empathy is nothing more than a tool to project your own ego on others — Gus Lamarch
I actually agree conscious thought takes place at the level of the individual. — Forgottenticket
Proper philosophy depends on overcoming egotism — Wayfarer
But many of the classical philosophies, East and West, see the task of philosophy as being able to rise above the ego — Wayfarer
Ok. Provide me with a definition of you, Gus Lamarch and I'll show you you're not unique enough to be different from all of us. — TheMadFool
Empathy/love/compassion is to understand and value something beyond the ego. — EnPassant
extolling the virtues of the crowd is also to ignore the nastiness of it too. — Forgottenticket
My nastiest moments were being part of a crowd. — Forgottenticket
I don't see the OP as being the worst person on the board at all. — Forgottenticket
iduals thinking the same conscious thought - especially when their very agreement proves them wrong. :rofl: — unenlightened
Only true monsters disguise themselves as holy saviors. — Gus Lamarch
The problem is that you are trying to contextualize my concept of "unique" as a philosophical principle. - Where is the ego in the Universe? What can you compare it to? Is it something based on a physical world? None of these questions will give you an answer that satisfies you, and the reason is simple: - The individual is enough for itself. The ego, when embraced as part of you - or me - opens up as a field of infinite decisions, without moral, ethical, or metaphysical restrictions; Life is an eternal process of the satiation of the eternal hunger of the egoism, a hunger that if satiated, will also satisfy yourself. — Gus Lamarch
Now you've changed tack, gone off in an entirely different direction. — TheMadFool
Life is an eternal process of the satiation of the eternal hunger of the egoism — Gus Lamarch
Life is not an eternal process. — JerseyFlight
Want to discuss? Contextualize! — Gus Lamarch
How so? — Gus Lamarch
Again I repeat, being altruistic is not a bad thing, but it is just a more "cordial" way of projecting your egoistic accomplishments on others. — Gus Lamarch
Hopefully you are just a young person that grew up without guidance, searching for some kind of meaning, and you landed on Ayn Rand. If that is the case I'm here to tell you that you got duped. — JerseyFlight
egoism is a denial of the good — EnPassant
Your "arguments" are based on personal attacks without any depth on the subject and the discussion in question. — Gus Lamarch
I admit there is some truth to this, I consciously have chosen to approach a person like yourself with your dogma, from a different perspective. — JerseyFlight
universe's ego — TheMadFool
I'm just talking about the individual egoism of each human being. At no time did I try - or am I trying - to transform it into something that encompasses more things than the individual. I have the slight impression that you are not trying to understand, as you do not agree with my perspectives. No problems, good day/good night — Gus Lamarch
Your argument fails where you claim that "egoism is the denial of what is good". Good is simply a projection of the egoism itself — Gus Lamarch
how can an ego be great if it is not complete? How can it be great if it needs something from the outside? You cannot even justify this thread. — JerseyFlight
Some things are so sublime they almost command our admiration with no reference to the ego. — EnPassant
the ego attaches itself to almost everything we love purely. — EnPassant
The ego is insecure and fear driven; it wants to take and posses things that should be free. Life should be free of all bondages but the ego wants to take possession. This is what the ego is, a desire to possess. But every ego knows it will eventually fail. — EnPassant
This sentence doesn't make sense because you ignored my argument in a previous answer, that love is also born out of the human ego. — Gus Lamarch
How egoism will be projected depends on the will of each being, however, I agree on the questions of what the monstrous masses are, what I call as "negative-egoists". — Gus Lamarch
You are saying that nothing has intrinsic beauty or value unless the ego can get something out of it — EnPassant
I think it is more correct to say that the ego attaches itself to the things we love: this is what possessiveness means: the ego wants to possess what should simply be loved. — EnPassant
looks for food — EnPassant
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