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neckbeard - 7-4-2010 at 09:26 AM

apparently the full version will be on http://getgrounded.tv/
i don't think it's there yet..

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MESinc. - 7-4-2010 at 11:52 PM

Awww Orpheo!

Phobiac - 7-5-2010 at 09:53 AM

I always though these were pretty good general rules:

1) Act only according to that maxim by which you can, and at the same time would become a universal law.
2) Act so that you always treat others as an end, and never as a means to an end only.

But when you look deeper into the the philosophy behind them they lack a distinction between the concrete and abstract knowledge of thoughts, etc. Basically, they don't account for intuition; thought...

However;

If all thought is taken away from empirical knowledge, no knowledge of any object remains, because nothing can be thought by mere intuition or perception. The simple fact that there is within me an affection of my sensibility, establishes in no way any relation of such a representation to any object.

Here's a great book to read:
http://www.amazon.com/Tao-Pooh-Benjamin-Hoff/dp/0140067477

"Create without possessing. Act without expecting. Guide without interfering."

"If you want to become whole, let yourself be partial. If you want to become straight, let yourself be crooked. If you want to become full, let yourself be empty. If you want to be reborn, let yourself die. If you want to be given everything, give everything up."

Once they start attacking "Western civilization", "Western culture" I believe that their motivations for whatever it is they are doing fall apart.

We all know the way, however there are many obstacles keeping us off the path...

Phobiac



neckbeard - 7-5-2010 at 10:31 AM

i might have to check that book out. even though i've started five books within the past year and have yet to finish them.

haha, i need to keep reading and not get distracted.
"A Brief History of Time" - Stephen Hawking
"The Doors of Perception" - Aldous Huxley
"The Greatest Show On Earth" - Richard Dawkins
"Darwin's Dangerous Idea" - Daniel Dennett
"The Dragons of Eden" - Carl Sagan

Phobiac - 7-5-2010 at 11:52 AM

Quote: Originally posted by neckbeard  
i might have to check that book out. even though i've started five books within the past year and have yet to finish them.

haha, i need to keep reading and not get distracted.
"A Brief History of Time" - Stephen Hawking
"The Doors of Perception" - Aldous Huxley
"The Greatest Show On Earth" - Richard Dawkins
"Darwin's Dangerous Idea" - Daniel Dennett
"The Dragons of Eden" - Carl Sagan


I've read three of your five.

You should pickup a copy of the the Tao of Pooh. You'll read it in a day or two...very short, but really interesting, just for the perspective.

Phobiac

JPG - 7-5-2010 at 11:57 AM

speaking of books. audible.com is dandy

http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/offers/chooseAPlan.jsp?BV_U...
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neckbeard - 7-5-2010 at 02:17 PM

Quote: Originally posted by Phobiac  
Quote: Originally posted by neckbeard  
i might have to check that book out. even though i've started five books within the past year and have yet to finish them.

haha, i need to keep reading and not get distracted.
"A Brief History of Time" - Stephen Hawking
"The Doors of Perception" - Aldous Huxley
"The Greatest Show On Earth" - Richard Dawkins
"Darwin's Dangerous Idea" - Daniel Dennett
"The Dragons of Eden" - Carl Sagan


I've read three of your five.

You should pickup a copy of the the Tao of Pooh. You'll read it in a day or two...very short, but really interesting, just for the perspective.

Phobiac


i think i will. thanks phobs!