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New Site
Hi This is a new online publication for writers and artists. It will be 4 issues a year. ESOPHY 'Philosophic Concerns and Other Adjectives' Give it a look at your convenience and let me know if you wish to participate. Thank You S. http://esop...
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Last Post: Jul 20, 2005 1:57am
by S.
Frosty Spring
A pure, humble life is a healthy, beautiful life. That is my philosophy. The word beautiful belongs to pure, healthy nature. As someone once said, “Health is beauty, beauty is health.” In order for this quote to have been said, someone had to study th...
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Last Post: May 20, 2005 9:51am
by radenko fanuka
Captious Musings on Man and Society
Contemporary discourse on political matters seems rampant with ignorance. It is not uncommon to find so-called men of letters confounded by issues about which they know nothing. They speak with an air of haughtiness about people they have never met. Declamatory remar...
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Last Post: May 13, 2005 2:18pm
by antijingoist
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Jamino
New Philosophy Journal
Hello. We would like to announce "The Point" an online philosophy journal of current issues, events, ancient thinkers and their spin on things. Tell us what you think and if you got what it takes we will publish your writings. http://www.jcrubino.net/pindex.h...
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Last Post: May 2, 2005 10:25pm
by Jamino
Have You Started Playing The Game Of Life Yet?
Welcome To The Game The game of life answers questions like "What is the meaning of life?" This Is Your First Clue...You Jack Into The Game When You Fall Asleep At Night And Dream! Here is a starter game manual: http://www.angelfire.com/games5/gabelogan/
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Last Post: Apr 27, 2005 9:29pm
by Morpheus
PARECON - why it won't work
("PARECON" is an economic system that closely resembles Socialism) One of the ideas behind PARECON is that people will consume less, due to a lack of marketing, which means that they will have to work less. I do not see this as being particular to PARECON. That wh...
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Last Post: Mar 14, 2005 8:10pm
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Last Post: Mar 3, 2005 11:01pm
by gyio
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sarah
philosophy discussion board
This is to invite your participation. The link is below and all are welcome. We have a decent mix of philosophers at all levels and a wide range of discussions. It's worth a peek. http://members2.boardhost.com/wbaker2/
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Last Post: Feb 11, 2005 11:56am
by sarah
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John
Purpose of Life
What is the Purpose of Life? I need your opnion. Please take my survey at http://www.survelum.com/life/ Thank You.
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Last Post: Dec 18, 2004 1:57pm
by socal
i am you and all i see is me
if life is just a series of interactions and relationships when one looks back at life they judge themselves not by knowledge of ones true self but by who society saw them as judge president garbage collector. ouside of this they are nothing because they would not in...
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Last Post: Nov 29, 2004 9:26pm
by nayr tnartsipac
The need for philisophical synthesis
I am by all means a layman in terms of the subjects I am willing to expound opon. Here is my attempt at a valid statement, and worthwhile questions. It is my opinion that mysticisim and psychology should be unified. Or perhaps maybe it is already unified and th...
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Last Post: Nov 29, 2004 9:02pm
by Nayr Tnartsipac
pls send me a copy of fred sommers cancellation method
pls send me a copy of fred sommers cancellation method. i really need it before tuesday (october 26 2004) tnks.
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Last Post: Oct 22, 2004 7:17am
by philip
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Midi
Ethics: replacing moral theories with a new theory.
Anti-Morality, Truth And Peace Kym Farrand 2004 Philosophy Department, Flinders University, Australia DEAR READERS: There is only enough space at this website to invite you to check out the rest of this work elsewhere. The work investigates whether we can have an...
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Last Post: Oct 7, 2004 1:06pm
by beans
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irichc
From God's inexistence it follows God's existence
1) Every truth leads to another one. Otherwise, truth's limit would be a non-truth, in which truth is going to find its beginning and its end. In that case, false propositions would proceed to true ones, and true ones would generate false ones as well. 2) Thus, ev...
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Last Post: Aug 20, 2004 9:58am
by irichc
morality?
these days morality is all the rage in the US with the new surge in terrorism the newest of police actions and the ongoing scourge of drugs sex and rock and roll some people wonder if morality is even a working idea anymore. in a world were children kill parents a...
