Philosophy - November 2007

Just curious. After college I tried to make my mark by starting an online Philosophy bookstore, but now I'm a computer programmer and have been for 10 years.

2007-11-29 04:18:13 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

...it is human beings who decide for ourselves what is right and wrong, but who's to say we're right?

2007-11-29 04:14:52 · 24 answers · asked by vEngful.Gibb0n 3

2007-11-29 04:00:33 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

how do you know you're real

2007-11-29 03:47:36 · 12 answers · asked by B's Knees 4

2007-11-29 03:46:25 · 34 answers · asked by crystalxuk 2

2007-11-29 03:45:54 · 4 answers · asked by arielena_123 2

2007-11-29 03:34:49 · 3 answers · asked by Zombie: Rebel Without a Pulse 2

2007-11-29 03:26:59 · 18 answers · asked by PLUTO 6

I mean it. No silly answers. I only want long philosophical ones! I have told you this so please don't because I will remove your answer if you aren't serious!

2007-11-29 03:24:59 · 17 answers · asked by Derekanium 2

such as saving our Earth Mother and war.

2007-11-29 03:23:53 · 4 answers · asked by rainbowmatrixs 4

How could there be an end to something? How do they mean it? I don't get it! If there WAS an end, what would be behind it?

2007-11-29 03:19:42 · 10 answers · asked by Chickoon 4

Ive been interested in studying philosophy for a long time now, I have met many people that studied philosophy and every single one of them seemed to be very in tune with who they were, what they wanted and they never seemed to worry about things or let others bother them. Ive never met a philosophy college major, but these people basically just studied different kinds of philosophy.

I never got to ask what kinds they studied, or even how you study it, but I always wanted to. Can anyone tell me of a way that I can learn philosophy? I would appreciate it.

2007-11-29 03:17:43 · 6 answers · asked by David K 3

and realise it's not actually them?

2007-11-29 02:27:15 · 22 answers · asked by Moral Kiosk 6

Help to save distressed Faustus' soul!

Enter LUCIFER, BELZEBUB, and MEPHISTOPHILIS.

LUCIFER. Christ cannot save thy soul, for he is just:
There's none but I have interest in the same

I dont understand what " there's " refers to above,...to Christ, to the soul, or specifically Fautus's soul? If it is Christ, that doesnt make sense because didnt he just imply Christ exists by saying Christ is just?
Thanks for any help, I need to write an essay on Faust and this is important to my work.

2007-11-29 02:23:00 · 5 answers · asked by earswithfeet 2

As in Romantic attachment? Family attachment?

Or does wisdom constitute a sort of detachment from these things?

2007-11-29 02:15:15 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

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2007-11-29 02:04:28 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-29 02:03:57 · 10 answers · asked by jatin 3

if these actions caused someone to not have children, and those children not to have children etc etc... then basically this is a worse crime than murder because those people would never exist at all. If time travel is possible, even very remotely.. then this calls lots of things into question.


what is your take on this?

2007-11-29 01:55:35 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I want to see what everyone thinks this quote means...

"The power of perpetuating our property in our familiesis one of the most valuable and interesting circumstances belonging to it and that which tend the most to the perpetuation of society itself. It makes our weakness subservient to our virtue, it grafts benevolence even upon avarice."

2007-11-29 01:34:04 · 4 answers · asked by junglegrl44 2

But instead: a heightened sense of duty coupled with human curiosity and a drive for knowledge.

Though there may be an evolutionary justification for love: It seems to be a very crude and flawed characteristic - a testament to the imperfection of nature... Ants don't feel love, but an innate instinctual drive to work collectively.

We would not feel it would we? We would not be as miserable as people say the world would be in the absence of love. Arguments from that standpoint are coming from a creature that is already trapped in the emotion can't fathom what the world would be without it - we can speculate, but our deductions would be skewed, wouldent they?

2007-11-29 01:30:40 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-29 01:28:43 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-29 01:25:56 · 33 answers · asked by GREGORY B 1

ethics or values

2007-11-29 01:24:05 · 3 answers · asked by holla 2

when one desires, that one trains own thoughts to bring pleasure upon fulfillment of the desire or sadness upon unfulfillment.

among all the many desires, those not fulfilled are well more often than those fulfilled. why then do people doom themselves to sadness? why not the people train their thoughts happiness without option for sadness, without desire, for a happy person can do things better and help those around?

2007-11-29 01:18:27 · 5 answers · asked by mickael 3

Prove to me that you exist. Use Philosophy. Do not Copy and Paste i want your answers.

2007-11-29 01:12:04 · 23 answers · asked by Shawn G 2

Thanks for sharing all your thoughts. Have a great day!

2007-11-29 00:51:27 · 33 answers · asked by Third P 6

2007-11-29 00:38:53 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

i am not talking about intensity : like more fundamentalist or less. but absolute numbers ? and religios people in total ppulation percentage?

2007-11-29 00:04:58 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

An imposter on your project may have perfected a way of hiding their tracks.

2007-11-29 00:01:26 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-29 00:01:17 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous