If some great power wishes to tell other countries what their values should be, and its claim to authority is honestly presented as superior power and wealth,...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,1784843,00.html I always thought Hinduism lacked the concept of blasphemy. Now they too want in on the act....
... I'll have to see if I can write a hindu equivalent of this:- ... FOR AYATOLLAH KHOMEINI False Prophet Mahmoud Is known to have screwed Pigs and a dog And a...
... they ... Sets me wondering just what mental function of the Instrumentalized European Soul might be served by adolescent rubbish like these verses. Or...
... Glad to see they haven't put you in prison. Adolescent rubbish? Maybe. A lot my friends have been amused by them though. "mental function of the...
... Instrumentalized ... definitely ... best ... counter ... be ... Trial is set for next month. Fingers crossed ... ... I'm working on refining my concepts....
... The verses were originally written in support of Salman Rushdie. I have posted them here again because I am fed up with people saying we are too scared to...
... <no_reply@> ... guess that means you dont want to answer my question ... which is obfuscation, not irony. you accepted my Englishness very early, unlike...
... or ... that is, with unabashed simplicity, i love philosophy in such manner that to reach beyond words constitutes always my goal. one reason my favourite...
... manner ... I remember promising not to mention football again. Even as I wrote the original message, vague justifications came to mind, as to why I ...
... I disagree with that. Nationality is highly significant, in certain contexts, and in any case your disbelief seemed to imply either that I was a casual,...
... Of course it is. If want to talk about national souls, or nations and souls, here are a few thoughts:- Kierkegaard said 'if you label me then you negate...
... and ... a ... and ... reality ... My feeling of soul is not definite. The reclusive existence has ensured that if any labels attach they tend to fall off...
... I seem to recall that Nietzsche was inspired by Schopenhauer's insight that music is closely related to the will (that elusive reality). Beethoven is too...
... How can you even think you have one then? ... True. ... A sense of belonging and ecstatic fulfillment. ... Does that mean that he has no soul? Once fallen...
... relate to ... insight ... reality). ... listen ... chaotic ... set me ... the ... I am an existentialist, wary of distractions thrown up by personal and...
... It's partly because of your existentialism that I asked about your idea of soul. I wondered how the two fit together. You were "wondering just what mental...
In response to JSM's enquiry (OPN #31099), with reference to #31079 ... "Sets me wondering just what mental function of the Instrumentalized European Soul...
... I'm none the wiser. I think I knew the meaning of that particular word. One might try an analysis by Russell's theory of descriptions, as Russell did with...
A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect, by Richard John Cunliffe, University of Oklahoma Press, 1986. psukhee (fem.) (1) The animating priniciple, the vital spirit,...