Based on what else, other than a consolidation through interpretation?No, that is sound. — Terrapin Station
Maybe.Can specifically human mind understand the intentions of another abstract mind of unlimited thinking power, given human gets enough time? — IuriiVovchenko
Consider that you find yourself amongst a crowd of protesters. You're not one, but are detained anyway for interrogation, simply due to being in the wrong place at the wrong time - coming home from school.Don’t let the sophist’s casuistry convince you that you can be arrested without committing a crime. That’s arbitrary arrest. — NOS4A2
Do you mean that in regard to the possible inconsistency in working hours?I won't be taking any flights, going to the doctor, or engaging pretty much anyone's services,in your world. — Janus
What illusions imply are deception and deception is achieved through selective information i.e limited perception. For instance a bottle of vodka actually full of water; you won't know at first glance.In its normal use, the meaning of the verb "exist" implies that illusions do not exist. — bobobor
That's a problem. If there is no space, where's the substance? That's considering that the substance itself comprises its own space or space of self.Substance is aspatial and atemporal. — bobobor
I'm not sure how he arrived at that conclusion, but it doesn't really follow.Being infinite, it cannot have finite parts, and being indivisible, it cannot be measured. — bobobor
Some countries were forcibly made up by splitting an existing country in order to weaken it and ultimately destroy.Do you believe that some countries are illegitimate in that they took someone's land with out permission? — Purple Pond
How does this infer nihilism?It also means, that the everyday world as perceived by the senses - including all the finite moods - is an illusion. Save for the one and only substance, Spinoza is a metaphysical nihilist. — bobobor
Are you observing the silent falling trees in Iraq, right now?There are no unobserved' silent falling trees in the forest — fresco
It is. You can be a masculine woman i.e tomboy and/or an effeminate man i.e bobcat.Now if it is sometimes argued gender is different from sex, this leaves additional question marks as to categories. — Fine Doubter
You're off course.My own notion is that early hunter-gatherer peoples got the idea that a pre-enactment of a hunt would help the real one, giving rise to the concept of a magic ritual. — iolo
Are you sure?Interesting fact: the name ‘Jupiter’ is descended from an indo-European compound name ‘dyaus-pitar’ meaning literally ‘Sky Father’. — Wayfarer
Happiness doesn't need to be attained, but savoured.I've been down this path. It mainly starts with believing that happiness is supremely good, and needs to be attained over all else. — Wallows
If you still play, do you still go for electric or acoustic?having wasted my high school years on electric guitar — Wayfarer
Could you supply a quote of this confirmation?Every single major religious text that is not interpreted by man confirms it. — PhilCF
That would be Thales, and even that's a stretch.Socrates was known as the “First Philosopher” — PhilCF
Very doubtful. Perhaps you mean 'championed' ethics?He also pioneered ethics and that the greatest virtue comes from moderation (an incorrect thought, but we will not focus on this now). — PhilCF
Are you sure? Maybe he was simply old and tired.He did this because he knew that if he ran, if would prove that everything he had taught us would be undermined. He would be undermined. He knew that the soul was immortal, and that he’d led a “good life” - what on earth did he have to fear? Therefore Socrates not only taught us how to live, but also how to die. — PhilCF
Is or can be?I think it could be argued that life is detrimental to peace. — jajsfaye