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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The Importance of Philosophy |
| Cato Publius |
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Posted: 17 Apr 2015, 7:57 pm
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Replies: 20
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| I have realized since writing this that it sounds like I am attacking philosophy, as I never really say why it is useful. However I do stand by the fact that it is very useful, which is why I am sarcastic towards Locke in this introduction, as he marginalized it. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The Importance of Philosophy |
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Posted: 17 Apr 2015, 12:40 pm
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| Introduction: The Importance of Philosophy Both Locke and More reduced and marginalized philosophy to something of a profession to solve the little quirks in everyday life which are not too profound; leading to the conclusion that philosophy is useless, as at its core it is to think profoundly in or... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Was Satan wrong to demand equal rights in heaven? |
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Posted: 06 Apr 2015, 5:36 pm
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| The Satan story of the bible* Talk about spoonerism. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Was Satan wrong to demand equal rights in heaven? |
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Posted: 06 Apr 2015, 1:42 pm
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| Was Satan wrong to demand equal rights in heaven? Heaven, from what we can speculate, seems to be a system that some would call a tyranny as no one was allowed to question anything or ask for change in leadership or policies. Was Satan and the third of angels who rejected tyranny wrong to demand eq... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Was Socrates Autistic? |
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Posted: 06 Apr 2015, 1:39 pm
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Replies: 35
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| I'm sorry but I have never encountered someone that was so crippled by social awkwardness that they had to displace themselves from the social situation entirely, or possibly prepare for it alone in reflection. :roll: And again, its speculation, its fun. I am not here claiming to have a diagnosis f... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Was Socrates Autistic? |
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Posted: 06 Apr 2015, 12:49 am
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Replies: 35
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I need to try it some time. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Was Satan wrong to demand equal rights in heaven? |
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Posted: 05 Apr 2015, 11:27 pm
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| Was Satan wrong to demand equal rights in heaven? Heaven, from what we can speculate, seems to be a system that some would call a tyranny as no one was allowed to question anything or ask for change in leadership or policies. Was Satan and the third of angels who rejected tyranny wrong to demand eq... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Was Socrates Autistic? |
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Posted: 05 Apr 2015, 11:21 pm
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Replies: 35
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| Also hearing more about Socratic questioning, I am not sure if I have ever done it. I know I have tried, but I am not sure if it was successful, more than likely not. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Was Socrates Autistic? |
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Posted: 05 Apr 2015, 10:34 pm
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Replies: 35
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"I am extremely uneducated on this matter, but I am just bringing it up out of interest of "what if.""
I am posting in the philosophy section, am I not? |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Was Socrates Autistic? |
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Posted: 05 Apr 2015, 10:27 pm
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Replies: 35
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| I'm sorry but I have never encountered someone that was so crippled by social awkwardness that they had to displace themselves from the social situation entirely, or possibly prepare for it alone in reflection. :roll: And again, its speculation, its fun. I am not here claiming to have a diagnosis fo... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Was Socrates Autistic? |
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Posted: 05 Apr 2015, 8:10 pm
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Replies: 35
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ooOoOoOAnaOoOoOoo wrote: A friend of mine shared with me how to use Socratic Questioning on antagonistic people and it does confound them. So whenever someone becomes antagonistic toward me, that's when I start Socratic Questioning, then they are like, "huh?"
That sounds great. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Was Socrates Autistic? |
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Posted: 05 Apr 2015, 8:01 pm
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| The way Socrates wanted to be the gadfly to bite Athens in the hind can be thought of as autistic thinking. A lot of autistic people don't think that way, and plenty of non-autistic people DO have that way of thinking. There isn't anything about autism that intrinsically compels a person to be a ga... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Was Socrates Autistic? |
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Posted: 04 Apr 2015, 3:15 pm
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Replies: 35
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Thanks for the post @aghogday.
Interesting stuff... I failed to connect this reading with the idea of the Daimon, that seems to add an element to this. |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: No desire to socialize |
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Posted: 04 Apr 2015, 4:02 am
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| Wouldn't the fact that you get lonely at least indicate Some desire to socialise? I just realized the mistake I made when I re-read my original post. I meant to write that in the past it created issues, but as of lately there have been no issues of loneliness whatsoever; I feel at peace when in iso... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Was Socrates Autistic? |
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Posted: 04 Apr 2015, 1:49 am
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Replies: 35
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| Just as a disclaimer, I am extremely uneducated on this matter, but I am just bringing it up out of interest of "what if." There has been speculation that many philosophers have some form of autism, from Nietzsche to Schopenhauer. This is speculated because of the way an "autists"... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: "Fading" out surroundings STIM |
| Cato Publius |
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Posted: 03 Apr 2015, 11:28 am
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Replies: 4
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| I do this too, and to my surprise it looks as though I do it more than other people. When I am walking to class I am constantly "zoned" and before class when people are filing in I am sitting "zoned". It is definitely calming, as opposed to not knowing what to do when people are ... |
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