Bloke
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OR this;
.....Yeah, go ahead... ask me about mythology
.....Yeah, go ahead... ask me about mythology
I agree....
....but at the same time my mind says "good luck with that"; when trying to tell if you can rely on the first statement... "if T is "truly" transcendent of P-A coupling"..... at end of the day "approaching zero" ≠ 0 and hence not T. Are you saying T is irrational ? Or T simply transcendent ? Or both
Can we take this any further Coach ? The traditional thing would be to talk happiness.. but I think we both can have that conversation in our headsLet me take the disconnected approach. I'm not saying it. The argument is.
Yes. Agreed.Can we take this any further Coach ? The traditional thing would be to talk happiness.. but I think we both can have that conversation in our heads
Is "all men are equal" the original statement or is it merely a truncated version of its source material where it sounds like it's right but it is so abridged that it loses all context and therefor meaning with the original intent?Or do we look at ideal statements like "all men are equal" .. but we both know where those conversations will end.. (I think)
We can play with it however you like brotherYes. Agreed.
Is "all men are equal" the original statement or is it merely a truncated version of its source material where it sounds like it's right but it is so abridged that it loses all context and therefor meaning with the original intent?
But doing so would not allow for opportunity to contest, recheck and further refine. Not to mention the tremendous loss of teachable moments.... but I think we both can have that conversation in our heads ...
OkayBut doing so would not allow for opportunity to contest, recheck and further refine. Not to mention the tremendous loss of teachable moments.
LOL! I can be. I also think it's a choice. But too often it's happenstance.Okay
How about this; happiness is a decision
And if so, faith in the decisions leading to happiness ? Or something else ?OR is the secrect to happiness faith ?
The core of happiness is "chance contentment"; that's where the "hap" in "happy" comes from. It is not contentment alone. It is contentment by chance.OR is the secrect to happiness faith ? ... And if so, faith in the decisions leading to happiness ? Or something else ?
Decision: A selection of an option that "cuts off" and discards other options where concern for lose is involved."happenstance" ?... Pretend happiness ? ...Isn't a decision a selection of a choice ?
...and choicesOkay.
So I looked happenstance up, having never heard of the word and just also found out about the relationship between the Norse God Hap and the word happiness.
( its probably not a great source but reflects several others
https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-definition-and-etymology-of-happiness ).
Etymology is good but at the end of the day we need to make our own informed decisions about what we think about these things and find our own "transcendent of P-A coupling" on happiness.
Agreed!I think happiness is much more reliant on the internal rather than external ...
or a state of being......and think that actually might be a Truth.
Not sure the two equate or at least, not in my mind.Perhaps I'm thinking more of happiness as akin to the Buddhist concept of Enlightenment, but they are a simile and not the same.
Some decisions can't be reversed. Others upon reversal, mitigate/reverse/change the loss but by their very nature, create new ones.The problem with the given definition of decision is that it suggested once on is made, it cannot be changed, or would you say a decision requires total commitment?
LOL!I can hear Glenn chiming in with something about "you've never met my wife"
If you have not studied the Trivium, Plato's Works would be over your head. Plato's works are categorically "Philosophy". If you were following the classic scholastic education, you would not be permitted to touch his works until you finished your Quadrivium studies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ScholasticismDear coach, I am really fascinated by the reception of Plato in the middle age, could you please confirm me that you are making an hypothesis ( as is likely but not sure from the..context) in the meaning that philosophy was studied after the Trivium and Quadrivium? As far as I know Plato was circulating really underground, if not secretly, during that "scholastic" time, in particular was available to the chosen few a fantastic Latin version of "the Parmenides" one of the most difficult and demanding book I have tried to read in my life, and if I well recall "The Timaeus", for the rest there was a lot of Aristotle going on, that at my really personal advice was not representative to interpret the platonic thought, although was a first class student of the Platonic Academy. I really like Plato, actually is my favorite human being, and would like to understand if you are referring to a particular source in the case was not a supposition to explain the role of the philosophy in the Trivium and Quadrivium. Thank you very much.
ok thanks coachn