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Do you think that I should declare my love?
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You have more chances to solve it if you keep your eyes closed.
Do you think that I should declare my love?
of course
who is the kindest person?
Me.
Who is the most evil person?
I do not have powers of divination.
Does Johnny blow your mind?
In about a hundred different ways!
Should I answer her email?
Yes,definitely.
But what if the one to whom I declare my love replys coldly?
Then at least you know.
How should I cook my chicken?
extra crispy
Where is waldo?
Behind the giant crab's left pincer
Who ate all the pies?
four and twenty blackbirds before they got baked!
Speaking of birds, why do they sing in the morning?
to annoy those of us who want to sleep and welcome the rising soon.
are finger bones white?
I don't know.
Have you heard of the I Ching?
It was part of a question in an application essay choice...but no, I don't really know...
what is the I Ching?
ha, nice memory :)
Book of Change, or book of Changes...it's over 3000 years old, consists of texts and then commentaries by Confucius, among others. I'm just beginning it, so far as I can tell it's both for divination, but also for philosophy, etc., because it isn't just used to help everyone, it only wants to help the good, for people who are good and the common good. (I think)
Did you know Catholic actualy means universal?
I actually didn't know that.
Did you know that Silly Putty was an experiment that went wrong but they decided that the substance created was rather cool and neat, and that was the beginning of the Silly Putty toy?
:p I didn't choose that essay choice...But I do have the memory of a goldfish...Quote:
Originally Posted by NikolaiI
No I didn't. That's an interesting meaning...hmm..
licking envelopes or sending email?
Kiz, I watched a documentary on that (History Channel's getting kookier by the years)..yeah..That's cool though! How convenient.
erm...i really dun have a preferance.
occult or fan fiction?
Fan fiction
Did you know that Albert Einstein was often asked to explain the general theory of relativity. "Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour," he once declared. "Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. That's relativity!" Had you heard this before?
Yes, I have. :)
Did you know Richard Feynman was a lock-picker as a hobby?
YEAH! I read his autobiography!!! he's sooo cooooool....*drools*
Why do socks have to be so restricting?
So that your feet don't get any ideas, naturally.
Did you know it was Nietzsche that first said "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger"?
(He said it in German, of course, presumably in larger words...)
Interesting, no, I did not know that, thanks for that information!
But, did you know that Albert Einstein was a very late talker? At the dinner table one evening, he finally broke his long silence: "The soup is too hot," he complained. His parents, greatly relieved, asked him why he had never spoken before. "Because," he replied, "up to now everything has been in order." Had you heard this one before?
I don't think this is possible...Quote:
Originally Posted by Jamesian
I mean if you mean it literally. Do you not think any Greek philosopher or any Roman soldier never said it before him? Or any Chinese soldier or thinker or teacher? Or anyone else?
Didn't know this, knew he was a late talker though.Quote:
Originally Posted by kiz_paws
Have you read much of Plato?
Wow, is that true? no I haven't...
What's the difference between great minds and the rest of us?
Craze, I think you have a great mind.
I dunno, to your question though....Nietzsche said: I'm a genius in my nostrils. If I am not a genius in my nostrils, then Nietzsche certainly wasn't. Nietzsche said he was writing for some 6 people in the world, or working on problems that some 6 were....in reference to the height or depth of his philosophy...Descartes also, wrote that he was writing to one, special person, out of everyone else, who would read his works and understand him; Nathaniel Hawthorne, too, said he was writing to an ideal, perfect reader, who would be kind to him...
Anyhow what makes these people great were their ideas, writings, all of that; but what's of paramount importance is just the love that we give, expand, and receive. The lives we enrich. Or if none of that is possible then greatness is simply holding out against the tides of people battling for existence, and achieving one's own lofty goals in solitude or prayer...it would make someone great to remember all the passing thoughts during philosophical trains of thought that strike one as so important, as so capturing of the essence of things...
That's funny that you mention Hawthorne in that connection, as he essentially was that ideal reader for Herman Melville.
Well, my understanding is that he coined the phrase - which I believe a prof confirmed one day by asking the class and, when I put this forward, answering in the affirmative.Quote:
Originally Posted by NikolaiI
I really doubt anyone said it before, simply because I think it's not true. I hold that a person is dying nonstop, and that there is nothing that doesn't in some sense contribute to killing a person. Don't you? :p
ah! that's really beautiful...
not alot...I read at most 5 books in the Republic for my poli sci classQuote:
Originally Posted by NikolaiI
Do you enjoy the absence of sounds or light?
Tangled in the webosphere...skip
Oh yes, yes, then, of course, it's entirely true; he did coin the phrase, and many others. I don't think he created it though. Don't forget that Nietzsche read a lot, a ton. So he could have pulled the idea from some obscure militarist philosohpy-- of course, it is possible he created it, he was a genius.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jamesian
In a small way, everything does contribute, yes. But not in a traceable way. For instance if I eat a banana that will give me fuel, which is not more than I need, etc., etc., this will extend my life, and I can only really say it contributes to my downfall in the same way I say that all things are connected.
Suffering can make us stronger, but I think at some point the suffering needs to be eased. I mean so suffering would make us stronger, but it also could kill us. And at some point we don't need suffering to be stronger; and it would only hinder us, and we would make infinite progress without it.
What I wrote? Thx, if so.Quote:
Originally Posted by crazefest456
Ah, well that's more of The Republic than I've read. I want to read it all eventually. I've read the Symposium, which I enjoyed at the time and I think I'll enjoy a second reading, and I enjoyed reading an excerpt of Phaedrus very, very much.Quote:
Originally Posted by crazefest456
Yes, I do very much!Quote:
Do you enjoy the absence of sounds or light?
Tangled in the webosphere...skip
Do you think that when we view lights, we are the lights?
*switches out of pessimist mode*
Yeah, on ten minutes' consideration, I'm actually not sure I completely feel that way about everything being remotely murderous. I do, however think that most of the things that we look at as "not killing" us - i.e. really disagreeable things - do have a negative effect, though early in life we seem better-equipped to stave it off a little...
(I'm not quoting because everytime I do it shows more text than I can actually see in your post (I can't see the stuff you wrote about the Republic); most strange...)
Then I'll erase. Thanks for the chat, J.
Agreed. (I can finally see your whole message now as well!)
Next question:
How many licks does it take to get to the tootsie-roll center of a tootsie-pop?
about 600
(we did a science experiment!)
what would banapples taste like if there were such things as banapples.
like nothing..such hybrids initiallly taste like nothing until they inject flavorings...
Why am I angry about the world's food supply?
Well gee, isn't that obvious? (distribution...)
Why am i feeling so elated, when really i ought to be burdened?
Because you found someone who understands you truly and lets you express yourself in a way no other would understand?
Same question-- why is Chava...
for joy comes when we least expect it.
What song is on your mind right now?
Fruit Tree by Nick Drake
Fame is but a fruit tree
So very unsound.
It can never flourish
Till its stalk is in the ground.
So men of fame
Can never find a way
Till time has flown
Far from their dying day.
Forgotten while you're here
Remembered for a while
A much updated ruin
From a much outdated style.
Mainly because it's playing on my MP3 player right now, but also because it's a beautiful song.
Who shot Nice Guy Eddie?
uh.... who?
did ya'll know that Final Fantisy VI: Advent Children was a bloody movie?! saweet!
Didn't know that, but thanks for the heads up. I can't take too much gore. :sick:
Who likes rock climbing? (I am going to learn, but am kinda afraid of hights. Anyone with me there? Heh. :))
It completely rocks! (ehm, no corny pun intended...)
What would you like to say?