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Question by Citizen Of The Cosmos: What “philosophy of religion” books would you recommend?
I mean books like Mircea Eliade’s “The Sacred and the Profane” (which has been very enlightening even though I am only partly through it)
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Answer by BunnyBunBun
Zen Buddist
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Question by funkygirl123: Philosophy – religion and politics?
Religion and politics cannot be reconciled for one talks about temporal reality while the other tries to grasp the divine.
Critically evaluate this claim.
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Answer by Narcissa Malfoy
they don’t mix love
ans mine
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Question by Bob H: People like Chomsky and Zinn…?
I’m a big fan of Howard Zinn and Noam Chomsky, and I’ve read a lot of their material. I’m wondering though, who are some other modern day liberal professors or philosophers similar to Zinn and Chomsky?
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Answer by Michael
Zinn is hardly a philosopher and liberal is not the appropriate word to describe these two greats. But john pilger and bob fisk are two great journalists of the ilk of zinn and chomsky
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Question by Rachel_not: I need some help with Alchemy? Puffers, spiritual, etc.?
I’m doing a report on Alchemy, and have a couple questions
-How did modern Alchemy come from the Puffers?
-Is the Philosophers stone really a stone, or an idea that could be of any substance?
- In general, and in a way said as simple as possible, can you explain spiritual alchemy to me?
Thank you so much, it is VERY confusing!
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Answer by Gray Bold
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosopher%27s_stone
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Question by ℒ’amour est ℒe chaos: What is the line between philosophy and religion?
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Answer by Toe Rags
The 1969 Baltimore Colts defensive line
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Question by Analyst: What are your thought on this text?
It all begins with the ‘I am’.
The most self-evident of all truths, that ‘I’ signifies something distinct and unchangeable, is not just under dispute in the modern world; it is rejected by default. According to the inter-subjectivity of today’s researchers, genes and environment are the only factors to explain who you are; as if we’re some sort of biological robots without the presence a free will.
The fact that we have a conscious experience of this life cannot be explained by modern science; it is a phenomena in-itself (no, this is not a reference to Kant). Even the (seemingly) anti-spiritual English philosopher, Bertrand Russell, accepted this, but managed his headache by claiming that beyond the recognition of its existence, no further analysis was possible (my interpretation, not an exact quote).
If there is no free will, there can be no meaning of life beyond what our senses has to offer. To the truth seeker, the idea that this life is mainly about survival and earthly pleasures, is simply unbearable. The superficiality of the mundane way of living, the futility of social ambition, and the lack of independent thought, repels him/her so strongly, that almost any alternative path of life, no matter how riddled with uncertainty, is regarded as a better alternative. -As long as there is some justified hope for an elevation to a higher level of consciousness. Even chaos is preferred to the horrors of total stagnation.
Emotional numbness and mental stagnation are connected as plague and fever. No truth seeker can be anything but hypersensitive (not to be confused with hysteria, which is a form of social manipulation). He/she observes more, sense things stronger, and is easily caught up in an emotional turmoil. This makes him/her, needless to say, vulnerable.
Most people refuses to see the distinction between weakness and vulnerability. Weakness is to choose the wrong path when you can choose otherwise. If your vulnerability is overrun, you’re out of options. Every effort will just make you sink deeper down. Weakness is related to will, vulnerability is how much your system can handle.
A truth seeker is strong in the true sense of the word. He/she takes on the most formidable task of all; to acquire a genuine insight in the self and the universal purpose it was put here to serve. The everlasting search for meaning, the rejection of hypocrisy, and the primus motor for all of his/hers endeavours: The belief in a sharp distinction between good and evil.
Evil is ultimately the lack of will to understand.
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Answer by hamihum
cute
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Question by SelinaM: The Philosophy Of Religion – Explain In Simple Terms ?
The Cosmological, Teleological, Ontological (especially this one) and the proof from Human Experience. I find these really hard to understand because all the books I’ve read use very technical terms that make it very confusing. If anyone can explain what the “Proof Of The Existence Of God” in easy words, that would be fantastic. Thanks!!!
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Answer by okprajith
Ok, this is what I feel.
God or god’s power is that energy/force which comes from nowhere which helps you achieve something (based on prayers), which cures you during an ailment, which relaxes you, which helps you achieve something which looks impossible otherwise.
At some point of time in our life, we feel this power/energy. A believer will treat this as god’s power. A non believer may consider this as self power.
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Question by Labatt113: So does this say there is a god or at least a soul?
I will spare you of all the interesting history on the pineal gland I do suggest researching it in modern times and back to the great philosophers etc.
1)You pineal gland is what allow you to dream.
2)In the growth of a baby in the womb for the first 50 days the pineal gland is most active.
4)Upon death your penal gland empties all that interesting fluid(DMT) out in your brain.
Now if you have any idea about the pineal gland and DMT or even not that should say something as an entry and exit point. What do you think?
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Answer by lollipop
Grasping at straws, comes to mind. But don’t give up your search.
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Question by Sergio M: Is ancient philosophy interesting?
I’m a biology major who wants to take some philosophy classes as upper-level electives. There are 3 main history of western philosophy courses:
Classics of Ancient Western Philosophy
Course Description: Ancient Greek philosophy focusing particularly on works of Plato and Aristotle.
Classics of Modern Western Philosophy
Course Description: Philosophers from the “modern period” of philosophy focusing on those writing in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, such as Descartes, Spinoza, Locke, Hume, and Kant.
Nineteenth-Century Western Philosophy
Course Description: Works of major nineteenth-century philosophers such as Kant, Hegel, Fichte, Schopenhauer, Mill, Frege, and Nietzsche.
I’d like to take all three before graduating if I can just to have a well rounded knowledge of the topic. I don’t have to take them in any order, but I’m wondering if it would be of any help to take ancient philosophy first to better understand the later guys, or are they more stand-alone? Also, like it says in the title, I’m wonder how interesting ancient philosophy is compared to other eras. One concern I have as a fan of science is that, back then, humans knew fuck all about anything. So I also want to know if/how relevant Plato and Aristotle are to modern philosophy.
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Answer by Mono
Well Aristotle might be slightly boring, especially concerning his Nicomachean Ethics, because he is the main base for Western ethics in general and you’ll probably feel like you know everything he’s telling you. Except you know, about women and slaves being inferior. But Plato is pretty awesome. I’d go for Ancient before doing the others.
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