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Post by MagnetMan on Mar 20, 2009 14:05:24 GMT -5
Our world Holy Scriptures are a record of mankind's earliest philosophical discourses
The fact that they were all theologically orientated
should remain of extreme significance to all philosophers
and not be relegated into the bin of primitive superstition.
Millions of reciorded super-natural testaments made in every culture throughout recorded time
provide a vast body of circumstantial evidence
which informs us that subjective meta-normal experiences
shared with the rest of us by those millions of psychics
is an essential aspect of the human condition.
Science observes the finite
by its own admission
it can never crack the light barrier
which leaves us isolated forever
on a tiny planet on the extreme edge of one of trillions of galaxies
So eventually
without the benefit of our intuitive knowledge
that the spirit is infinite
and the continuous validation of that fact by some of us
science would inevitably lead us all into a state of collective boredom
and mass suicide
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Post by atman on Mar 23, 2009 14:44:11 GMT -5
 Aristotle says that “all men suppose what is called wisdom (sophia) to deal with the first causes, (aitia) and the principles, (archai) of things” (So by definition, Science and Philosophy include a "Creator", as a "first cause", to be scientifically or philosophically sound in it's propositions. Or as Einstein put it, "I want to know how my God created this world, -the rest?...details!" -Atman) Aristotle distinguished between things that are “better known to us” and things that are “better known in themselves,”[1] and maintained that we should begin our study of a given topic with things better known to us and arrive ultimately at an understanding of things better known in themselves. The principles studied by ‘first philosophy’ may seem very general and abstract, but they are, according to Aristotle, better known in themselves, however remote they may seem from the world of ordinary experience. Still, since they are to be studied only by one who has already studied nature (which is the subject matter of the Physics), they are quite appropriately described as coming “after the Physics.” (Wiki-article) Definition... 1. na•ture from Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin natura, from natus, (past participle of nasci to be born) + -ura -ure Philosophy cannot possibly ignore it's inherent metaphysical origins any more than theosophy could claim no reliance on science to explain the "reality" of it's propositions, concerning say, morality. Am I wrong? -atman |
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Post by MagnetMan on Mar 23, 2009 20:26:03 GMT -5
Philosophy cannot possibly ignore it's inherent metaphysical origins any more than theosophy could claim no reliance on science to explain the "reality" of it's propositions, concerning say, morality. Am I wrong? -atman No Dead right and your photograph is splendid!  |
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Post by lavender1 on Aug 8, 2009 20:18:03 GMT -5
dead right?
splendid.. isolation
suggested?
just kidding.
it's really beautiful
and a bit intimidating....
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Post by lavender1 on Sept 23, 2009 22:04:18 GMT -5
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Post by lavender1 on Nov 26, 2009 8:54:25 GMT -5
even with reason
and standing rather firmly
on my own two feet
i find myself in spheres
of antagonism
between imperatives
and freedomsuch is working
being able to handle it
barely
often enough
with missing linkswww.youtube.com/watch?v=I2W-l6EJQaY&NR=1
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