tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post7151400513312619938..comments2024-03-28T12:10:26.197-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Nonsense and SensibilityGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-82340979002299805082013-11-06T20:34:39.127-08:002013-11-06T20:34:39.127-08:00Ted, interesting... but without showing that some ...Ted, interesting... but without showing that some of those bigger dots, such as Kant, Hegel, Rousseau, Hume, Rothbard, J.S. Mill... are black holes, rather than radiating centers, it's a bit misleading.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-14603891795039198612013-11-06T07:04:13.214-08:002013-11-06T07:04:13.214-08:00Off topic, but interestingOff topic, but <a href="http://drunksandlampposts.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/philprettyv4.png" rel="nofollow">interesting</a>tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07354048695798015131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-65356792162633991462013-11-05T19:57:31.482-08:002013-11-05T19:57:31.482-08:00"Which is another important point. In both Pr..."Which is another important point. In both Proverbs and Psalms it is said that wisdom begins with the fear of the Lord."<br /><br />Yeah, that's a big no can do in the modernist world. Why? Because: Fear is damaging to self-esteem, and so obviously cannot be the entry point to wisdom. Why? Because of course, wisdom is defined as the total toleration of all points of view, which cannot happen if any of them engender fear... especially fear of genders. <br /><br />There ya go.<br /><br />Believe it or not, that's a fair summation of an ourgoomeant recently made to me.<br /><br />Whenever I hear 'No Fear', fear is just about the first thing I feel.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-20532931403835966502013-11-05T16:35:34.528-08:002013-11-05T16:35:34.528-08:00When there are only six comments, there is no shut...When there are only six comments, there is no shut up.<br /><br />To paraphrase Churchill, sometimes in war, truth needs a bodyguard of lies.<br /><br />But with socialism, the Lie needs a whole army of lies. Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-89663430636883999072013-11-05T16:17:25.739-08:002013-11-05T16:17:25.739-08:00One more and then I'll shut up. About Obama a...One more and then I'll shut up. About Obama and all, I think even the most skeptical among us have a natural expectation that someone will tell us the truth. The more easily a lie may be exposed, the more likely we are to think that the person telling us the story is being truthful -- or at worst merely honestly mistaken. Who in his right mind would lie about something that can be readily shown to be untrue? <br /><br />I guess the answer's in the question: nobody, in his right mind.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-20888364266039212622013-11-05T16:03:50.806-08:002013-11-05T16:03:50.806-08:00For example, we could simply begin with the truism...<i> For example, we could simply begin with the truism that man is afraid. Of course he is! Upon discovering this fear -- which essentially comes with self-awareness, or awareness of separation -- what should we do with it? Where should its focus be placed? </i><br /><br />Wow, speaking of revelatory, that's good. We're going to either be afraid of all that is around us or have the fear of the Lord. It's like a sort of spiritual homeopathy.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-10764006127075546162013-11-05T15:52:22.942-08:002013-11-05T15:52:22.942-08:00It is assumed by materialists that no laws are bro...<i>It is assumed by materialists that no laws are broken -- or even bent -- with the appearance of Life.</i><br /><br />This reminds of that warning on the car commercials where somebody is drifting a Hyundai. "<i>Professional driver on closed course.</i>"<br /><br />Do not try this on the 405.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-48511773895966473132013-11-05T13:39:37.759-08:002013-11-05T13:39:37.759-08:00Yeah. That's why I never bother arguing. There...Yeah. That's why I never bother arguing. There is literally nothing I could say and no evidence I could produce that would change their minds. And even if I could, they would just latch on to some new kooky obsession. The End is always at hand, one way or another...juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-30569779505102615342013-11-05T13:16:14.611-08:002013-11-05T13:16:14.611-08:00Julie, I don't remember if it was the book Gul...Julie, I don't remember if it was the book Gulag or one about Father Arseny but there was an account of aTrue Believer who for whatever reason was thrown into the camp as a garden variety prisoner, alongside his enemies, and remained a True Believer no matter what injustice was done to him. He kept thinking "it's some mistake. They'll figure it out. They're getting to the bottom of it. Any day now.."Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720790978632771716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-27199584872431067872013-11-05T10:55:05.975-08:002013-11-05T10:55:05.975-08:00I personally know people who, even now, maintain u...<i>I personally know people who, even now, maintain unswerving devotion to Obama and to liberalism more generally. It seems that nothing -- nothing in the real world -- can cause them to deviate from this beautiful abstraction called liberalism. </i><br /><br />Ha - yes! I almost vented here (on yesterday's post) this morning about this very issue, as people I know and love cannot contain their pure enthusiasm for all things Obama, and Obamacare in particular. I can only think this must be at least partially due to the fact that they aren't being personally affected, and so to the extent that they are aware of any problems, they simply don't believe it's anything but bad press from rightwingers.<br /><br /><i> Much if not most of this sensibility revolves around Conservatives are Evil, so it is very much fear-based. A liberal is always terrified of something, especially if it doesn't exist, or it is totally disproportionate to the fear it provokes... </i><br /><br />Yes, just so...juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.com