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Thread ID: 62844	2005-10-21 07:45:00	Pause for thought.	Cicero (40)	PC World Chat

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398136	2005-10-21 19:08:00	The problem is,that all ideas depend on who is viewing them. Take Rogernomics,001 thinks they are right,you don't,who is right? The worlds greatest minds have been put to the question,is ther a god,are we any wiser. We do what has been done here,we think we understand and adopt a position. A current example is Islam versus the rest.	Cicero (40)
398137	2005-10-21 21:33:00	The problem with many of those ancient philosophers was they they were born into wealthy families so that they did not have to work. They had slaves to do all the menial tasks, and so Parmenides could spend all day speculating on nature and philosophising without ever going out into the real world and getting his hands dirty. They didn't know a hammer from a chisel. Indeed many of them thought that they could resolve all of natures mysteries by the power of pure thought alone without ever going outside and actually observing and measuring anything. Personally I'd go along with Euclid and Newton :stare:	Terry Porritt (14)
398138	2005-10-22 08:18:00	You seem to be saying,they would be better off using their hammers and chisels rather than thinking,not quite the function of a philosopher I would have thought. Mind you I could be wrong.	Cicero (40)
398139	2005-10-22 08:49:00	You seem to be saying,they would be better off using their hammers and chisels rather than thinking,not quite the function of a philosopher I would have thought. Mind you I could be wrong. No, not really, but being more of a practical turn of mind I have some difficulty following the reasonings and arguments of the famous 'theoretical' philosophers who pose and discuss problems that could be resolved by going outside and observing nature rather than hypothetically theorising. Yet we have had equally great thinkers who have also been acute observers of nature. I don't really know what I mean :confused: ;)	Terry Porritt (14)
398140	2005-10-22 08:54:00	Methinks Cicero, that you should avoid those strange looking Mushr00ms that you had for tea tonight. They appear to be somewhat mind altering? Possibly. Truffles would be better assuming they exist.	Elephant (599)
398141	2005-10-22 09:08:00	No, not really, but being more of a practical turn of mind I have some difficulty following the reasonings and arguments of the famous 'theoretical' philosophers who pose and discuss problems that could be resolved by going outside and observing nature rather than hypothetically theorising. Yet we have had equally great thinkers who have also been acute observers of nature. I don't really know what I mean :confused: ;) You and me both Terry. I have a pal who is about to die due to rust. At these times one is reminded of our mortality and one has to wonder what it is all about.	Cicero (40)
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