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Fichte – Free Will, Action & Consciousness

Posted on November 15, 2009 by deadondres

I have been reading Fichte’s The Vocation of Man, and have come away impressed, especially by Book III – Faith. Fichte is known for promoting a so-called philosophy of solipsism, penned in an an impenetrable style, but I found neither to be valid. On … Continue reading →

Posted in General Philosophies | Tagged action, active, Active Philosophy, active thinking, consciousness, ego, engine, faith, fichte, free will, individual, johann fichte, johann gottlieb fichte, motor, Philosophy, pineal gland, solipsism, thought, vocation, will, world | 2 Comments

Hippies 2.0

Posted on March 29, 2009 by activephilosophy

This post is in response to Caprice Part II and will be brief. Much of the content of this post is based on the BBC documentary ‘Century of the Self’ (post linked here) Part 3 (video linked here). In the … Continue reading →

Posted in Active Philosophy | Tagged active, Active Philosophy, breaking point, brief thought, capitalism, caprice, Century of the Self, change, conscious, creativity, Documentary, evolve, freedom, hippie, hippies 2.0, individual, indvidual vs. group, limits, movement, paradigm, peace, Philosophy, Reagan, society, the 80's, whims | 1 Comment

Caprice – Part II

Posted on March 29, 2009 by deadondres

This is a continuation of Caprice and Self Control, which got started really with The Calculus of Decisions. Every day a person wakes up with a different disposition, with minute chemical changes shifting our moods and hungers. The world seems … Continue reading →

Posted in Active Philosophy | Tagged active, caprice, change, chemistry, choices, consistency, culture, disposition, hunger, individual, institutions, mass transit, moods, salvation, science, technology, television, thoughts, whims, will, work | 2 Comments

Tying up Loose Ends

Posted on March 23, 2009 by activephilosophy

This post is a response to “Loose Ends” I originally wrote a several page response to your last post, where I went through your points one by one and developed either an agreement or a counter argument. Then, I realized … Continue reading →

Posted in Active Philosophy, General Philosophies | Tagged acheivement, active, advancement, art, being, bible, bullshit, certainty, church, control, darkest, death, destiny, development, double, doubt, dying, edge, Emerson, expression, fear, fixing, forward, fresh, God, history, honor, hope, human, humanity, independence, individual, individuality, Leibniz, life, living, loose ends, male, methods, necessity, nonbeing, pastor, perspective, Philosophy, preacher, religion, respect, science, scratch, scripture, sides, Spinoza, spirit, start, successful, technology, tying up, unknown, white, Wittgenstein, word, words | 10 Comments

On Fear of One Another II

Posted on March 20, 2009 by activephilosophy

This blog is in response to Fear of One Another Which is a follow up to the debate started in the posts On Science, Religion, and Nationalism On Science, Religion, and Nationalism II I will also admit that I was … Continue reading →

Posted in General Philosophies | Tagged active, america, capitalism, choice, church, contradiction, crisis, ethics, existence, faith, freedom, God, hope, humanity, Ideas, knowledge, life, meaning, motivation, perception, Philosophy, politics, questions, reality, religion, revolution, school, science, society, Spinoza, truth, vs., Wittgenstein, work, Zen | 7 Comments

We are not alone

Posted on March 3, 2009 by activephilosophy

**Update**: I was unaware when I posted this, but this speech is actually Alex Jones monologue from Waking Life. Upon looking deeper into this, I discovered another similar blog. Anarachist Rabbi This is important to keep in mind. There are … Continue reading →

Posted in Active Philosophy | Tagged 20th century, 21st century, active, control, democrat, destiny, freedom, governemnt, human spirit, humanity, Ideas, individual, insecurities, liberal, libery, lies, love fest, Philosophy, politics, propaganda, religion, republican, resistance, slavery, submission, Syd Gris | 3 Comments

Self Control

Posted on February 9, 2009 by activephilosophy

This post is in response to Caprice. It is also a continuation The Calculus of Decisions. I want to comment on a couple of themes that have been appearing on this blog. The first, of course, is active philosophy. How … Continue reading →

Posted in General Philosophies | Tagged achievement, active, caclculus, caprice, choice, colbert, conscious, decision, emotion, ethics, Freud, Fromm, frustration, goals, how we decide, jonah, lehrer, philosohpy, ration, rationality, report, self, subconscious | 4 Comments

Sameness

Posted on January 21, 2009 by activephilosophy

At first this sounds like a stupid question, but it really has a lot of complexity to it. Why do objects stay where they are? You always find your bed in the same spot when you come back from work … Continue reading →

Posted in Quick Ideas | Tagged active, Ideas, Philosophy, questions, quick, sameness, stationary, wierd | 6 Comments

Influences

Posted on January 21, 2009 by activephilosophy

Although I have always wanted to make something (this blog) like this, I think that I have been unconsciously been influenced by Barack Obama’s messages of hope and brighter days. He has inspired so many to maximize their potential, which … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events | Tagged active, activism, hope, inaguration, obama, Philosophy, politics, purpose, will | 1 Comment

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