Philosophy - March 2007

2007-03-23 11:07:18 · 16 answers · asked by Lorenzo de' Medici 1

i agree with a good amount of what nihilism says. but i am more of an existentialist.

this is what nihilism says:

Nihilism is the belief that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated. It is often associated with extreme pessimism and a radical skepticism that condemns existence. A true nihilist would believe in nothing, have no loyalties, and no purpose other than, perhaps, an impulse to destroy

MY ARGUEMENT: how can nothing be known or communicated? because the nihilist beleives that nothing can be known, even though he knows that nothing can be known. so you have a contradiction. how can you know not being able to know?

nihilism also beleives that there is no meaning to life. however while there is no objective meaning to life, there is however a subjective meaning. so then how can there be no meaning if you give it a meaning?

personaly, i tihnk nihilism is self contradictory and a cop out, out of life further arguement and life.

2007-03-23 10:51:20 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

A Grief Poem

Contentedness…
The sound is smooth as whiskey
It soothes my soul and body
To think of things that warm me:
Kisses from my baby
And sleeping while it’s stormy
A steaming cup to wake me
On an ordinary day

Turbulence…
The sky is rough and ragged
I’m wide awake and haggard
To think of what I’m learning
Listing in the darkness
And tossing while I’m turning
The love of God is burning
Through a soul that’s gone astray

Peacefulness…
The sound is smooth like honey
It calms me in the morning
And now I am emerging
Blinking in the sunlight
My heart is past the scourging
And my tired tongue is resting
There is nothing left to say, but

Blessedness…
The word is filled with bounty
It fills my heart with sweetness
To think of all He gives me
Water from a wellspring
Sustains me and forgives me
Though foolish and forgetful
I am stumbling all the way

2007-03-23 10:48:31 · 12 answers · asked by Veritas 7

2007-03-23 10:42:34 · 13 answers · asked by dwforce 3

Just pick one, don't ask, just what ever comes to mind first. I will explain later...thanks

2007-03-23 10:41:10 · 19 answers · asked by jackichanrules13 2

2007-03-23 10:34:28 · 5 answers · asked by whatever 1

What do you think of this poem?
It's a dream I just remembered and wrote down a second ago...

In my dreams darkness is light
In this coma state, my hearts wings take flight
I no longer fear the darkness of the night
For, In my dreams, all of the world is right
Epiffony consumes me
There shines the room, illuminous white
What does this dream mean?
I ponder with all of my might

so what do ya think

2007-03-23 10:33:16 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Someone asked me this recently, and I've been thinking a lot about it. I was wondering what answers some of you can come up with.

2007-03-23 10:29:44 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-23 10:12:21 · 24 answers · asked by i think i no 1

Life, work, stress, yeah sure there's love, marriage but even than we all still have to work. It's a crap life anyway, you agree?

2007-03-23 10:12:17 · 10 answers · asked by john c 1

and has he been proven wrong?

2007-03-23 10:02:01 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-23 09:52:58 · 19 answers · asked by Bayneski 1

Or a person is responsible for the way his life turns out..? Do you think those things are really true?
Noun 1. chiromancychiromancy - telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand
chirology, palm reading, palmistry
fortune telling, soothsaying, foretelling, divination - the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means

2007-03-23 09:52:40 · 6 answers · asked by Rebel EXtravaganza 2

Several years after having completed a degree at university, majoying in Philosophy, I decided to write three books. The first two are on topics studied in my first year: 1) Does God exist? and 2) Abortion. The first one is titled, Is there anybody OUT there? And the second one is titled, INFERENCE subtitled, Life, Love and a Woman's Choice.

2007-03-23 09:46:34 · 9 answers · asked by dominic g 1

This is an old expression good luck.

2007-03-23 09:43:03 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-23 09:35:06 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-23 09:34:47 · 18 answers · asked by gerber baby 3

Faith and Wisedom?!
what make wise ppl to be wise ?!
(in ur opinion).

2007-03-23 09:31:53 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

What is the meaning of life?

2007-03-23 09:30:10 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

WHY? and what does this mean to you?

2007-03-23 09:25:21 · 5 answers · asked by punk bitch piece of shit 3

2007-03-23 09:24:09 · 9 answers · asked by MisterMeToo 1

not a religeous god but a god and creator nonetheless. for example, socrates, Plato, aristotle, wittgenstein, and Kant

the only philosophers that actualy made a difference that didnt beleive in god were Sartre and Nietzsche. but other than that no one signifant.

2007-03-23 09:21:52 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-23 09:08:30 · 11 answers · asked by R 3

Marx (Karl, not Groucho!) said that religion was the opiate of the masses. In today's hedonistic and secular world, do you think technology has become the new opiate? So long as people have their ipods and internet and cell phones that do everything but defibrilate, do they really care about who's government is doing what to whom and why?

2007-03-23 08:54:57 · 14 answers · asked by mrjones502003 4

Is the practice of believing oneself to be more capable than one actually consciously knows on is a “good” practice. Is being overconfident to achieve what one wants narcissism? - Or do you think humans are in most cases unaware of there true potential so this type of overconfidence is a good thing.

2007-03-23 08:50:51 · 7 answers · asked by Ralph 7

We constantly see our lives in comparison with the lives of other people around us, and this we do in most subtle and commonly undetectable ways, often without any realisation. If you want to read my views about this before giving yours then check the following link:
http://uk.blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-_f0Tu4kic6e_K8FnfZnOPxde?bid=349&yy=2007&mm=3

2007-03-23 08:49:09 · 10 answers · asked by Shahid 7

I am a former agnostic, turned believer in God. It just struck me that i do not believe that i could have the ability to think, if that which created me did not have the same ability. So to the non-believers, what created you, how did we come about? If you are going to say evolution/big bang then i ask, why did that happen and where did the matter/energy come from?

2007-03-23 08:41:43 · 24 answers · asked by shea 5

2007-03-23 08:37:53 · 22 answers · asked by would♥you♥like♥some♥champagne? 3

My assignment is to analyze and interpret both 300 and the Passion of christ as visual texts...how will I do something like that.

2007-03-23 08:29:17 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

because you know it's too difficult for U & you'd surely FAIL it.

2007-03-23 08:25:49 · 18 answers · asked by enki 4