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Are you spiritual? Who are your favourite philosophers? |
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voltaire |
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yes no |
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An enlightenment writer, eh? Looks really interesting! I read poem by him and it is really beautiul! Have you read any of his plays/ poetry, or are you mostly interested in his philosophical writings? |
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Yes Barcode/cx/cygnus |
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K, how would you define your own personal brand of spirituality? |
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i am sane so spirituality really isn't appropriate. favorite philosopher: charles bukowski |
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lol Barcode seems to be into that kinda thing, but in my own experience I haven't seen much philosophy from the other two fellas. :) |
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Sane? But I thought you were a Christian? :/ Soz man, I joke, I joke. :) You know, spirituality and religion aren't incompatible. Wiki told me. Yeah, I have heard of him, but never explored his work. But I will now! :D |
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Kierkegaard, Camus, Nietzsche. Existentialism is a nice place to start. You don't have to agree with everything said of course. |
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Yeah, my friend was telling me about Nietzsche last night. His work makes sense in a strangely cynical kind of way. I think I might get a 'beginners guide to philosophy' book or something, then go from there. I got a book on Scepticism once, but it was written in such a dense, convoluted way that it took me about a week to get to page 9. I got another one, which is written in a more digestable way, which I have with me. Maybe I will read some more of that tonight. It is still not such a fun read, though, even if it is really interesting. I am reading about Existentialism on Wiki now. Are there any good philosophy/ Existentialist philosophy website that you know of RussellDust? |
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On second thoughts, this Wiki article is pretty long, so maybe I'll just stick with it for now. :) |
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haha, "phenomenology", what a funny old word! :D |
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Nope. Wiki is useful though. I recommend Camu's . I don't know how old you are, but in my late teens early twenties this book meant the world to me. It's a short read. I remember arguing about this book with someone here. |
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Nice one, man. I read about it from the link you gave and that looks really cool and exciting. I might ask for it for Christmas! :) I have never been really, really into philosophy. Art, always. Politics I took in college and though I was interested in it, I am bad at remembering facts, so I did really badly, but I am still kinda interested in it. Eng lit I am interested in too and study it at uni. I have always liked Buddhism, but, I dunno, it kinda leaves me with a bit of an empty feeling when I do the things Buddha says. My mind becomes too clear and things get a bit too much for me. Especially when I meditate by myself it is like this, but worse. More emptiness. When I meditate in a class it's quite good, though. But anyway, I can't see how I can hold true to Buddhist ethics and retain my personality really. But as Buddhism is a philosophy, I just need to find one, or parts of different philosophies to give substance to my perception of the world. Sorry for wittering, thanks for the link! |
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RusselDust, have you read a book called L'existentialisme est un humanisme? |
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there's nothing wrong with a bit of pic 'n' mix. You seem genuinely curious and not set out to impress people. Buddhism is one of the 'nicer' religions and easiest to understand. Shame it's become such a trend. I have a little statue in the kitchen. If it catches my eye i'll touch his tummy. :) |
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haha, yeah, I used to be annoyed that Buddhist things were used to sell stuff, without people understanding what it was really about. But I have grown out of that silly way of thinking, mostly since I reckon Buddha would just laugh at the futility of my irritation if he was still alive. Yeah, it brings luck doesn't it, to rub his belly? :D Is it a big fat, happy Buddha? cos I got an austere, skinny Buddha, post-enlightenment. It's cool, though I can't actually remember where it is... :/ |
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is there a mental disorder that involves becoming irritated at the littles things, like anything that is externally offsetting is the biggest annoyance and makes me feel like punching a wall. |
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Aaah man don't get me started with 'Jean-Sol Partre' as Boris Vian called him. I don't hate him. I even like a few things but generally i think he was a coward. I get a lot of hate for not worshipping Sartre. I accept he's an important figure though. |
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And yeah, I don't want to impress people, lol. I think from pretty early on, I have become a bit humble. Not superficial anyway, I hope... hehe. |
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You an angry person? |
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Yeah, ADHD. |
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"But I have grown out of that silly way of thinking" haha thanks. |
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Oh right! :/ K, I'll take a look at him and form my own opinion, but I'll take what you've said in mind. :) |
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recently, maybe due to crunch time with school and the annoyances at work becoming increasingly intolerable, everything is boiling right now, i drive at 90 mph wherever i go and i'm getting older every second and life is misery and i'm an "angry person" being 20 sux. cant wait till 21 |
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i guess you hear philosophy all over the place, lots of great philosophers. Known and unknown... |
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No, I mean it is silly for me to think that it is bad for money to be made of Buddhism. Nothing really wrong with it. :) |
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Being 21 is cool, but if you are angry at now, I don't think it will change when you get a bit older. Um, I want to help, but I am not sure what to say. Hopefully you'll be able to chill out at Christmas. It's always a good time to just be decadent, eat loads, get pressies, see family, watch TV with family, which only seems to happen at Christmas. Yeah, I am kinda looking forward to Christmas this year, actually. :) Are you looking forward to Christmas, Pulseclock- do your family make a big thing of it, or not so much? We don't, really. But it is still a nice time of year. |
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Any particular ones who really speak to you on a personal level? |
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here's another question: do you think those who are interested in philosophy actually live their lives by the philosophies they agree with? |
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Stress can be good for you apparently. Take it easy my friend! As for the driving. Even if you don't care about yourself, remember you could hurt others. Sorry i sound like a dad or something. :D |
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its more stressful than anything else with my family. we're going to hawaii. it should be fun but i hate plane rides and i'm afraid of them. |
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"Being 21 is cool, but if you are angry at now, I don't think it will change when you get a bit older." I'd like to think i changed. |
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i know im a cautious driver but i haye driving around people who suck at it |
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Apparently 30% of flyers are scared. |
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:( Oh, right. Well it'll still be exciting, right? I'd love to go to somewhere as exotic as Hawaii. Furthest I've been from home is Germany, lol. How long is the flight? Hey, I just realised you can make the word 'lol' out of letters of your XL username. :) |
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I don't have a license! |
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Between 20 and 21? Actually, yeah me too I guess. I just meant it's not gonna make you happy when you get a bit older. If anything, gets more complicated. |
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insufficient info on the personalities for it to be on a personal level. Some quotes here and there, but that's it |
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Hey, it says that existentialism could be applied to ideas discussed in Hamlet. That's cool, cos I am gonna do an essay on that for uni. :) |
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Quotes are fine. |
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No. I mean when i was younger i was very angry. I've delt with it. Or so i think. |
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you'd have a hard time where i live |
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where is that? Tractern the flight is 4 hours, then a cruise ship from calie to hawaii |
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Oh right. I only meant between the ages of 20 and 21. But yeah, I see what you mean. I have never really been angry. I think missed out on the whole angsty stage, luckily. Then again, I was a bit of a twat to my mum most of the time. |
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Greece |
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Hm, that's not too long. What time of the day is it? Perhaps you could sleep through it. But maybe you won't be able to, if you're scared. Sorry man, I am not very good with this kind of thing. You'll have fun when you're there, though. :) Have you been to Hawaii before? |
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no i have not been to hawaii, i think thats partly the reason why im afraid of the plane ride, cause i can tpicture anything beyond the plane ride, so the image of being on plane is the last image i get of my life so far. |
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why is greece so bad? |
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