mig 22 Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 What is considered your way of living? "Everybody needs philosophy" as Ayn Rand had explained it, it is the choices that we make that creates or destroys man. It may be objectivist, exsitentialist, nishilist, atheist, communist, capitalist, et cetera. Express to everybody your way of thinking. Everyone is welcome to participate: intellectuals, anti-intellectuals, activists, artists, thinkers, philosophy students/graduates, psychologist, or even just a common Juan. Unload what you have here! :mtc: Quote Link to comment
BlackWizard Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 Detachment is one form of philosophy that I had taken for myself. That is the philosophy of awaiting death because it is the ultimate knowledge. When we die, we will know the whole truth whether we were all living a lie or whatever... Quote Link to comment
mig 22 Posted March 26, 2006 Author Share Posted March 26, 2006 So dark. But life is more truthful than death itself. Quote Link to comment
philos Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 Death indeed is a release from the bondage of our human frailties. Quote Link to comment
mig 22 Posted March 26, 2006 Author Share Posted March 26, 2006 Indeed. But before death, it would be best to live before death comes. Quote Link to comment
Wacky Dreamer Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 My philosophy - "We mortals live to become miserable"That's because when life has no challenge, then it is meaningless. Why care to seek for a life's meaning if there already are problems? Our first problem is 'how to sustain life', next is 'how to make use of the spare time above from the time spent in sustaining life', and third is 'how to make more time to use above from the time spent in sustaining life and the time used to make use and using spare time.' I guess this is enough reason to live. Quote Link to comment
Acrab Shaula Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 Philosophy is questions that may never be answered. Religion is answers that may never be questioned. Quote Link to comment
bootylicious214 Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 Indeed. But before death, it would be best to live before death comes.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> what you say is true, it is better that you will experience life itself first for you will never accept death and the freedom it offers from the bondage of suppression, poverty, and all other bad things that is happening in this world. but then not everything that is happening while we are living are all bad. it gives us the opportunity also to love, and be loved. kaya nga you should live life to the fullest and if possible do things for the betterment of this world small or big things will make a change. Quote Link to comment
Acrab Shaula Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 This is my philosophy in life.... Hankuna Mutata!!! Quote Link to comment
kenRxxx Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 Gusto ko na philosophy ky H.P. Blavatsky "There is no religion higher than truth" for myself "One word is enough for a wise man" Quote Link to comment
mig 22 Posted April 11, 2006 Author Share Posted April 11, 2006 This is my philosophy in life.... Hankuna Mutata!!!<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Haha.... Quote Link to comment
Manticore Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 What holds true for me is that being a student of life will cost you so much tuition, but at least it's applied learning. (Ironically, I am more adept at abstract reasoning, making me a "dropout". heheheh.) Quote Link to comment
mig 22 Posted April 12, 2006 Author Share Posted April 12, 2006 (edited) Life is indeed a learnig arena, it is not just confined in the four corners of the classroom. Ah, the pros and cons of a sophist. Cheers!-----------------------"Life isn't bliss, life is just this, it's living." Edited April 12, 2006 by mig 22 Quote Link to comment
archon Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 Life is indeed a learnig arena, it is not just confined in the four corners of the classroom. Ah, the pros and cons of a sophist. Cheers!-----------------------"Life isn't bliss, life is just this, it's living."<{POST_SNAPBACK}>I've got so much room for improvement, because of my specious reasoning. (When will I ever learn? heheheh.) Is, is. Quote Link to comment
Manticore Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 I've got so much room for improvement, because of my specious reasoning. (When will I ever learn? heheheh.) Is, is. <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Hello, archon! So nice to meet me. Specious, indeed. (Here's the proof. heheheh.) Quote Link to comment
bluegreen717 Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 Transcendental idealism! Kant was never wrong! But I tend to move between idealism and realism...I'd like to think I'm not as mature as some people see me as. Quote Link to comment
Jourdan Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 Transcendental idealism! Kant was never wrong!<{POST_SNAPBACK}> agree. But I tend to move between idealism and realism...I'd like to think I'm not as mature as some people see me as. that's the whole point of life...the contrast between what ought and what is. the struggle of course is to either dissolve the dichotomy or reinforce it further. Quote Link to comment
bluegreen717 Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 agree. that's the whole point of life...the contrast between what ought and what is. the struggle of course is to either dissolve the dichotomy or reinforce it further. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Dissolving the dichotomy is fun, after which...nada. Zip. Boooo-ring. I'd rather drive an even bigger wedge between the two, and watch by the sidelines as philosophers slug it out. Quote Link to comment
Jourdan Posted April 19, 2006 Share Posted April 19, 2006 Dissolving the dichotomy is fun, after which...nada. Zip. Boooo-ring. I'd rather drive an even bigger wedge between the two, and watch by the sidelines as philosophers slug it out. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> so that would mean u prefer Descartes over Heidegger? Quote Link to comment
