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In the human being, there is a "co-incidence" of body and consciousness (literally an arising together, a mutual conditioning).
You do not have a body, your body has you.
The particularities of your consciousness are reflections of your unique psycho-physical makeup, a fact amply supported by neuroscience.
The FACT of your consciousness, your actual first-person experience of these determined states and innate capacity to overcome them through observation and detachment, is the basis of Buddhist praxis, simultaneously the principle and path of...
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>>1420801
Why is it not the case that I have a body and my body has a me?
Please restate as a historical question
Cool, OP. While I disagree with you, I thought I'd say that Descartes had a very similar opinion (that body and consciousness were coincidental, but not essentially related, if I understood correctly).
The reason I don't agree is because all it takes is an accident or a brain disease for a person to become a drooling zombie with no memory or awareness of himself. So much for the consciousness being independent of the body.
Why didn't Realpolitik catch on and are we still dealing with this bullshit called 'ideology'? For fucks sake people, wake up, ideology is a fucking SPOOK.
The whole concept of ideology is fucking retarded.
>Hurr durr, instead of forming my own opinion I am gonna choose one of these preset bundle of opinions, hurr durr
>>1420768
It did catch on. Realpolitik has been American foreign policy since 1776. Just because Bismarck named it doesn't mean he started it, you flaming faggot.
>>1420800
I didn't even use the name 'Bismarck' in this entire thread, how can you accuse me for claiming he started it?
>>1420804
>starts a thread about realpolitik with fucking Bismarck in the OP
Just kys and move on.
Is the bible supposed to be taken literally, or is it supposed to be taken spiritually ( As is using it as a guide)? Or is that negligent, and the bible is supposed to be taken as a book used for only authoritarian gain.
Whenever it contradicts reality, you take it spiritually. Anything questionable is allegory. Keep this in mind and you'll do fine.
Extremist stances that Bible should be taken only literally or only as a metaphor are cancer. There are things that are obviously literal ("David was crowned as a king") and some that are obviously metaphors (parables for example are outright explicit metaphors).
>>1420763
The two aren't mutually exclusive. Christians traditionally interpreted the bible as simultaneously being both literal and allegorical. For example Augustine wrote about how the dimensions of Noah's ark corresponded to the dimensions of the human body, which is the body of Christ and in turn the body of the Church while at the same time defended the literal reading, with arguments such as the ark being measured with Egyptian cubits rather than Latin, so it was bigger than people thought, and could in fact...
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Redpill me on the world. Why does it feel like everything is going to shit everywhere at once?
Because you are afraid.
>>1420506
pls dont use words like "redpill me"
Everyone has always felt like that in every age
I'm looking for an abstract as fuck book with lots of double meanings.
The Bible
Finnigan's Wake
The Book of the New Sun
Is it possible to explain waifuism using Plato's philosophy?
>Hey guys is there a videogame where I can play as a cute witch?
I wouldn't say so. Plato claimed that there existed perfect forms of our inperfect worldly objects and anime girls are just to distance due to retarded body proportions and extremely wide spread mental dissorders.
>>1420408
what?
>most atheists are polite and have a good understanding of most religions, using arguments of religious history in historical debates
>religious people are ACCEPT JESUS/ALLAH OR DIE and brag on how their afterlife in heaven is secure
There are exceptions, but:
which one of those do you think a peace loving god like Jesus would let in heaven?
now
>>1420338
Religious people
Unbelievers aren't admitted in
/thread
Heaven is a reward for irrational obedience, not polite arguments.
>>1420338
Actually most atheists are stupid and naive, and that comes from an atheist. They do not understand that the belief part is only a small part of religion.
I think group cohesion through rituals and self-sacrifice are much more important.
I'm reading about the Northern Wars and shit and I'm really surprised to see how Sweden was the Nazi Germany of the 17th century. What event changed them to what they are now?
>humanities
Political compass bread
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Patrician reporting in
Without war, common enemies and a low minimum wage, nothing stops a nation from merging into an invertebrate nation of melting pot socialists who hate their own country because they have run out of things to protest
Glory to the senate
>>1420193
>nationalism works in the 21st century
Wew racist
where my freedom lovers at
Hello /psy/. Is there a reasonable explanation as to why, for example, groups made mostly of boys (like in technical schools) tend to obsess over disgusting stuff?
It sounds like one of those things where you just know that there's a French guy with a theory about it, so that's why I'm asking on /his/.
Bravado/masculinity displays.
>>1420208
I'm not sure that it's that simple. Note that this is not about being cocky and showing off, this is purely about disgusting things. Toilet humour and the such.
Can an argument be made for pride in one's nationality?
And as an extension of that - one's race?
>>1420158
Just as one is proud of his or her family and their accomplishments but also do not denigrate the accomplishments of other families.
>>1420158
I think culture would be more apt because it is better at defining the psychological 'tribe' than race or nationality; there are lots of factions within an ethnicity that compete and loathe each other, as well as, to an extent, nationality. These are usually different 'cultures' within said nationality or race that are against each other
>>1420158
There isn't much that is particularly loathsome about pride. Allowing pride to lead to irrational action is the usual concern. Pride based on logical reasons is to be preferred then but not necessary.
Why do human fear the darkness ?
because humans cant see in darkness
many predators can
>>1420071
It's a primal fear from our ancestors.
Most predators hunt at night.
The fact that at one point, our ancestors were being hunted by things we couldn't see, or didn't know we're there till their mates started screaming and being dragged away left fears that still linger.
>>1420071
We're conditioned by evolution to fear dark colors because in the past we had to fight off dark-skinned savages so that we could isolate ourselves and create civilization
>"WHOA, WHOA!!! REEL IT BACK!"
>record scratch
>freeze frame
>"That's better."
>"Alright, you see that guy with his brains blasted all over the dashboard? Well, that's me. You're probably wondering how I got myself in such a mess."
>"Well its a long story, how about you sit back and listen to my story. . . "
>[spoiler]SOMEBODY...
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It was an inside job, right?
>>1419920
>"It was my bitch wife"
>dashboard
Do you own a car OP?
Should International Relations be based on common values or common interest?
Only if it benefits my country
>>1419908
>Only if it benefits my country
>>1419853
Collective good of all people
I found an interesting concept in a work of fiction and I'm wondering whether it has a certain name, and what are some historical instances of it actually happening.
Basically, it goes like this: A government notices a conspiracy or coup is being planned, still in a premature state. Instead of acting, they allow it to carry on while keeping informed and preparing to crush it when it happens. That way, any hidden, powerful dissidents come to light and are crushed with the conspiracy, as opposed to crushing it in an early stage when almost no one is involved.
>>1419839
i would say that COINTELPRO
is one kindof permeation on this, in which the government allows protests/movements to carry on, just plants instigators/provocateurs and informants to steer it the wrong way and tarnish its public image
also we've seen this a lot in RICO cases, in which the government will allow organized crime networks to continue operating while they gather the nessacery evidence to thoroughly destroy hard to reach leadership
>>1419849
Well, I was actually expecting something quite older. Maybe greece/rome.
>>1419839
>Basically, it goes like this: A government notices a conspiracy or coup is being planned, still in a premature state. Instead of acting, they allow it to carry on while keeping informed and preparing to crush it when it happens. That way, any hidden, powerful dissidents come to light and are crushed with the conspiracy, as opposed to crushing it in an early stage when almost no one is involved.
Operation Valkyrie is the closest thing I can think of
