Philosophy

TM99

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18. What you wrote does not contradict nor correct me.

Tue Nov 25, 2014, 08:39 AM

Nov 2014

Read some 19th and 20th century Christian philosophers from Tillich to Kung to Kierkegaard and you will still see the pursuit of the 'good life'. Do not confuse fundamentalism's belief in the afterlife as the only goal of Christian thought with mainstream Protestant and Catholic philosophy and theology.

You sound rather Neo-Platonic in your writings. You are describing archetypes and 'forms' which give your philosophy meaning and assist you in pursuing the 'good life'. Or are you just doing as I alluded to and are merely conceptualizing and intellectualizing away from action and the here and now?

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I don't see how there can be a goal, in philosophy. [View all] delrem Jun 2014 OP

To the sages of old, TM99 Jun 2014 #1

That's very well said. nt delrem Jun 2014 #3

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What you wrote does not contradict nor correct me. TM99 Nov 2014 #18

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When I read the OP Fortinbras Armstrong Jun 2014 #2

I would take your questioned ethics/morality delrem Jul 2014 #4

You seem to be saying that I am bigoted against myself. Fortinbras Armstrong Jul 2014 #5

I was only questioning your language. delrem Jul 2014 #6

It appears that you did not understand me Fortinbras Armstrong Jul 2014 #7

You aren't alone. I don't understand many people. delrem Jul 2014 #8

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I like your posts! delrem Nov 2014 #16

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All I can do is repeat what I said before. Fortinbras Armstrong Nov 2014 #17

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First, the paragraph is your friend, and even more the reader's friend Fortinbras Armstrong Nov 2014 #24

Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language - Wittgenste Jim__ Jul 2014 #9

I'm not a fan of Wittgenstein. delrem Jul 2014 #10

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To defeat a goal? Expat in Korea Oct 2014 #11

I like this answer. nt delrem Nov 2014 #12

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