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Last Post: Aug 13, 2004 5:30pm
by hythloday
everything/nothing
does anyone think that processes exist? for example change
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Last Post: Jul 29, 2004 11:50am
by sean
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Matt
Nothing Can Be Proven
Nothing can be proven but one's own existence. "I think therefore I am". The universe could be a figment of my imagination.
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Last Post: May 7, 2004 2:47pm
by prometheus
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chilly
Life
I wonder if life as we know it is actually one more form of energy which is resident in every atom. What life we see could be an aggregated form of this energy. I know that a rock certainly looks lifeless but it could be a very basic aggregation without any senses an...
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Last Post: May 4, 2004 8:09pm
by Look
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tymber
mill, kant, and rights...
could someone please tell me what both Mill and Kant believe pertaining to rights? what is their conception of rights? thanks
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Last Post: Apr 23, 2004 12:13am
by tymber
Really Funny Simpsons Parody!!!
I found this really funny Simpson's Parody. I thought you guys might enjoy it Click here: The Singhsons URL: http://www.ansme.com/reference/humor/singhsons.html
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Last Post: Mar 30, 2004 6:31pm
by The Simpsons
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Thomas
compare and contrast
Hello Friend, Just recently I decided to go back and familiarize myself with some of the basics of Western thought. I decided to devote some time to David Hume...in order to wrap my mind around his salient points since so many sons of the enlightenment consider...
Views: 359   Replies: 2
Last Post: Mar 27, 2004 6:57am
by s
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chris
explained
can you expalin something? What must be entailed? Syntactically and semanticaly the languagage dictates that the perception is mysteriously wafted across. Please discuss...
Views: 363   Replies: 5
Last Post: Mar 25, 2004 2:48pm
by sean
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roxin
cancellation method
fred sommers can i have your cancellation method.. as soon as possible.. thank you..
Views: 416   Replies: 3
Last Post: Mar 15, 2004 7:09pm
by Che
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Chilly
Time
Life marches at the same speed. Time moves at the same speed for us. Is this speed determined by our self.We heard of time slowing down with increase in speed but that is only relative and there is no change in experience. What I am trying to get is that we always e...
Views: 325   Replies: 6
Last Post: Mar 14, 2004 10:46pm
by sean
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Zak
What is Real?
What can we consider to be reality? All of a sudden I am asking my self this question again.
Views: 356   Replies: 13
Last Post: Mar 14, 2004 10:42pm
by sean
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Bob
youth and philosophy
Hello! I work in a private, residential school. This school year I began a philosophy club for the high school students. We meet after school once per week. Although many of our discussions center around ethical dilemmas, and end up being debates, we also ex...
Views: 318   Replies: 2
Last Post: Feb 29, 2004 9:35pm
by Bob
The Demon Of Wishes
STOP and stare at the world in which you live in, and count how many times in a day you did an action or saw an opportunity that would enable you to make a wish, it does not have to be extravagant or rare it could simply be that one of your eyebrow or eyelash fell do...
Views: 366   Replies: 2
Last Post: Feb 19, 2004 7:58pm
by Will L.
Something for nothing?
Is it tenable to put forward that the proposition that the cosmos evolved out of literally nothing? My own view is that it is not. I have yet to hear a convincing argument from anyone as to how such evolution could take place. One occasionally hears the suggestio...
Views: 317   Replies: 11
Last Post: Feb 18, 2004 4:42pm
by David Field
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Jazz
This forum died
Everyone, This forum died because the participants elected to challenge anyone that posted, no matter what. Life is far too short for continued conflict of ideologies, for at some point if you continue to challenge others in the world of your realm, you inevita...
Views: 267   Replies: 4
Last Post: Feb 16, 2004 11:01pm
by Matt
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Jazz
Theory of Everything
For David, and others, Follows is my theory of everything, which deals with existence, infinite, and finite. Jazz’s Theory of Everything © Copyright Jazz -1961 Existence is either finite or infinite. A finite entity cannot exist except within an infin...
Views: 250   Replies: 1
Last Post: Feb 16, 2004 10:53pm
by Matt
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Wayne
Angel
Even if you don't believe in literal angels, how does their purported nature relate to human creatures? does it offer us technological objectives which could improve civilization? moral or intellectual objectives?
Views: 246   Replies: 2
Last Post: Feb 16, 2004 10:49pm
by Matt
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