2006-12-18 18:53:38 · 8 answers · asked by darestobelieve 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Good subtle question.
My answer is neither.... we are the ones doing the thinking.
2006-12-18 19:39:43 · answer #1 · answered by small 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thank you for a subtle question. For one thing, I do not think we have a definite idea of what we think we are. Try asking anyone and you will see what jambo comes out when it comes to describing what/who do they think they are. They go at first, 'yeah, I am so and so, I do this and that..' , yet challenge them even slightly and they start all mumbling trying to explain what they mean, heretofore unsure of themselves. I tend to believe that we are more the thoughts we are having, in a streamlike, uncontrolled, in essence, fashion.. plus the accepted limitation, often times rather uncosciously, of what we can and cannot do/be/have
2006-12-19 03:04:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If we are what we think we are then we are the thoughts we have.
2006-12-19 09:16:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Neither
Our thoughts are just thoughts-not who we are.
2006-12-19 04:59:56 · answer #4 · answered by ontheroadagainwithoutyou 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's the same.
We are alive only in our thoughts (understanding) of living.
No thoughts - no life.
We understand everything through the prism of our understanding.
2006-12-19 03:05:30 · answer #5 · answered by Alex C 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You are who you are no matter what. You are a unique person with doubts and problems and gifts and everything. You will find yourself in you.
2006-12-19 02:57:59 · answer #6 · answered by Nadia 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We are what we think we are.
We are not the thoughts we have.
2006-12-19 03:12:54 · answer #7 · answered by Mr Fact 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We are what people think we are.
2006-12-19 05:48:01 · answer #8 · answered by epod 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