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If you need or want an extra long cable, the Sony MDR-V150 Monitor Series has a 6 foot cable. They also sound great. They...

The first sentence is basically the opposite of "you can do anything you can dream of."

He's more or less saying No, you can't. Schopenhauer is a pessimist, after all, though I think its true that...

Depends on what type of philosophy you are into.


If ethical dilemmas interest you, find the "Ethics" book from the "Teach Yourself" series.

If you want existentialism, check out Nietzsche (...

It's an old battle flag for a confederacy that shouldn't have been that people here in the south like to fly for "southern pride", which, incidentally, often entails racist views. I can't help but to...

Funny, I overlooked your post about Tanner.

After Tanner's book, Nietzsche: Philosopher, Psychologist, Antichrist by Walter Arnold Kaufmann is a good book I hear. I haven't gotten around to it,...

I'd start with a book ABOUT Nietzsche, he's deep stuff to get into without some intro.
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I agree. yes, those are my personal favorites.

I think the best way to start with philosophy really is to read ABOUT the people first. THe Very Short Introduction series ( previously titled past...

1. Thus Spoke Zarathustra - Nietzsche
2. On the Geneaology of Morals - Nietzsche
3. Human, All Too Human - Nietzsche
4. Leviathan - Thomas Hobbes
5. World and Will as Representation ( Idea in my...

I saw those, those were funny.

Psychological Egoism isn't necessarily cynical, all people have a tendency to act selfish and do things that make them happy, even when its for other people. However, people also seem to be capable...

I agree, the semantics here are the cause of a lot of this. Philosophy would be much easier if the same words meant the same thing to everyone.

Also, for those who read Objectivist literature, as...

There is always some sort of motivation for the self. I think it's important to remember there is a difference between Selfish and Self-Interest as well. It's in the self interest of a mother to take...

I liked her at first... I respect her for her atheism, her staunch support of what she believed in, and the fact she single handedly came up with a complete system of thought, but at the end of the...

I'm so offended haha.

I think Kant is overrated by far. I think Schopenhauer would appeal to angsty teenagers more than Nietzsche. Nietzsche & Schopenhauer influenced Freuds theories, especially...

I don't care much for anything which suppresses the individual. Though, I can't say there are no benefits from uniforms, because there are, but i'm rather glad I didn't have to wear one. A middle...

She's not liked by many, but Ayn Rand is a female philosopher. Here is a list of others.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_female_philosophers
Granted other than AYn Rand, i've not heard of...

Thanks, I'll skip Induction in Physics and the other stuff, and start with "A Briefer History of Time" . Thanks for the recommendations.

Not really. In some aspects yes, but, without suffering we'd not seek out happiness. Without emotions, we'd not be able to feel life events to make us ponder if life is better off without emotions....

Hello,

I've recently become more interested in particle physics, cosmology, and other areas of physics. However, while being a science geek my scientific knowledge is more or less about biology...

No , I wasn't. Am I supposed to be?

Do you think I couldn't come up with a long retort to that if I wanted to?

was I merely dropping into lecture on what a technocracy is? I do believe the answer is yes, what do you think?

Any government system would work if idiots didn't run it. Technocracy is compatible with a Democratic Republic.

A technocracy is not so much a government as an economic system similar to the guild system where an appointed leader (or guild master) has providence over a specific area of the economy. In the...

On the contrary, I love peanut butter

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