Philosophy - December 2007

There is a specific reason that I have chosen to put this question in this section. I want only deep and philosophical answers that require much thought and consideration. Only a best effort answer will get the truly-deserved ten points.

Good luck to you all! May the best human win.

2007-12-15 17:43:28 · 4 answers · asked by Ultraviolet Oasis 7

your weapon, a nieghbor, or a prayer?

2007-12-15 17:43:23 · 23 answers · asked by apho 3

All answers welcome.

2007-12-15 17:27:04 · 6 answers · asked by Bobby S 3

2007-12-15 17:17:36 · 26 answers · asked by Julie* 2

moment, would you try to do away with your self before that? and if so what would you do so that it would not be painful and you would be for sure that it would end it for you? do you think anyone can ever know that kind of a thing or is it just a hypothetical guess?

2007-12-15 16:57:20 · 9 answers · asked by Friend 6

2007-12-15 16:33:31 · 11 answers · asked by Lost. at. Sea. 7

how would it affect our daily life

2007-12-15 16:29:38 · 6 answers · asked by Ulhas D 1

2007-12-15 16:28:58 · 17 answers · asked by sucidenow 1

President Bush signed into law the "No child left behind" policy. What are his philosophical basis for this?

2007-12-15 16:25:12 · 5 answers · asked by melodia r 1

Philosophy!

2007-12-15 16:17:28 · 2 answers · asked by Disney Ang 2

If you are...what do you do about it? or do you just let them be and say..."it's beyond me! i never wished to hurt anyone, it's not my fault they felt pain!"?

2007-12-15 16:13:37 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Remembering almost breaks me because some dragons won’t stay slain and the shadows will follow me forever. I remember the time I nearly lost myself. My heart was broken and my dreams abandoned me and I was disillusioned and I felt beautiful for the first time in my life looking at my face in a broken mirror by candlelight and I believed in happily ever after- I thought I'd never find mine, and I swore to myself in writing certain things... that I'll never say at all because I was lost and alone and crying in the dark with an open notebook I could pour me secrets to, and I remember when I lost my faith and when I wondered how God could be so cruel and why people keep so many secrets and how I could be so blind as to not know... I look at my hands and I see some of the scars on them and I'm glad I'm not naked or then I could see all my scars and know all the stories and lies to go with them and I know I'll never let go of what I was- because it's what I’m still becoming.

2007-12-15 16:10:57 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Have a great day!

2007-12-15 16:10:17 · 13 answers · asked by Third P 6

By now changing the future I mean you can't alter what you see, not that whole thing bout 'once you see the future it changes cause you saw it'.

By seeing the past, I mean as if you were actually there. No writer's basis.

2007-12-15 16:02:42 · 13 answers · asked by Dice 2

2007-12-15 15:32:59 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

what inner confussion lead people to kill their own love ones? (mothers ,fathers, children. husbands, wives, relatives and innorsent people who have neither help or disturb you in your life.
secondly what do you you think should be the reward for this sort of wicked people?

2007-12-15 15:23:39 · 13 answers · asked by babilmansa 1

Specifically, I'm thinking of a scientific framework people tend to be in when thinking philosophically. It seems to me like when people ask about the nature of the universe, so often the way of thinking is cosmological - and metaphysical or ontological ways of thinking are dismissed as non sensical, as if physical science is superior to any other way of looking at existence in a philosophical context.

I'm just curious if anyone else senses something like this or if you have any other observations.

2007-12-15 15:21:42 · 2 answers · asked by the Boss 7

Be creative people...look deep...think deep.

2007-12-15 14:45:31 · 7 answers · asked by vitraux 6

If you were about to die....and had one desire/wish before you die wht would it be??

2007-12-15 14:44:22 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

money wont buy you love
money wont buy you happiness
but if you could buy it...
lets say... enough for each to last a week.. (for an example)
how much would you pay?

2007-12-15 14:31:11 · 18 answers · asked by daria 4

We're all part of the global community. What can the yahoo community join together to do to make the world a better place to live in? They say there is strength in numbers. We should start by fixing things on a small scale, and if everyone does that a lot of "small scales" will be compounded into a "large scale" fix. Any suggestions about what we should do, or answer with a comment about what you're going to do to help out.

2007-12-15 14:17:40 · 6 answers · asked by conors72 1

exp: soldiers in the military.

2007-12-15 14:16:25 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

What did Nietzsche mean by this?

2007-12-15 14:11:50 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-15 13:59:35 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-15 13:51:11 · 12 answers · asked by Collette C 3

... incident as a mere coincidence?

Or you would take it as a __________________?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYwQe1534FM
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2007-12-15 13:47:10 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

Okay, there’s something going on within me that is quite strange and very unfamiliar, and I can’t even begin to decipher it. For example, I used to felt an attraction towards clothes. When I saw something pretty at a decent price, something compelled me to want it. I remember feeling so proud and good about myself, because I brought the perfect item at such a good price. Now, I’m realizing that I’m no longer drawn to them almost as if I don’t like clothes anymore—but I don’t hate them, so I don’t understand.

Also, in art class I would always do a good job on my artwork, but then I would look at it and think that it’s not that good. A part of me must be saying that everyone has the same potential and could too produce good work. It feels weird. It feels like maybe my ego has dissolve—because if I did a good job then how can I not feel pride, and how can I not see that it’s good? When I watch TV, it is the same. My intrigue isn’t there. I am not absorbed into the story. I am just merely watching and observing. When I watch comedy, I am asking myself how I saw humor in it before, as I am realizing that what we are doing is laughing at ourselves. Even though, I’m not really seeing the humor, I find myself laughing with it. Nothing is holding my intrigue and focus anymore, and nothing is transparent.

I remember when I would read for hours and hours at a time. Just this Wednesday in English class we begin reading Lord of the Flies, and I couldn’t even get myself to finish reading the chapters assigned to us. I ended up reading sparknotes.com at the last minute. Somehow, I managed to get though 10 pages even though my focus wasn’t there entirely. People have said that lack of focus/motivation is a choice, but in my case it doesn’t seem so. I mean just this summer I sat down and read 1984 in 4.5 hours, even though the first 100 pages were boring; so this hasn’t been an on-going problem.

This is what happened to me about 5 months ago:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AiZ.kwoMdJEbMXfjoMarcGzty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20070921211339AAXk5t1

And then I asked this question about 2 months ago:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AqA8KXOs1YSPsO.btVgMP8nty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20071027202507AAEnWre

This question is evidence of the fact I have begun to see more out into the world. I don’t know what’s going with me, but I thought that since you have more experience that me you might know. I am very aware of the fact that all of this might seem strange to you as well, but not telling is worse than telling. Different people may interpret this as many things. Perhaps, some may think that I am depressed; some may see it as just teenage angst; others might think existential or mid-life crisis. And I—just don’t know.

I tried to tell my mom, and she’s like, “It’s normal. It’s just means that you’re maturing,” and I glad, because I don’t have to worry as much.” I guess I am here asking this really long question, because I want a second opinion or clarification?

I feel like a single droplet of water in an unknown sea, and that droplet of water can’t even begin to comprehend its occurrence. I feel like maybe some indefinite trait is emerging or struggling to emerge within me or something. A day or two after Thanksgiving Break, I was reading my math book in order to comprehend the material (I was absent the Friday and Monday before the break), and I saw myself getting up--and before I knew I watched myself and saw that I was making expressions in the mirror and having a starring at my reflection right its eyes.

It’s just so strange. I’m sensing something that feels like a muted heart as if I am only ruled by my mind. My feelings are not devoid, but they are nonsensical. I am aware of their existence, because I can feel them form on my face. If my brain is aware of them-- then why not my heart? I feel that since my focus isn’t anywhere, then where is it? I don’t even know what’s driving me anymore, because I am not driven by anything—not fear, not responsibility, not ambition, not love, not anything. It’s like I am unaffected by everything—just a sense of calm all the time. Neither happy nor sad, neither excited nor bored, neither serious nor amused. Even though, my focus and concentration isn’t there, I am somehow managing to move along. Last Wednesday, I just sat down and completed math homework for the last 3 chapters. I completed them and got them turned in, even though they were late. Knowledge of my responsibilities and what I need to get done is driving me—and it’s the only thing.

I’m thinking the answer to this is just with the flow, but I don’t even know where the flow is. There is no wind, and no much is moving. The words quiet curiosity has fallen from the sky.

I hope that despite this lack of motivation/focus or whatever, I can still keep going and keep up my grades. I just don’t want to keep up with my grades; I want to produce excellent results. Is it enough to only be driven by knowledge? I am a senior in high school right now and am taking 3 AP classes. A part of me must know what I have to do, but it lacks guidance or direction or something.

2007-12-15 13:46:47 · 9 answers · asked by Tiffany 3

2007-12-15 13:42:37 · 4 answers · asked by Deus ex Machina 7

2007-12-15 13:41:05 · 10 answers · asked by Collette C 3

2007-12-15 13:23:47 · 11 answers · asked by Mitchell 5