that are hard to answer whitout a starting point.


So my question is what is friendship, not what it looks like but what is it? AND If frienship is a form of love what does that say about other forms of love?

2007-02-22 15:04:23 · 3 answers · asked by Arthur N 4

how about ...'heaven hath no bliss like a woman charmed'...?

2007-02-22 14:46:22 · 9 answers · asked by Featherman 5

i always have dreams where people are geting and shot and killed at the mall.

2007-02-22 14:32:29 · 7 answers · asked by rattles n shakes 1

2007-02-22 14:21:28 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-22 14:17:19 · 31 answers · asked by what ever ? 2

Using principles of argument given by the philosophy of logic, is it possible to refute existence itself?

People refute the existence of many things, including the existence of God. But I have always understood "God" to be the personification of Existence itself. How can anyone refute Existence?

Before you answer, remember: the existence of God is not my question, but the existence of existence.

The obstacle that I find is that the concept of existence is synonymous with all forms of the concept "to be". Hrm.

2007-02-22 14:13:19 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is it possible that what we call mental illness, might be a gift?

2007-02-22 14:10:44 · 3 answers · asked by koningin_bloemkool 1

Does any one know some great poems that kinda express sadness and depression and some that just say everything about life and that might help u get throught the day?? Thanx!

2007-02-22 13:59:10 · 6 answers · asked by Jaime D 2

Or is it cyclical (Oswald Spengler)? Or dialectical (Hegel)? Or subject to drastic effects of unpredictable causes (Bertrand Russell)? Is there such a thing as gradual progress (Gordon Childe) and is there justification for faith in human self-perfectibility (the Humanists)? what is your take on the course of history?

2007-02-22 13:52:11 · 4 answers · asked by fra59e 4

Are there degrees of life? If yes, what are they?
There are five degrees of life.

The first degree of life is as we live here and now, which is bound by certain conditions.

The second degree of life is manifested in the lives of Khadr and Elijah. This second degree is to some certain extent free in that those who have it can be present in different places at the same time, and their life is not bound by the necessities that bind ordinary human life. Like us, they may eat and drink at times but, unlike us, they do not have to. The experiences that some godly persons who are able to discern the hidden truths have had with Khadr are enough to illuminate and prove this degree of life. Further, one of the spiritual degrees or stations which saints reach in their spiritual journeys is called ‘the station of Khadr’. A saint who has attained this degree may meet Khadr and be directly instructed by him. Indeed, it sometimes even happens that one who holds this station is mistaken for Khadr himself.

The third degree of life is manifested in the lives of the Prophets Jesus and Enoch, peace be upon them. These two prophets live in heaven free of the necessities of human life, in their worldly (corporal) bodies which, however, have acquired some sort of refinement and luminosity. The Prophet Muham-mad, upon him be peace and blessings, is reported to have said: Jesus will come back to the world before the end of time and follow the Shari‘a of Muhammad. This hadith implies that the religion of the followers of Jesus, that is, Christianity, will be purified of the polytheistic elements and superstitions that have found a way into it over time, and will ultimately join Islam. Consequently, this chosen way of God, or the true Religion will eradicate with ‘the sword of revelation’ the trends to disbelief and absolute materialism established by natural philosophy.

The fourth degree of life is the life of martyrs. Some Qur’anic verses state explicitly that martyrs enjoy a higher degree of life than the dead who are not martyrs. Since martyrs have sacrificed their life in His way, God Almighty has granted them an intermediate life that resembles the worldly life but without its pains and troubles. Martyrs do not feel the pangs of death. They do not know themselves to be dead; instead, they consider themselves to be transferred into a better world and enjoy perfect happiness. By contrast, the dead are aware that they are dead, although their souls are eternal; also, the pleasures they experience in the intermediate life are less than what is enjoyed by the martyrs. The difference can be explained by this analogy:

In a dream, two men enter a palace as beautiful as Paradise. One of them gets little pleasure because he is aware that this is only a dream and will, accordingly, disappear when he wakes up. As for the other, he is not aware that he is dreaming and therefore feels wholly contented and happy.

This explains the difference between the degree of enjoyment felt by the dead and by martyrs in the intermediate world. Besides the relevant Qur’anic verses, some Prophetic traditions and countless experiences undeniably prove that martyrs do lead a life with some degree of consciousness, knowing themselves to be alive. That life of martyrs is particularly well indicated in the experienced reality that Hamza, again and again comes to the aid of those seek help from him and carries forward some of their worldly affairs.

I had a student, called ‘Ubaid, who was a cousin of mine. He was martyred in my company and on my behalf when we fought together. I had a true dream of him. In my dream, I went underground into his tomb, where I found him enjoying the degree of life of martyrs. He told me that he knew me to have died, and himself to be living. He had cried much over me, he said, and built a fine house underground in order to avoid the Russian invasion. This dream, together with certain other signs, convinced me that martyrs do have, in some conditions, a higher degree of life than the dead.

The fifth degree of life is the spiritual life of the dead. Indeed, death is a changing of residence, a receiving of one’s discharge from worldly duties with the soul set free. It is not complete annihilation into non-existence. This degree of life is clearly established by such repeatedly observed facts as the soul of some godly persons appearing in their human (material) forms, and being seen by men who have insight into hidden truths. That the dead can communicate with us in dreams or even in wakefulness is another proof of their life.

2007-02-22 13:46:59 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Just philosophizing about the standard things we all have to endure in life.

Racism
Emotional Trauma.
Breaking somebodys heart.
Having somebody break your Heart.
Losing/Gaining a loved one.
Fist Fighting. Winning and Losing.
Games. Winning and Losing.
Entering the wrong restroom facility.
Car accident.
Being made fun of.
Making fun of somebody.

It is funny. Everybody endures those situations. We are constantly told that we are not alone.
We are guaged by our reactions to those situations, which we all endure.
Just put a check mark next to the ones you have endured and expect the others.

Can you provide me with more of the "Standards" of life?

2007-02-22 13:26:54 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous