> Sodom wrote:
>
> > Tadeusz Niwinski wrote:
> >
> > > Has anybody noticed that?
> > >
> > > Nateman's original:
> > >
> > > > Ultimately it is ones philosophy of life , explicit or implicit
> > > ,which guides
> > > > one's choices. Which is why philosophy is the most important
> subject
> > > a person
> > > > can learn!The Nateman
> > >
> > > "Quote" by Richard Brodie:
> > >
> > > > Ultimately it is ones philosophy of life , explicit or implicit
> > > ,which
> > > guides
> > > > one's choices. Which is why philosophy is the most important
> subject
> > > a person
> > > > can learn!The Nametag
> > >
> >
> > This is crazy!!! To assume that most people even have a philosophy
> of
> > life, or live by it is BS. Most people run on emotion and
> brainwashing
> > alone. This is most evident in religion of course. Most religious
> people
> > were raised that way.
>
> Religion is a philosophy. Philosophies come in all colors some good
> some bad
> and plenty of stuff in-between.
>
> > If you teach a child from birth til age 10 that
> > 2+2=5, they will believe it for a very long time. You may never be
> able
> > to eliminate the error. It is emotion that drives almost every
> aspect of
> > most people's lives, that is why guilt is such a huge factor in
> people
> > lives. If you have a philosophy, and live by it, then guilt will not
>
> > creep up on you as you will not violate your philosophy.
>
> Guilt is the conflict between what you believe and what you actually
> do. You
> have to believe in something in order to violate that belief.
>
> > In my opinion, a philosophy is built upon over years by the thinking
> mind.
>
> That is how one builds up a valid philosophy. You get one by default
> unless
> you lack the capacity to think at all. (I don't think dogs have a
> philosophy
> but they do have personality and plenty of emotion!)
> By the way kudos on your Plato remark. I laughed out loud when I saw
> that.
>
> The Nateman
>
> >
Well, I must agree with everything except perhaps definitions. I do
not think a belief and philosophy are the same thing. To me a philosophy
requires conscious construction of multiple coherent concepts. If you
bring philosophy down to the level of belief, then yes, beliefs indicate
a philosophy with or without conscious construction.
Sodom
I HAVE SEEN THE LIGHT, THEN I OPENED MY EYES AND IT WAS 70W