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- Mon Feb 21, 2022 5:35 pm
- Forum: Bernardo gets a room of his own
- Topic: I feel like Bernardo is getting carried away in a scary direction
- Replies: 96
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Re: I feel like Bernardo is getting carried away in a scary direction
You ignore the obvious, that our thinking as human beings can be wrong. If the content of your thinking is correct or wrong doesn’t change the divine nature of Thinking, and that is the point that Steiner is making. Of course it is our responsability to try to make good use of thinking. You set as ...
- Wed Feb 16, 2022 1:13 am
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: (Essay) Turning Our Fate into Freedom: Polar Forces (Part 1)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1108
Re: (Essay) Turning Our Fate into Freedom: Polar Forces (Part 1)
Yes, I took that idea from PoF, but I am reading in the prologue of the book you mention (preview in amazon) that: ‘For if you agree to abandon the dogma that “percepts without concepts are blind”, as Kant put it, a deep theoretical mess, a genuine quagmire, will dry up. This is one of the main them...
- Tue Feb 15, 2022 8:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: (Essay) Turning Our Fate into Freedom: Polar Forces (Part 1)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1108
Re: (Essay) Turning Our Fate into Freedom: Polar Forces (Part 1)
Ashvin, thank you for this new post, very interesting as always. But I have a doubt, you say: We say perception absolutely comes before meaning, for example, because we are first conscious of perceiving objects and only later conscious of their meaning. In philosophy, this dynamic is known as "...
- Fri Feb 11, 2022 4:23 pm
- Forum: Bernardo gets a room of his own
- Topic: BK's latest article on "self-deception"
- Replies: 53
- Views: 85235
Re: BK's latest article on "self-deception"
Ashvin, Two questions: I'm genuinely curious if Ben, Eugene, TriloByte and Shalibei would agree with the characterization you have provided here? Have you considered that BK means by "illusions" what you mean by "incompleteness", when you assert that even the most insightful amo...
- Fri Feb 11, 2022 12:45 pm
- Forum: Bernardo gets a room of his own
- Topic: BK's latest article on "self-deception"
- Replies: 53
- Views: 85235
Re: BK's latest article on "self-deception"
Ashvin, Two questions: I'm genuinely curious if Ben, Eugene, TriloByte and Shalibei would agree with the characterization you have provided here? Have you considered that BK means by "illusions" what you mean by "incompleteness", when you assert that even the most insightful amo...
- Fri Feb 11, 2022 12:30 pm
- Forum: Bernardo gets a room of his own
- Topic: BK's latest article on "self-deception"
- Replies: 53
- Views: 85235
Re: BK's latest article on "self-deception"
Several times, in books or interviews, BK mentions the ideas of Viktor Frankl as one example of wise thinking and viable solution for the crisis of meaning. The thing is that in Frankl’s writings always is emphasized the importance of the individual, his singularity and unrepeatibility situation in...
- Thu Feb 10, 2022 1:38 am
- Forum: Bernardo gets a room of his own
- Topic: BK's latest article on "self-deception"
- Replies: 53
- Views: 85235
Re: BK's latest article on "self-deception"
Several times, in books or interviews, BK mentions the ideas of Viktor Frankl as one example of wise thinking and viable solution for the crisis of meaning. The thing is that in Frankl’s writings always is emphasized the importance of the individual, his singularity and unrepeatibility situation in ...
- Mon Jan 24, 2022 9:50 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Question for Cleric about prayer
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2626
Re: Question for Cleric about prayer
Could you elaborate more about this topic? I would really appreciate it. When you have time, of course. Hi TB, please take a look at my recent post here https://metakastrup.org/viewtopic.php?p=16093#p16093 Feel free to ask further question back here in your thread. Ashvin, Cardenio, thank you for y...
- Mon Jan 24, 2022 9:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Question for Cleric about prayer
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2626
- Mon Jan 24, 2022 9:45 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Question for Cleric about prayer
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2626
Re: Question for Cleric about prayer
To build on what was said: the first thing we should pray for is that we be granted the wisdom to know what to pray for. Otherwise, we risk desiring what seems good and what seems good is often contradictory to what is good. We should actually be pleased not to get what we want until we have first ...