Arts & Humanities: Philosophy: “Question: What did Descartes mean in his 1646 letter to the Marquess of Newcastle ?” plus 5 more |
- Question: What did Descartes mean in his 1646 letter to the Marquess of Newcastle ?
- Question: What is philosophy?
- Question: Do you think life has got meaningful messages for everyone or is it just life lessons on the other way round?
- Question: I have heard that serenity is the feeling that nothing is a waste of time. When people ask about the meaninglessness of life...?
- Question: Is your mind free? If so, how so? If not, how not?
- Question: True or false: A high percentage of arguments go something like this?
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| Posted: 23 Oct 2015 12:46 AM PDT Yeah, I got a meaningful message for everyone, and this meaningful message is going to utterly change your life, and your mind will suddenly be enlightened in a cosmically spiritual way, are you ready? This is very serious stuff here, okay, here we go… The most meaningful message for humanity that will astound and amaze you is… "Thunk" (Suddenly, an arrow protrudes from my now bloody eye-socket, and I slump over dead in my computer chair.) |
| Posted: 23 Oct 2015 12:24 AM PDT The sad fact of existence for all life forms (including humans) is that we came from nothing (before we were born) and we will grow old and go back to that nothing (after we're dead.) We vanish. Our bodies remain for a little while, but dead bodies have no immune system, and so they decompose pretty quickly, ashes to ashes and dust to dust. For some people this grim fact of our existence is a tough nut to crack, not realizing that they could just as easily think of it as a "free ride" between two oblivions, and who the hell needs meaning? Just enjoy, right? |
| Question: Is your mind free? If so, how so? If not, how not? Posted: 22 Oct 2015 10:51 PM PDT It depends on what you choose for your life. Your mind is chained by your own will, interest, duty and principles. Mind is to mind. This work of minding starts to a human being from the day he/she came out of the womb. Mind is like a RAM of a computer. We get everything from outside. They are invisible elements or spirits. All spirits (both good and bad) have the dominating character. But God had given the power of choosing spirits to our mind. God cannot watch each and every human being at the same time. That's why He had created the spirits to watch, guide and determine the destiny of the human beings from their daily activities, talks and thoughts too. Your past determines your present and your present determines your future. God has given freewill to all creatures including human beings. According to this, all human beings have all right to live a life as they wish. But if it happens to be bad and hurts someone, they have to face the consequences. These consequences are created by spirits. It's a natural system. After death no one lives in any form. Heaven and hell are only for spirits. Spirits are separate elements. A human being is not a single spirit. A human being during his/her life time is living with many spirits which have joined one by one since birth. They are knowledge, skills, feelings, emotions, interests and everything. Even thoughts are not your own. When you want to take a decision on a subject, one after another the spirits think and you just listen, choose or reject the ideas which they transmit to your mind through your brain in the form of thoughts. A human being is just a robot made of flesh, bones, tissues etc., and a toy of the spirits for their games. |
| Question: True or false: A high percentage of arguments go something like this? Posted: 22 Oct 2015 10:44 PM PDT "You say X is bad, but then you do Y, which is basically the same as X! Your argument is thus not valid!" "No, that's not true, my argument IS valid because Y is not the same as X because the difference between X and Y is that Y has Z, so you see, my point is valid." --------------- "You're saying religious faith is bad, but you use faith that your car is going to start. You don't know if you're car is going to start, so that's faith!" "No, because unlike the faith you're talking about, belief my car will start is based on evidence, because I've seen my car start before." OR: "You guys say you're tolerant but you don't tolerate intolerant people!" (such a stupid thing to say btw but that's for another discussion) "No, because tolerance doesn't mean looking the other way when you see people who openly support intolerance." But what is so good about being "consistent" anyway? Why do we need to be consistent to make a valid argument? The only reason we seem to say we do is because we can't handle cognitive dissonance. |
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