Thread: philosophy

Man is not the creature of circumstances,
circumstances are the creatures of men.
We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.
Benjamin Disraeli

i agree i hope this thread just dosn't get spammed it would be ashame to close
a good thread like this

"God is dead, we have killed him, we are his murderers."

I think that was Nietzche?

If were just going to post quotes this thread will be closed. You guys need to discuss you thoughts on the quotes.

Originally Posted by Miroku4444

If were just going to post quotes this thread will be closed. You guys need to discuss you thoughts on the quotes.

thank you, at least there some that read and got the point

Originally Posted by ZeRoGravity

"God is dead, we have killed him, we are his murderers."

I think that was Nietzche?

i think we should leave this one for later, its more complicated, try to leave a comment on the first quote and discuss ur personal opinion on it then follow up on the thread and when ever the thread matures up leave this quote again ...

Originally Posted by HolderOfTheDarkChalice

Man is not the creature of circumstances,
circumstances are the creatures of men.
We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.
Benjamin Disraeli

i agree i hope this thread just dosn't get spammed it would be ashame to close
a good thread like this

a great one indeed i dont completely agree but its a good one, i wonder if you can explain it? but then again the plan for this thread was to discuss good/great quotes/text, one by one if every one post a quote then there is no point for the thread as for we all can search for quotes and read em ok lets try this again we got to keep it fun and expontaneus people dont have to be coherent there is no fun on reasoning this precious quotes but look to the side of reason and try to express the sensation/feeling they gave you as you read them...

I wonder if i can be the moderator of my own thread?

i agree with thw quote i oposted because there are so many things
that are hard for us to change yet we can change them if we want
but the havvits die hard becasue there atached like a chain to your
ankle you have to find the key to get rid of the habbit. smoking for example everyone who smokes can quite but the addictions so bad they cant
the smoking has them hooked so they cant just walk away. i know there are
other examples but i think this example will make more since

Originally Posted by HolderOfTheDarkChalice

i agree with thw quote i oposted because there are so many things
that are hard for us to change yet we can change them if we want
but the havvits die hard becasue there atached like a chain to your
ankle you have to find the key to get rid of the habbit. smoking for example everyone who smokes can quite but the addictions so bad they cant
the smoking has them hooked so they cant just walk away. i know there are
other examples but i think this example will make more since

lucky for me i dont smoke, but both of my parents do and did you know that more people die of heart disease cause by obesity or even more for drunk driving even those who dont drink die... smoking is like skydiving, as i skydive i know i can die but i like it and i will still do it, lol bacterias are dangeorus becareful put some protection on... come please we got to be more realistic everything kills so what we will all die sometime i like to take the risk and enjoy life and do that which makes me happy... if my pops or moms like to smoke then so be it. eating too much is worst and yet there are places like mcdonals, burger king, or KFC and yet i do go to those places ...

The question may now be asked why religion does not put an end to this losing fight by openly declaring: ‘It is a fact that I cannot give you what men commonly call truth; to obtain that, you must go to science. But what I have to give you is incomparably more beautiful, more comforting and more ennobling than anything that you could ever get from science. And I therefore say to you that it is true in a different and higher sense.’ The answer is easy to find. Religion cannot make this admission, because if it did it would lose all influence over the mass of mankind. The ordinary man knows only one ‘truth’ – truth in the ordinary sense of the word. What may be meant by a higher, or a highest, truth, he cannot imagine. Truth seems to him as little capable of having degrees as death, and the necessary leap from the beautiful to the true is one that he cannot make. Perhaps you will agree with me in thinking that he is right in this.

by Sigmund Freud