Philosophy - November 2007

"Cosmology" can be described, briefly, as Ayn Rand's "sense of life," or to paraphrase Marcus Aurelius, to know what the universe is, who you are, and what your place is in the universe as you understand it to be.
Every character in "Moby Dick" says something cosmological almost every time he opens his mouth, including the preacher who climbs the pulpit before Ahab goes out looking for the great whale.
What are some books like this one that are your favorites?

2007-11-06 00:17:44 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-06 00:03:57 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

right listen very closley this is what i call the ying yang theory right imagine if the whole world was good right somebody would get bored of bein good all the time so he would be bad and vice versah if the whole world was bad right somebody would get bored of bein bad all the time so he would be good

2007-11-05 23:54:58 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-05 23:52:30 · 11 answers · asked by Song bird 5

2007-11-05 23:50:32 · 11 answers · asked by andyroo628 2

Is it more of a positive (best place), negative (worst place), or ironic (both)? Please expound your answer.

2007-11-05 23:41:56 · 3 answers · asked by sinu2_kaya 2

have a college paper due, and my mind is already fried from my other assignments. If someone knowledgeable in this field could help me, that would be much appreciated.

Maybe a summary or explanation of this work in simple terms, or links to websites that could help me out with. His stance on objective and subjective perpectives. Which is the truer perspective? Or could objective be compatible with objetive? Thanks again.

2007-11-05 23:15:17 · 2 answers · asked by Blackeye Battery 2

2007-11-05 22:20:15 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

that we are brought in this world to have fun and do what pleases us?

if yes when does our freedom stop, if ever? do we have the right to hurt someone in order to have fun?

if not what is your opinion?

2007-11-05 22:03:41 · 9 answers · asked by ele 5

I prefer to have mp3 audio or the Text or Yenthram

2007-11-05 21:13:04 · 1 answers · asked by angel 1

Just felt like asking

2007-11-05 21:05:38 · 11 answers · asked by LiTtLe MiSs 1

And if not, why not? (Assuming you could get away with it--i.e. just hop back in your time machine and no-one would know it was you.)

2007-11-05 20:42:07 · 17 answers · asked by 2kool4u 5

2007-11-05 20:41:07 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Dont u think nothingness is better than the pain and suffering that we have to go through on a daily basis?

2007-11-05 20:22:56 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-05 20:02:20 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

no dictionary definitions here, just what you truly and honestly think.

2007-11-05 19:41:48 · 11 answers · asked by bam_bam_brambles 1

Please chose from the following:
Super Volcanoes, methane erruptions, asteroids, Artificial Intelligence ('super intelligent machines grasping the idea that they've been slaves to human kind, i.e. robots), epidemic (killer viruses), aliens, nuclear world war (WWIII), gamma-ray bursts, and most likely global warming.

2007-11-05 19:37:24 · 29 answers · asked by abefresh77 2

Often when people say 'my favourite colour is black!' there is always someone to say 'black isn't a colour its a shade!' People who say that always think that their Rocket Scientists who have just shared life changing information, however they can never answer my question 'what is black a shade of?'... 1 to me, 0 to NASA

2007-11-05 18:51:11 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

reminder: pls star if this is interesting. thanks!

2007-11-05 18:47:36 · 7 answers · asked by Rhythm of the Falling Rain 7

Thought predictor is posted at http://wwf.totalh.com/tp

2007-11-05 17:51:35 · 3 answers · asked by The Knowledge Server 1

2007-11-05 17:25:08 · 7 answers · asked by idk 4

2007-11-05 17:13:00 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

experiance real life what about clue

2007-11-05 16:30:26 · 3 answers · asked by sundeep 9732 1

situation.

Won't this fact be left out of any ISO9000 document ?

So isn't the ISO9000 document worthless ?

2007-11-05 16:14:35 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Yes, or no? Simple question that has been puzzling me for quite sometime.

2007-11-05 15:14:08 · 19 answers · asked by full_gangstarr 3

where does it come from?

2007-11-05 14:45:07 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-05 14:28:57 · 10 answers · asked by KISS ME♥*´`*•.¸★ 2

1) "The world of madness is a lot bigger than the world of sanity...Sanity is a little box that you walk around in. Sanity is a little world. Insanity is the universe."

2) "The mind is endless. You put me in a dark, solitary cell; and to you, that's the end. To me, it's the beginning. That's the universe in there. There's a world in there. I'm free."

2007-11-05 14:20:10 · 4 answers · asked by dmenase24 2

Please^~^....Be honest^^!
"My greatest which"
"If I could change the universe
I would change the stars
To Aline my true Love
To appear in my life

That is impossible
And I can accept it
But is just so hard
to find a man
That can accept me

If he could just acknowledge
And see the real me
Everything would be so different
And I could be ho I wanna be

I wanna be your lover, I wanna be your friend
I wanna be your everything...
each and in every sense.

2007-11-05 14:01:41 · 13 answers · asked by ferrethause 2

Do you imagine the universe is agitated?
Go into the desert at night and look out at the stars.
This practice should answer the question.

The superior person settles her mind as the universe settles the stars in the sky.
By connecting her mind with the subtle origin, she calms it.
Once calmed, it naturally expands, and ultimately her mind becomes as vast and immeasurable as the night sky.

2007-11-05 13:14:22 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous