Philosophy - August 2007

"It is easier to cope with a bad conscience than with a bad reputation."

I use the quote for one of my mail signatures and I thought it meant, simply, that it's easier for you to forgive yourself than it is for the world to get over what you've done. In other words, once you've lied, it will always be difficult for anyone to ever believe you again, to paraphrase another of Nietzsche's quotes. But the reactions I've been getting to my mail sig have been pretty negative! One friend said to me "Are you saying that bad deeds don't matter, as long as you don't get caught?" and another simply said "I don't like it!".

So what's your take on the quote? BTW, I don't know much about Nietzsche which I'm assuming would help me to understand this better.

2007-08-01 03:14:18 · 20 answers · asked by Debra P 3

'Gentlemen, it is a fact that every philosopher of eminence for the last two centuries has either been murdered, or, at the least, been very near it,

http://people.pwf.cam.ac.uk/dhm11/DeathIndex.html

Why do you think this is so?

2007-08-01 03:07:43 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-01 02:41:36 · 20 answers · asked by Third P 6

2007-08-01 02:37:35 · 32 answers · asked by Source 4

This can be with neighbors, friends, or family members like brothers, sisters, parents.

2007-08-01 02:37:12 · 9 answers · asked by eoc1000 2

I mean you hardly see this kind of thing advertised in the local job section do you?

When people talk about ancient history they refer to certain people as Plato (or whatever) 'the philosopher'. So what happened... one day they woke up and decided 'I'm gonna think about stuff... that'll be what I do and what I'm remembered for'?!

How does one become a 'philosopher' these days? Can you actually be employed to just sit there and ponder about random stuff for ages? Cos I'd be bloody great at it!!!

2007-08-01 01:45:16 · 11 answers · asked by Ivor Hugh G.Rection 6

2007-08-01 00:53:51 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-01 00:34:13 · 21 answers · asked by mojo569 4