If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him. Voltaire François-Marie Arouet (French: [fʁɑ̃swa maʁi aʁwɛ]; 21 November 1694 – 30 May 1778) was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher. Known by his nom de plume M. de Voltaire, he was famous for his wit, and his criticism of Christianity—especially of the...
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Grace is a central component of reason. Without it, reason cannot happen. First, Reason As Intellectualism's Vanishing Point On Quora, I was asked why philosophers think other philosophers talk nonsense. https://learningframework.com/?p=10659 To answer the question, I first asked another question to the philosophical community. I asked them to explain...
Read MoreIs philosophy from years and years ago still relevant today? If so, what are some philosophy books or philosophers you recommend? Oh, God, yes. Do not use their work to guide yours, however. Think for yourself. Then, use their work to test the validity of your thinking. For...
Read MoreWhat is the term used to describe the philosophy of thought that promotes contentment, forgiveness, inner peace, etc? Zen? But Zen is a Buddhist term, so is there a term that is more secular, political, economic, or sociological? Yeah. Reason. Most people do not engage in...
Read More“Ignorance is the beginning of wisdom,” Socrates claimed. When you do not admit of your ignorance, what are the consequences? Declaring ignorance is the same as exercising FREE WON’T (free will) as depicted in the image below. Free Won’t temporarily halts habit, enabling a person to...
Read MoreWhat is your reflection on Socrates’ statement, "The unexamined life is not worth living"? Habit constitutes a life lived. Habit is human execution. A person that is unable to engage their reason (self-examination) may have wasted (nearly) everything they experienced through habit. I say nearly because humans also...
Read MoreWhat did Plato mean when he commented "No human thing is of serious importance"? Is this quote a fair attribution to what Plato said or is the translation missing the subtleties of what he actually said? “Is this quote a fair attribution to what Plato said...
Read MoreIs it possible to parallel the idea that we are emotionally reliving our childhood in adult relationships with Nietzsche's concept of the eternal return? No, I don’t think so. [Neitzsche] "My formula for greatness in a human being is amor fati: that one wants nothing to be different,...
Read MoreQ answered: What is a pragmatic phenomenological existentialist? A person willing to give phenomenological existentialism the old “college try,” but if they do not see purpose in their lives emerge, they are nevertheless determined to choose another path. Which is good, because consciousness follows habit (as persuasively...
Read MoreWhat does Plato teach us about the current civilization we live in? Predating Christianity (and respect for absolute truth), Plato observed: The world that appears to our senses is in some way defective and filled with error, but there is a more real and perfect realm, populated by...
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