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    Bulfinch http://www.bartleby.com/181/

    Bulfinch

    http://www.bartleby.com/181/
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    "1) If the meaning is provided only by humans and...

    "1) If the meaning is provided only by humans and has no corresponding reality exterior to human conception then would it not be incredibly fortuitous that any meanings ever seem to work at all? How...
  3. Thread: hello every1

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    As this is a literature forum, it might be better...

    As this is a literature forum, it might be better if you were to avoid the textspeak of instant messages; the practice of writing in standard English will certainly help, if this is one of your...
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    "After all, phenomena without interpretation are...

    "After all, phenomena without interpretation are meaningless."

    And if meaning is provided only by humans? And are not good and evil meanings?

    Pursue for a moment what seems to be the case: that...
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    I hope you will, too. Welcome to LitNet. John

    I hope you will, too.
    Welcome to LitNet.
    John
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    "There are no moral phenomena, only moral...

    "There are no moral phenomena, only moral interpretations of phenomena."
  7. Thread: Social Studies

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    Consult the appropriate entries in the Stanford...

    Consult the appropriate entries in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. One might well begin with Hobbes and Locke:

    http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/hobbes-moral/
    ...
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    It is always a good feeling to return to...

    It is always a good feeling to return to someplace one has called, somewhat vaguely, home.
    John
  9. Thread: introduction

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    I bet your favourite movie is "The Punbroker."...

    I bet your favourite movie is "The Punbroker."
    Welcome to Litnet.
    John
  10. Thread: hello

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    Welcome to LitNet! Cheers, John

    Welcome to LitNet!
    Cheers,
    John
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    Georg Solti, as he learned a new score, would...

    Georg Solti, as he learned a new score, would listen to as many recordings of the piece as he could, taking in the various interpretations, traditions, and sonorities achieved by other great...
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    One might argue that much of our knowledge of the...

    One might argue that much of our knowledge of the Godhood, outside of direct revelation or authority, is largely apophatic (the via negativa); thus, humans cannot understand what absolute perfection...
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    I look forward to reading some of your poems....

    I look forward to reading some of your poems.
    Welcome to Litnet.
    John
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    Welcome to Litnet. I see you are already at your...

    Welcome to Litnet. I see you are already at your fourth post!
    Cheers,
    John
  15. Thread: Friend?

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    II am sure that you will find friends as you...

    II am sure that you will find friends as you begin to post in the forums.
    Welcome to Litnet.
    Regards,
    John
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    To limit the disgrace of art to totalitarian...

    To limit the disgrace of art to totalitarian regimes, where it is often used for political purposes, seems to ignore that even in democracies, it can influence people to bad actions and ignoble...
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    Plato seems concerned with the influences of art...

    Plato seems concerned with the influences of art on the morality of the citizens of the Republic (which is an extended discussion of virtue), and seems to make a distinction between that which tends...
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    Epictetus provides a different perspective on...

    Epictetus provides a different perspective on death.

    "Men are disturbed, not by things, but by the principles and notions which they form concerning things. Death, for instance, is not terrible,...
  19. Thread: hi

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    Welcome to Litnet. If you want to practice...

    Welcome to Litnet.
    If you want to practice writing standard English, this is a good place to learn.
    Regards,
    John
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    While humans might share origin with other...

    While humans might share origin with other animals, and there may be physical relationships (similar functions, for example, of the sense-organs) and a locomotive ability, there does seem to be a...
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    "The main meaning of "Everything is illusion" is...

    "The main meaning of "Everything is illusion" is that everything is known by sense-perception, everything we know is in relation to sense-perception."

    Let us suppose this statement to be true,...
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    " and neither him or his miniscule gang"---...

    " and neither him or his miniscule gang"--- several problems here.
    "and it's mellow texture"--- you want the possessive, not a contraction for it is.

    Your sentence structure and the continual use...
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    Welcome to Litnet! John

    Welcome to Litnet!
    John
  24. Thread: Sos

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    And how many years to you have to do this? I...

    And how many years to you have to do this?

    I would suggest you drastically limit the subject, perhaps to something like the role of kingship in war and its effects.
    Cheers,
    John
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    I forgot to include a warning about posting...

    I forgot to include a warning about posting E-mail addresses in public forums. Spambots prowl the internet looking for anything resembling a "live" address; once found, the address may be immediately...
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