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Post by ajay on Oct 18, 2003 18:45:06 GMT -5
Excluding death, there is no other guarantee in life.
Absolutely nothing.
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Post by Chrisonfire on Oct 18, 2003 19:04:44 GMT -5
What about the guarantee that nothing is entirely good or bad. There's always some good in bad things and some bad in good things.
This post was brought to you by the fucking Daggers.
Chris Daggeronfire The Daggers are bodybaggers.
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Post by forsythe p. jones on Oct 18, 2003 19:34:54 GMT -5
broncos rock your face off.
guaranteed.
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Post by Steve M on Oct 18, 2003 20:22:15 GMT -5
there are sooooo many guarantees in life. seriously bra.
totally disagree
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Post by ajay on Oct 20, 2003 1:55:54 GMT -5
I'm speaking in terms of your own life. Not in terms of the 'collective' life the world has.
Nothing can be guaranteed, and to explain it quickly, it basically comes back to death. Nothing can be guaranteed, because we cannot say ' A will take place at B' because we cannot be guaranteed that death will not take it's toll before that situation happens. We can't guarantee that we will take our next breath of oxygen. Follow me?
Now in the terms of what I think you guys are talking about, it's very different. However, I still think it is hard to guarantee anything. I don't believe we are in the position to guarantee things -- there's no way for our brains to see something as absolute -- mainly cause we cannot see into the future. As we are now, living solely in the absolute present, there are no guarantees.
Hey Chrisonfire, what about the human appendix, thats neither good or bad?
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Post by ajay on Oct 20, 2003 1:58:17 GMT -5
By the way, this is sheer philosophy. In un-philosophy (hah!) I completely know what you guys are saying.
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Post by Steve M on Oct 20, 2003 2:44:54 GMT -5
how about, i guarantee that that sort of philosophy is silly.
whats the point?
what if the sun doenst rise tomorrow? so? whats the difference? why did it ever?
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Post by ajay on Oct 20, 2003 3:24:57 GMT -5
Because any philosophy is a great way to exercise the mind. To say that this sort of philosophy is silly is to say any philosophy is silly. Descartes, Plato, Socarates, Nietzsche, Russel (my fucking favourite). The works man.
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Post by Steve M on Oct 20, 2003 3:29:18 GMT -5
or is it?
actually i do think all philosophy is silly haha.
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Post by ajay on Oct 20, 2003 3:45:12 GMT -5
Well right on then.
Let us kiss.
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Post by Arkham on Oct 20, 2003 12:14:44 GMT -5
i thought i was the only nihilist in the bunch! haha i'm in agreement with ajay that philosophy is a really good way to excercize the mind. even if it's silly, the fun part is figuring out WHY it's silly, which is in a way philosophy in itself. i started reading 3 books this weekend. i went to value village and bought this art textbook and this book "nationalism without walls" which is about canada as the first post-modern nation. really interesting stuff. i also just started reading "slaughterhouse-V" which is a little different than i thought it would be. i was expecting a really thick anti-prose novel with lots of crazy words i'd never heard before. too bad, it still seems interesting though. i also bought canterbury tales yesterday at chapters. it's translated from the old english which kind of sucks. i want to find an original copy with just all the explanatory stuff at the bottom. middle english is so much better than the dribble we speak.
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Post by MaxProphet on Oct 20, 2003 15:26:12 GMT -5
taxes, of labour or money
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Post by Steve M on Oct 20, 2003 19:48:39 GMT -5
for me, i just dont care why usually, nor do i feel any need at all to excersize my mind.
not that im proud of that so much.
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Post by ajay on Oct 21, 2003 0:41:14 GMT -5
I found a guarantee.
Exercise causes alot of people spelling troubles. (me included)
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Post by Tyler on Oct 21, 2003 13:18:25 GMT -5
Here's another guarantee: Some people will own dogs.
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