Getting Back into Philosophy

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Burning Giraffe
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Getting Back into Philosophy

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I majored in Philosophy at Virginia Tech, but I've spent the majority of my time over the last ten years immersed in politics. The last three years have convinced me that politics is a waste of my time and energy. I have no faith in people. I don't love my country or my countrymen. I feel no pride in the present. There is not a single civilization on earth that is good, virtuous, honorable, or even interesting. Thus, there is certainly no point in my stressing over politics. I would much rather delve into debates and questions from which I can extract enthusiasm and joy.

It's been quite some time since I really studied philosophy. Over the last few years I've reread a great deal of Hume and Nietzsche, but I'm currently starting back at the beginning with the pre-Socratic philosophers.
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Welcome & glad to add, a new perspective can never be a bad thing !!!

Enjoy !!!

BTW, A most interesting name...perhaps you should go to...

http://onlinephilosophyclub.com/forums/ ... php?t=2053
Who I Am Is What I Am
What I Am Is Why I Am
Why I Am IS Who I Am...

The question you should be asking is...who are you?
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ontologic_conceptualist wrote:Welcome & glad to add, a new perspective can never be a bad thing !!!

Enjoy !!!

BTW, A most interesting name...perhaps you should go to...

http://onlinephilosophyclub.com/forums/ ... php?t=2053
Yeah. Will do. :) Thanks for the welcome.
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Re: Getting Back into Philosophy

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Hi Burning Giraffe!
Welcome and please feel at home!
You have a very interesting background, so please share more of what you believe.
"If you know the why, you can bear any how.'
Nietzsche.
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Re: Getting Back into Philosophy

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ape wrote:Hi Burning Giraffe!
Welcome and please feel at home!
You have a very interesting background, so please share more of what you believe.
"If you know the why, you can bear any how.'
Nietzsche.
I believe that truth is understandable, as opposed to knowable (the difference being the concept of absolute certainty when it comes to knowledge). I believe that truth is uniform, that nature follows very specific laws that are scientifically quantifiable. I believe our sense perceptions give us accurate information about the world. I believe in God and in Christ. I believe in freedom, independence, self-reliance, self-discipline, respect, and honor. I believe in a constrained will; that the imagination gives us the freedom to act according to our own will. Inasmuch as I can imagine any number of possibilities, I create those possibilities in my own mind and therefore serve as my own stimuli upon myself. Thus, the will is not totally and utterly free, but it is not utterly dependent upon external stimuli either.
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Re: Getting Back into Philosophy

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Burning Giraffe wrote: I believe that truth is understandable, as opposed to knowable (the difference being the concept of absolute certainty when it comes to knowledge).

I believe that truth is uniform, that nature follows very specific laws that are scientifically quantifiable.

I believe our sense perceptions give us accurate information about the world.

I believe in God and in Christ.

I believe in freedom, independence,
self-reliance,
self-discipline, respect, and honor.

I believe in a constrained will; that the imagination gives us the freedom to act according to our own will. Inasmuch as I can imagine any number of possibilities, I create those possibilities in my own mind and therefore serve as my own stimuli upon myself. Thus, the will is not totally and utterly free, but it is not utterly dependent upon external stimuli either.
Ape: I believe in your creed!:)
Thanx for sharing.
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I believe in God and in Christ
.

There are varieties of belief in God and Christ from the mainstream Anglican trinitarian creed, to liberation theology, to snake handling , and more, including the belief that God is not objectively real but is a human construct and is the sovereign good for all that.
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Belinda wrote:
I believe in God and in Christ
.

There are varieties of belief in God and Christ from the mainstream Anglican trinitarian creed, to liberation theology, to snake handling , and more, including the belief that God is not objectively real but is a human construct and is the sovereign good for all that.
True. I believe in a personal relationship with God and that Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit are either one and the same as God, manifestations of God, or in some other sort of relation to God. It really doesn't matter which as far as I am concerned. Dogma exhausts our spirit.
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Thanks BG :)

I belong to the 'human construct' idea of God. This does not preclude trust in God.
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