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Question about the value of life from another forum
tadmjones replied to SocratesJr's topic in Ethics
How does Aristotle use ‘life’ ? As being , as the recognizable actions of being or the less sinew-y and more fundamental ground of experience of being? It seems the the actuality of thought being life, would place life in awareness as such. -
He speaks to the separate aspects of the intellect from a much less than a hard materialist frame. I’ve haven’t read any of his books , but I’ve seen him speak about his ideas around the division and interactions between the hemispheres of the brain and the interplay between the characteristics of each. I believe his first most talked about book was “The Master and His Emissary “
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How does experience got wiped out by calling existence an illusion? The claim of illusion is describing the apprehension of the state of being as incomplete ( implying to human cognition ) , not a claim of a void, the 'illusion' is experienced. You are saying those philosophers are claiming existence does not exist, they are not saying it. They are not denying your perceptions , feelings and experiences by a call to ignore them, they are just qualifying them as to alignment with the 'really real' , as opposed to the 'real' of human cognition.
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Objective Reality and Objective Living
tadmjones replied to monart's topic in Psychology and Self Improvement
For non dual vedanta they are the same. -
Nature doesn't 'have' non contradictory thermodynamics, Science does, Nature supersedes 'our' contradictions all the time. That's why we need the guardian of the method of science, to thwart Science.
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Objective Reality and Objective Living
tadmjones replied to monart's topic in Psychology and Self Improvement
In principle , for the sake of argument, as a thought experiment etc ,yada, the external world could be mere appearance of a universe of entities whose attributes are not fully accessible to you the observer. Can an analogous proposition be made against awareness, could your awareness be manifest in other manner? -
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tadmjones replied to Gus Van Horn blog's topic in The Objectivism Meta-Blog Discussion
Sounds like Allister wears a red hat. -
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So much fuckery and in plain sight. The FBI investigated whether or not the containers pulled out in the infamous video were suitcases or ‘bins’ fucking hell. ”it was the safest and most effective election to date”
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Objective Reality and Objective Living
tadmjones replied to monart's topic in Psychology and Self Improvement
Yes as to the level of indigenous adherents, but Shankarya widely associated with Advaita is a cultural touchstone because of his purported( various historical disputes with crediting) realignment of Vedic traditions in the sense of establishing Indian nationhood. Vikekananda called on that history in his advocacy of ending the British mandate. Kind of like in the US everybody 'knows' George Washington, but they aren't all or even many freemasons, lol. But also I think you are right in the that the philosophy is more known among seekers, just my fanboy buttons getting pushed, lol -
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tadmjones replied to monart's topic in Psychology and Self Improvement
I've just recently become familiar with Advaita and Indian philosophies/religions in general , and obviously a little infatuated lol. But I think I'd say that India is more aware of, and the myriad adjacent traditions and religious schools and their impact culturally on Indian society as a whole is probably bigger than O'ism is in the west. The 'guy' that introduced the US to all things Hindu, Swami Vivekananda, made a big splash at the world expo in Chicago in 1893 and set up Vedanta societies in America. He was also culturally and politically effective in the Indian nationalist movement. A quasi mythical personality credited with establishing Advaita Vedanta , Adi Shankaryra, just had a 108 foot tall statue installed at the historic site where it is said he taught . And apparently there is some kind of political strife involved with additional funding for more commemoration at the site, grumblings that can effect even Modi , if I'm seeing it right. -
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tadmjones replied to monart's topic in Psychology and Self Improvement
Atman is Brahman