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Post by buhi on Aug 8, 2017 19:44:08 GMT 7
I start with Thomas Aquinas.
Then with Hume and Locke.
Add a sprinkling of Berkley.
Garnish with Kierkegaard and Nietzsche then flavour with some Sartre and Bertrand Russell. Add a little Karl Popper and Douse with Marx.
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Post by bowie on Aug 8, 2017 19:51:24 GMT 7
You are f ing drunk.
Julian of Norwich, an optimist:
"All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well",
"For I saw no wrath except on man's side, and He forgives that in us, for wrath is nothing else but a perversity and an opposition to peace and to love] She wrote that God sees us as perfect and waits for the day when human souls mature so that evil and sin will no longer hinder us".
Thank you god.
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Post by buhi on Aug 8, 2017 20:37:19 GMT 7
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Post by onionluke on Aug 8, 2017 20:37:52 GMT 7
Classical antiquity
The ancient Greeks had no symbol for zero (μηδέν), and did not use a digit placeholder for it.[17] They seemed unsure about the status of zero as a number. They asked themselves, "How can nothing be something?", leading to philosophical and, by the medieval period, religious arguments about the nature and existence of zero and the vacuum. The paradoxes of Zeno of Elea depend in large part on the uncertain interpretation of zero.
Much ado about nothing old chap.
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Post by buhi on Aug 8, 2017 20:45:34 GMT 7
Much ado about nothing old chap.
Indeed, much a do about nothing.
Furnish nothing with nothingness.
Ah, but we are concerned and want utopia.
F off.
Live the limited time you have and forget all the bullshit.
Well, that's the message i gave my son.
Oh dear, not a good father.
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Post by bowie on Aug 8, 2017 20:52:10 GMT 7
But there was a "positive" side to the tirade i gave my son.
"I know all this and you have yet to learn.
Please do your home work and stop playing stupid games on the phone.
Ask the boss , head of school, monk, nun of Thomas Aquinas.
If they cannot answer, then i am ready to help,".
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Post by bowie on Aug 8, 2017 20:54:45 GMT 7
He was the foremost classical proponent of natural theology and the father of Thomism; of which he argued that reason is found in God. His influence on Western thought is considerable, and much of modern philosophy developed or opposed his ideas, particularly in the areas of ethics, natural law, metaphysics, and political theory. Unlike many currents in the Church of the time, Thomas embraced several ideas put forward by Aristotle—whom he called "the Philosopher"—and attempted to synthesize Aristotelian philosophy with the principles of Christianity. The works for which he is best known are the Summa Theologiae and the Summa contra Gentiles. His commentaries on Scripture and on Aristotle form an important part of his body of work.
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Post by buhi on Aug 8, 2017 21:55:02 GMT 7
Søren Aabye Kierkegaard ; 5 May 1813 – 11 November 1855) was a Danish philosopher, theologian, poet, social critic and religious author who is widely considered to be the first existentialist philosopher. He wrote critical texts on organized religion, Christendom, morality, ethics, psychology, and the philosophy of religion, displaying a fondness for metaphor, irony and parables. Much of his philosophical work deals with the issues of how one lives as a "single individual", giving priority to concrete human reality over abstract thinking and highlighting the importance of personal choice and commitment. He was against literary critics who defined idealist intellectuals and philosophers of his time, and thought that Swedenborg, Hegel,Goethe,[ Fichte, Schelling, Schlegel and Hans Christian Andersen were all "understood" far too quickly by "scholars".
Kierkegaard's theological work focuses on Christian ethics, the institution of the Church, the differences between purely objective proofs of Christianity, the infinite qualitative distinction between man and God, and the individual's subjective relationship to the God-Man Jesus the Christ, which came through faith. Much of his work deals with Christian love. He was extremely critical of the practice of Christianity as a state religion, primarily that of the Church of Denmark. His psychological work explored the emotions and feelings of individuals when faced with life choices.
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Post by rubl on Aug 8, 2017 22:12:39 GMT 7
Classical antiquity The ancient Greeks had no symbol for zero (μηδέν), and did not use a digit placeholder for it.[17] They seemed unsure about the status of zero as a number. They asked themselves, "How can nothing be something?", leading to philosophical and, by the medieval period, religious arguments about the nature and existence of zero and the vacuum. The paradoxes of Zeno of Elea depend in large part on the uncertain interpretation of zero. Much ado about nothing old chap. Which reminds me that my first (small) Thai - English pocket dictionary had a page on numbers and started with "1". Had to ask someone what the heck zero was in Thai |
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Post by onionluke on Aug 8, 2017 22:58:35 GMT 7
Classical antiquity The ancient Greeks had no symbol for zero (μηδέν), and did not use a digit placeholder for it.[17] They seemed unsure about the status of zero as a number. They asked themselves, "How can nothing be something?", leading to philosophical and, by the medieval period, religious arguments about the nature and existence of zero and the vacuum. The paradoxes of Zeno of Elea depend in large part on the uncertain interpretation of zero. Much ado about nothing old chap. Which reminds me that my first (small) Thai - English pocket dictionary had a page on numbers and started with "1". Had to ask someone what the heck zero was in Thai soon soon soon 😆 |
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Post by onionluke on Aug 8, 2017 23:06:55 GMT 7
I kind of like this . I wonder what Blake would make of it ?
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Post by rubl on Aug 9, 2017 0:02:27 GMT 7
Which reminds me that my first (small) Thai - English pocket dictionary had a page on numbers and started with "1". Had to ask someone what the heck zero was in Thai soon soon soon 😆 Oh brother, or oh bother. Soon? You're about 25 years too late already with your answer  |
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Post by smokie36 on Aug 9, 2017 4:11:16 GMT 7
Enery the Eighf was a card alwright.
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Post by me on Aug 9, 2017 5:55:31 GMT 7
Oh brother, or oh bother. Soon? You're about 25 years too late already with your answer well not everyone uses binary |
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Post by me on Aug 9, 2017 5:57:42 GMT 7
The First Usage - Indian Connection. The concept of zero as a number and not merely a symbol or an empty space for separation is attributed to India. The Indian scholar Pingala, of 2nd century BC or earlier, used binary numbers in the form of short and long syllables.
and they have invented zero since then.
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