Jourdan Posted April 19, 2006 Share Posted April 19, 2006 what if u espouse the 3rd way? neither u maintain idealism nor would u accept realism... u reject that "ought" of things in themselves... but u won't accept the "is" of things in themselves either... rather, u'd drop everything else and take the "me" perspective defining reality by full recognition of your own biases, tendencies, and self-worth. Quote Link to comment
bluegreen717 Posted April 19, 2006 Share Posted April 19, 2006 what if u espouse the 3rd way? neither u maintain idealism nor would u accept realism... u reject that "ought" of things in themselves... but u won't accept the "is" of things in themselves either... rather, u'd drop everything else and take the "me" perspective defining reality by full recognition of your own biases, tendencies, and self-worth. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> And try to start my own brand of philosophy and gain followers along the way, only to be deserted in the end because they are only willing to define reality by their own "me" perspective? I have enough loyal fans as is. But I would start with the "me" perspective and try to be phenomenological about it. Works most of the time. And I'm more into Heidegger, Dasein sounds more technical than cogito. Quote Link to comment
mig 22 Posted April 19, 2006 Author Share Posted April 19, 2006 Transcendental idealism! Kant was never wrong! But I tend to move between idealism and realism...I'd like to think I'm not as mature as some people see me as.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> I am not into Kant yet. But I make my own framework. Quote Link to comment
Jourdan Posted April 19, 2006 Share Posted April 19, 2006 And try to start my own brand of philosophy and gain followers along the way, only to be deserted in the end because they are only willing to define reality by their own "me" perspective? I have enough loyal fans as is. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> hmm...u can create a framework by which a "me" philosophy can be both limiting and liberating... you don't have to constrict your followers with your own reality. but you also have to inhibit their adventurous souls from falling into senseless pluralism. the beauty of it all is if you are able to create such a framework whereby your followers are both free to explore their own insights abt the "reality for them" yet feel the compulsion to stay within the bounds of how one develops such a relevant reality. But I would start with the "me" perspective and try to be phenomenological about it. Works most of the time. hmm....kindly elucidate. And I'm more into Heidegger, Dasein sounds more technical than cogito. really? oh must u hate the circular argument of the Cartesian methodical doubt! and i thought u'd rather wedged them reality and ideas? Heidegger attempted to bridge both hehe...well, he'd maintain the separation still. got one problem with Dasein actually...Heidegger sees it as a given. is it? Quote Link to comment
bluegreen717 Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 hmm...u can create a framework by which a "me" philosophy can be both limiting and liberating... you don't have to constrict your followers with your own reality. but you also have to inhibit their adventurous souls from falling into senseless pluralism. the beauty of it all is if you are able to create such a framework whereby your followers are both free to explore their own insights abt the "reality for them" yet feel the compulsion to stay within the bounds of how one develops such a relevant reality.hmm....kindly elucidate. Phenomenology requires that you start with "me" (the first person) and by a series of steps, strip the experience down to its essence. My final paper in college was a phenomenology on courtship, in Filipino, and I exceeded the 20-page limit despite shrinking my font size to 9 and reducing margins to 0.5. It was that exhaustive. Now I just do it all in my head. Ten minutes over coffee, tops. Quote Link to comment
maldita_overload Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 (edited) I've been sick for the last few days. While at home, I've saturated myself with Smallville, seasons 1-5. Pretty productive way of spending my days, considering the fact that I had a hard time trying to stand up. During the time spent embedding the young Clark's features into half of my brain, the quarter was busy discussing some fairly irrelevant stuff with the other quarter. I came to some realizations. I realized that Lex Luthor didn't have a choice. I realized that after years of continuous pounding from outside forces, free will can actually disappear. It's amazing what they say about free will. I was always under the impression that we create our own destiny, that we are responsible for the choices we make, and that we should not hold anyone to blame for the actions that we take. Funny, or even crazy, but what if there really is a set path for everybody? What if irregardless of what you do, you will end up in wherever it is meant for you to end up in? Lex was more of a victim than the terribly despicable person he was portrayed to be in the early Superman movies and series. Well, they never offered much of an explanation as to how he came about being the villain that he was. From what I gathered, The most obvious cause of Lex turning out to be such a bad apple is the tree. So considering parental, environmental and social influence, where does free will come in? It seems like the choices we make are all set for us, leading us to a predestined end. If it's true, then all the times people spend trying to carefully plan out their lives would turn out to be a complete waste of time. I mean, how many times have you made plans that never turned out the way they were supposed to? I bet it happened to you a lot. It sure as hell happened to me. A whole lot of times. If so, then what do we do? If we are living a Truman show, then why exert any effort at all? Jeez. i'm just thinking out loud...... Edited October 18, 2006 by maldita_overload Quote Link to comment
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