Tag Archives: Wittgenstein

Beyond Theism/Atheism

Posted on May 13, 2009 by deadondres

Puff Daddy: “Let’s change the world, BIG.” Notorious BIG: “Can’t change the world unless we change ourselves.” Beyond Atheism/Theism “I must create a system or be enslaved by another man’s; I will not reason and compare; my business is to … Continue reading →

Posted in Active Philosophy | Tagged agnosticism, atheism, belief, brand, catholicism, Christianity, discipline, division, faith, freedom, Gandhi, gentiles, gnostic, God, Gospel of Thomas, heaven, Hegel, history, judaism, knowledge, Leibniz, love, morality, Nietzshe, ownership, Pascal, raft, religion, Spinoza, spiritual, theism, tolerance, truth, unity, William Blake, wisdom, Wittgenstein | 1 Comment

Convention

Posted on April 29, 2009 by deadondres

Each day there are more people on this Earth. Carbon dioxide levels continue to rise to what climatologists estimate may be the highest in millions of years. At the same time, there are some that insist vehemently that our way … Continue reading →

Posted in Quick Ideas | Tagged 1984, attitude, capitalism, censorship, choice, climate change, convention, decision, doublespeak, earth, fate, George Orwell, global warming, green, justice, logic, media, new, norms, orthodoxy, possibility, poverty, prejudice, progress, propoganda, psychology, record heat, research, slogan, temperature, thought, truth, Wittgenstein, work | 1 Comment

Fragments from Wittgenstein’s Culture and Value

Posted on April 25, 2009 by deadondres

“Are all men great? No. – Well then, how can you have any hope of being a great man! Why should something be bestowed on you that’s not bestowed on your neighbor? To what purpose? If it isn’t your wish … Continue reading →

Posted in Quotes | Tagged belief, certainty, change, christ, cold, conviction, creation, culture, death, determination, direction, doctrine, faith, forces, God, hell, Holy Ghost, judgement, knowledge, life, logic, love, nature, new way of thinking, Philosophy, power, prices, redemption, religion, resurrection, rights, roots, Self-improvement, talent, thinking, thought, thoughts, trees, value, vanity, will, wisdom, Wittgenstein | 1 Comment

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

Loose Ends

Posted on March 21, 2009 by deadondres

I think this can be the last post I need in response because through this debate I think I’ve honed what I’m trying to say. This is a continuation of: On Science Religion, and Nationalism On Science, Religion, and Nationalism … Continue reading →

Posted in General Philosophies | Tagged bible, Buddhism, certainty, computers, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Gandhi, gospels, jesus, logic, malcolm x, Nelson Mandela, Philosophy, rationality, religion, science, scripture, socrates, Spinoza, superstition, technology, virgin birth, Wittgenstein, work, Zen | 3 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 →

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Baruch Spinoza, Part I – or, Don’t Blame God for Religion

Posted on March 11, 2009 by deadondres

Devising this post set my blogging back a considerable amount timewise. It is in response to Caprice, and also in response to Self Control. It is also a continuation of The Calculus of Decisions. Spinoza is an amazing thinker. I … Continue reading →

Posted in General Philosophies | Tagged Baruch Spinoza, Buddha, decisions, ethics, excommunication, God, Ideas, judaism, knowledge, milton, morals, orthodox, paradise lost, Philosophy, portuguese, satan, Spinoza, suffering, Wittgenstein, Zen | 5 Comments

New Thoughts

Posted on January 20, 2009 by deadondres

13.8 billion years after the big bang we find ourselves flying through the tremendous thrust of another big bang. We are particles propelled in the Homo Sapiens explosion. Appearing. Perhaps within an illusory existence. Growing from cosmic clay to fertile … Continue reading →

Posted in Active Philosophy | Tagged active thinking, big bang, collective, humanity, language games, Wittgenstein | 1 Comment

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