Philosophy - May 2007

I worry about things I can't change all the time so I'm not optimistic.

2007-05-07 04:55:51 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-07 04:21:57 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-07 04:18:49 · 20 answers · asked by Giggly Giraffe 7

2007-05-07 03:56:19 · 7 answers · asked by succubus 3

A little now,
come later,
eternity today.
An apple full of seeds,
created on destruction,
hardships handed over,
pain is insight.
Angels weeping,
quenching my thirst,
the Gods admiring my loss.

-Unknown

My friend gave me this,
said it was written by german poet,
yet he did not know who.
Did he write this? anyway what is it saying?

2007-05-07 03:52:11 · 1 answers · asked by Eilmer of Malmesbury 1

Do you believe that parenting, education, or society and its institutions (institutions that perpetuate poverty or other kinds of social inequalities) are responsible for the vicious behavior that people engage in, such as criminal activity, or self-destructive behavior, such as binge drinking?

2007-05-07 03:45:59 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

And yes there is a correct answer. Just seeing how many get it without googling.

2007-05-07 03:17:12 · 12 answers · asked by Space Ghosty 2

2007-05-07 03:04:21 · 13 answers · asked by nolabi 1

In this world we find some people very lucky while others who deserve every pity. Why this distinction is made by the GOD.
Are all the fortunes result of good deeds in 'previous lifes'?
& vice versa. If this is true then it appers that" man makes his own destiny"

2007-05-07 02:39:21 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

is it hyprocrytical for any religious clergy to be a follower of theory of evolution & for any man of science to back up the bible's creation? is it possible anyways?

2007-05-07 02:06:22 · 23 answers · asked by enki 4

2007-05-07 01:43:31 · 4 answers · asked by sahir 1

tell me and i'll obey

2007-05-06 23:44:10 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Or do you think there are too many outside influences that we have to consider, for that to be possible?

2007-05-06 23:28:35 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

Would you have to run around telling people everything you know and where you'd been so as to not lie by ommission of information? To be 100% truthful is it enough to just tell people what they need to know?

2007-05-06 23:09:20 · 37 answers · asked by Buzzard 7

2007-05-06 23:00:52 · 14 answers · asked by Marilyn's Sister 3

If no thought is without a generative principle, then thoughts must be predictable.
Do you agree?

2007-05-06 21:48:44 · 7 answers · asked by The Knowledge Server 1

So many thoughts and theories, what's your take on the
distruction?

2007-05-06 21:33:03 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

How about a nihilist vs. a spiritualist? I won't use human vs. human crime as my example, so let's say each one was swimming at the beach, and was attacked by sharks.

Well, the human on human crime would be better, cause one would be more likely to be at ease acknowledging that they are about to die by nature's hands. I won't add details, but just imagine each one of them dying by being a victim of crime, the point being the added facet of not having control of your own death or having died for no good reason, leaving socio-economical reasons out of it as well.

Will the nihilist not give a damn, because to them nothing matters anyways? Will the atheist think, "oh well, dust to dust"? Of course the spiritual one believes there is an afterlife.
Does the human factor (feelings/emotions/whatever) play into it all on exactly the same level? Does, or can, a nihilist's or atheist's conviction, ever equal or surmount a spiritualist's devotion?

2007-05-06 21:22:41 · 2 answers · asked by cpc26ca 1

I love suffering. is it a kind of illness?

2007-05-06 20:35:20 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am writing a paper for Philosophy and need others opinions as well as my own. Thank you.

2007-05-06 20:30:50 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've always wondered why people find it so difficult to say "I don't know, but it's fascinating trying to learn". Others may find uncertainty unbearable?

2007-05-06 20:14:08 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-06 20:05:30 · 8 answers · asked by The Knowledge Server 1

2007-05-06 19:47:48 · 10 answers · asked by Eric Chua Yanshan Maynas 3

2007-05-06 19:44:55 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-06 19:39:33 · 29 answers · asked by Eric Chua Yanshan Maynas 3

2007-05-06 19:23:43 · 6 answers · asked by Lisa 4

2007-05-06 19:17:38 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-06 17:30:48 · 12 answers · asked by PLUTO 6

What situations did you learn to be embarrassed by?

2007-05-06 16:47:22 · 13 answers · asked by guru 7

2007-05-06 16:46:36 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous