Quotes of the Day: "Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal: Nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude." - Thomas Jefferson
"Cats are proof that everything in nature doesn't necessarily have a purpose" - Garrison Keillor
"If the world really looks like that I will paint no more! " - Claude Monet, flinging away a pair of glasses for which he had been fitted to correct a severe astigmatism
Wise people seek solutions; the ignorant only cast blame. - Tao Te Ching 79
Do i detect thinly vieled blame in that post . . . or is it in the saying itself
perhaps the Tao is not infallible?! and perhaps Nietszche is right . . . even Eastern religions are religions of ressentement . . . much more mature than the West's religions but still vieled denial of Life?!?!?
Do i detect thinly vieled blame in that post . . . or is it in the saying itself
perhaps the Tao is not infallible?! and perhaps Nietszche is right . . . even Eastern religions are religions of ressentement . . . much more mature than the West's religions but still vieled denial of Life?!?!?
Hmm,..
That's a very deep assessment. How did you come of it pfflam?
Do i detect thinly vieled blame in that post . . . or is it in the saying itself
perhaps the Tao is not infallible?! and perhaps Nietszche is right . . . even Eastern religions are religions of ressentement . . . much more mature than the West's religions but still vieled denial of Life?!?!?
However,..
I'm not sure we can build a logical argument here. Eastern religions are religions of resentment. Western religions are religions of resentment. And one can certainly describe Nietszche's writings as a "religion of resentment". So where does that leave us? You also describe these philosophies as veiled denials of Life. That of course would depend on your definition of Life is. And I don't know of anyone that has yet came up with a satisfactory answer to that one. But maybe you have?
Btw, did I mention how much I really enjoy reading your posts. Keep em coming..
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"Get busy living, or get busy dying."
Not so serous:
"What do you want me to do. Whack a guy? Off a guy? Whack off a guy? Cause I'm married!"
Originally posted by DMBand0026
Serous:
"Get busy living, or get busy dying."
Bob Dylan or Red from The Shawshank Redemption?
Thomas Edison
" Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."
Dr. Suess
John F. Kennedy
Originally posted by ShawnJ
Bob Dylan or Red from The Shawshank Redemption?
I know it's from Shawshank, but I didn't know Dylan said it too. Leave it to Bob. He's an amazing guy.
No, really!
Ok, outside religion:
"The Bible knows nothing of a hierarchy or labor. No work is degrading. If it ought to be done, then it is good work." ~ George Washington
"School prepares you for examination. Life gives you the finals." ~ Say
Oh, and:
"Definition of Status: Buying something you don't want with money you don't have to impress people you don't like." ~ Dr. Eugene Swearingen
Originally posted by DMBand0026
I know it's from Shawshank, but I didn't know Dylan said it too. Leave it to Bob. He's an amazing guy.
Pointed threats, they bluff with scorn
Suicide remarks are torn
From the fool's gold mouthpiece
The hollow horn plays wasted words
Proves to warn
That he not busy being born
Is busy dying.
-IT'S ALRIGHT, MA (I'M ONLY BLEEDING)
Bringing It All Back Home (1965)
It's a damn poor mind that can only think of one way to spell a word.
-Andrew Johnson
"Cats are proof that everything in nature doesn't necessarily have a purpose" - Garrison Keillor
"If the world really looks like that I will paint no more! " - Claude Monet, flinging away a pair of glasses for which he had been fitted to correct a severe astigmatism
-Dr. Hunter Thompson
Originally posted by majorspunk
Wise people seek solutions; the ignorant only cast blame. - Tao Te Ching 79
Do i detect thinly vieled blame in that post . . . or is it in the saying itself
perhaps the Tao is not infallible?! and perhaps Nietszche is right . . . even Eastern religions are religions of ressentement . . . much more mature than the West's religions but still vieled denial of Life?!?!?
Originally posted by pfflam
Do i detect thinly vieled blame in that post . . . or is it in the saying itself
perhaps the Tao is not infallible?! and perhaps Nietszche is right . . . even Eastern religions are religions of ressentement . . . much more mature than the West's religions but still vieled denial of Life?!?!?
Hmm,..
That's a very deep assessment. How did you come of it pfflam?
Originally posted by pfflam
Do i detect thinly vieled blame in that post . . . or is it in the saying itself
perhaps the Tao is not infallible?! and perhaps Nietszche is right . . . even Eastern religions are religions of ressentement . . . much more mature than the West's religions but still vieled denial of Life?!?!?
However,..
I'm not sure we can build a logical argument here. Eastern religions are religions of resentment. Western religions are religions of resentment. And one can certainly describe Nietszche's writings as a "religion of resentment". So where does that leave us? You also describe these philosophies as veiled denials of Life. That of course would depend on your definition of Life is. And I don't know of anyone that has yet came up with a satisfactory answer to that one. But maybe you have?
Btw, did I mention how much I really enjoy reading your posts. Keep em coming..
Originally posted by majorspunk
Nietszche's writings as a "religion of resentment"
Who are you trying to fool.
You know nothing about philosophy, and from what I can tell you are still a teenager . . . if that . . .