Dear Knight_Will,<br><br>i'm delighted with your enthusiasm that may fire for everyone (also i saw your The Young Society page). You are absolute romantic! So,...
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nesferatu.geo
Dec 1, 1999 9:38 pm
Sorry, I was out of touch with life for a while.<br><br>What I miss?<br><br>-nesf...
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Jays01
Dec 2, 1999 1:54 am
Well, on a superficial level we just need to look to aesthetic movements like surrealism that emphasize the terrible and uncomfortable over the pleasant and...
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Knight_Will
Dec 2, 1999 3:02 am
Thank you for the compliments on my new page.<br><br>I'm not sure I understand what you mean. All I know is that all of this good/evil nonsense does not bother...
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Knight_Will
Dec 2, 1999 3:38 am
I honestly don't know... No pun or offense, I'd just like to be a reader. It is because, when I am the one expressing the most ideas, I don't learn from ...
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cddesjar
Dec 2, 1999 4:28 am
I have an interesting question for debate for all our existential minds: Does existential thought led to Nihilism? Is it the only way? Since existentialism is...
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a_n_o_k_4_u_o_k
Dec 2, 1999 5:12 am
i think "the matrix" contains many existential themes, but i find it has more parallels with christianity. that is a whole other discussion though.<br><br>why...
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Jays01
Dec 2, 1999 5:15 am
Well seeing as how the name of this club is "The Existential Society" and just beneath that appears Sartre's existentialist maxim, "Existence precedes...
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Jays01
Dec 2, 1999 5:23 am
"The unexamined life is not worth living." <br><br>"The examined life is unlivable."...
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Wordist
Dec 2, 1999 6:19 am
I hate to throw in another "ism", but this is the best term I can find to describe my philosophy. I bring it up here in response to Cddesjar's gauntlet, and...
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nandy_ua
Dec 2, 1999 1:21 pm
I'm not moralist and to say on evil/good is not my speciality. Let's do away with morality...<br><br>But i deal with axiology, for instance. So, i want to know...
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linus_from_the_moon
linus_from_t...
Dec 2, 1999 3:36 pm
Have you ever seen Bergman's "The Seventh Seal" ?...
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linus_from_the_moon
linus_from_t...
Dec 2, 1999 4:53 pm
I read through your Theory of the Arrow. It was interesting. Have you read any Nietzsche? If not you should. You could probably refine some of your theory....
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linus_from_the_moon
linus_from_t...
Dec 2, 1999 4:56 pm
I think we should worry about the meaning of life but that we should not make this our life. As Alyosha says to Ivan in "The Brothers Karamazov," 'we should ...
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Wordist
Dec 2, 1999 6:07 pm
The world is meaningless only if we judge and accept it as such. All meaning comes from within. We may be raised--culturally conditioned to think in a ...
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linus_from_the_moon
linus_from_t...
Dec 2, 1999 6:22 pm
The world is not meaningless, but there is not a rational reason why it exists. There is no rational reason why a person exists. That is why one of Sartre's...
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Wordist
Dec 2, 1999 6:49 pm
To answer your question, I have a pet dog. I know that it lives, and when it dies, I will bury it and know that it existed. In this regard, man is no different...
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Knight_Will
Dec 3, 1999 2:41 am
I believe beauty would be whatever makes the subject feel good, happy, amazed positively. This may seem obvious, but I believe that is the closest we can ...
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Knight_Will
Dec 3, 1999 3:57 am
I fully agree and approve with your philosophy. Very good.<br><br>Peace...
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monicadus
Dec 3, 1999 4:55 am
I think tnat beauty is the Liberty to BE; the liberty to extend oneself over barriers of finite categories to soar a sky with no more horizon. The ...
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Wordist
Dec 3, 1999 5:39 pm
And therefore, thou art beautiful, my dove.<br><br>:) (sigh)...
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Knight_Will
Dec 4, 1999 1:52 am
I won't say that women are wiser than men or any other comparison. But I strongly agree that we would all win if we honoured our differences instead of making...
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monicadus
Dec 4, 1999 5:28 am
"In the beautiful, man sets himself up as the standard of perfection; in select cases he workships himself in it.... Man believes that the world itself is ...
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Wordist
Dec 4, 1999 6:11 am
If eyes were made for seeing, then beauty is its own excuse for being....
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nihil_est_quod
Dec 4, 1999 6:49 am
Self-determination is a narcissistic concept. It is what human beings say when their lives are manageable, secure, or have reached some degree of what they ...
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Jays01
Dec 4, 1999 9:25 am
=) Tick tick tick....
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Wordist
Dec 4, 1999 4:52 pm
Thank you....
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Wordist
Dec 4, 1999 5:26 pm
Self-determinism is narcissistic only if viewed that way, and it is pessimistic to veiw it that way. S-D is unrealistic for most people because it does require...
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Knight_Will
Dec 5, 1999 1:43 am
I'm sorry for my last post. I couldn't think back then, for some reasons.<br><br>I'm not sure I can think much more tonight (computer games really burn up my ...
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Knight_Will
Dec 5, 1999 1:49 am
You think so?<br>Then maybe I should, as you say read some Nietzsche.<br>Thank you for read my theory and I'm glad you found it interesting.<br><br>Peace...
