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    That makes a lot of sense. He certainly...

    That makes a lot of sense.



    He certainly seems to have kick-started the western philosophical tradition. Perhaps though his reasoning is a symptom of this view of ourselves as individuals...
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    That's fair enough but the worship of Dionysos at...

    That's fair enough but the worship of Dionysos at this time relied on a mainly symbolic story that nobody claimed to have actually witnessed, the life of Jesus was within living memory and ostensibly...
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    There had been Jewish rebellions before that time...

    There had been Jewish rebellions before that time and there were more afterwards, so the threat of insurrection was real for the Romans. Added to the fact that Pilate was in a precarious position...
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    Why not? Thinking surely cannot exist on...

    Why not?



    Thinking surely cannot exist on its own, the only way Descartes qualifies the "I" is as a "thinking thing". If thinking exists something must be doing it, I call that thing myself.
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  5. Thread: Trump's days

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    It's been said often but I think being a...

    It's been said often but I think being a "political outcast" helped him win the election. He was radically different from any other politician and so attracted Americans who felt left behind by...
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    Saying the resurrection is "pure imagination"...

    Saying the resurrection is "pure imagination" doesn't explain the zeal and devotion shown by his followers. According to early Christian accounts, the resurrection was the most significant event in...
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    Acts and the Gospels are very careful...

    Acts and the Gospels are very careful (suspiciously so) to present Jesus' post-resurrection appearances in such a way as to make them seem as little like hallucinations or delusions as possible....
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    Surely if you can dismiss the "hellish...

    Surely if you can dismiss the "hellish experiences" as temporary you can do the same with the heavenly experiences? There are many who would say that all near-death etc experiences could be explained...
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    But what is the point of our existence on earth...

    But what is the point of our existence on earth if everyone must go to heaven? Our temporary corporal existence makes sense if it is some form of test but if God allows everyone into heaven then why...
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    The first chapter of Dickens' Bleak House is a...

    The first chapter of Dickens' Bleak House is a good example, you could probably find a suitable extract there.
  11. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov (it was based on a...

    Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov (it was based on a story originally written in Russian but I think the novel itself was first written in English).
  12. Mrs Jellyby in 'Bleak House'.

    Mrs Jellyby in 'Bleak House'.
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    There's nothing in that link about his eyebrows...

    There's nothing in that link about his eyebrows though.
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    What are Coriolanian eyebrows?

    I was reading Dickens' 'Hard Times' and noticed in the descriptions of Mrs Sparsit that Dickens describes first her nose and then her eyebrows as "Coriolanian". What on earth are "Coriolanian...
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    Just out of interest, what were some of the poems...

    Just out of interest, what were some of the poems that refer to their "affair"? Presumably "Wessex Heights" as it mentions "one rare fair woman" but are there many others?
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    I don't know how qualified I am to answer this...

    I don't know how qualified I am to answer this but I'll have a go.

    I think fools, both in drama and in real life, are there to say the things that the kings can't for fear of offending people,...
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    I think if you compare it to what Christmas was...

    I think if you compare it to what Christmas was like before that time then it's quite a big leap, especially as regards the spirit of Christmas and its 'importance'. Charles Dickens really made...
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    Sorry if I gave the wrong impression, I wasn't...

    Sorry if I gave the wrong impression, I wasn't trying to criticise the use of the word "choice" (it was only in capitals because it was a direct quote). I was remarking on the possible inconsistency...
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    Hi adolescent09, Conventional Christian...

    Hi adolescent09,

    Conventional Christian doctrine teaches that Jesus endured the punishment for the sins of humanity in order that humanity could escape judgement, which is somewhat inconsistent...
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    Hi Diggory Venn, Thanks for the information!...

    Hi Diggory Venn,

    Thanks for the information! It changes the impact of the poem to know that it refers to a married woman. Since she refused Hardy's advances, it seems that Jude had slightly more...
  21. Josef K. in Kafka's The Trial continually...

    Josef K. in Kafka's The Trial continually questions the mad system in which he has found himself and is despised by many of those inside the system for it (though I wouldn't say he does it for...
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    Yet another one: A Broken Appointment You...

    Yet another one:

    A Broken Appointment

    You did not come,
    And marching Time drew on, and wore me numb. -
    Yet less for loss of your dear presence there
    Than that I thus found lacking in your...
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    You should read Virgil's Aeneid, though if you...

    You should read Virgil's Aeneid, though if you only want an overall picture of the mythology you would be best finding a more recently written book (I found E M Berens' The Myths and Legends of...
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