> Tadeusz Niwinski wrote:
>
> > Has anybody noticed that?
> >
> > Nateman's original:
> >
> > > Ultimately it is ones philosophy of life , explicit or implicit
> > ,which guides
> > > one's choices. Which is why philosophy is the most important subject
> > a person
> > > can learn!The Nateman
> >
> > "Quote" by Richard Brodie:
> >
> > > Ultimately it is ones philosophy of life , explicit or implicit
> > ,which
> > guides
> > > one's choices. Which is why philosophy is the most important subject
> > a person
> > > can learn!The Nametag
> >
>
> This is crazy!!! To assume that most people even have a philosophy of
> life, or live by it is BS. Most people run on emotion and brainwashing
> alone. This is most evident in religion of course. Most religious people
> were raised that way.
Religion is a philosophy. Philosophies come in all colors some good some bad
and plenty of stuff in-between.
> If you teach a child from birth til age 10 that
> 2+2=5, they will believe it for a very long time. You may never be able
> to eliminate the error. It is emotion that drives almost every aspect of
> most people's lives, that is why guilt is such a huge factor in people
> lives. If you have a philosophy, and live by it, then guilt will not
> creep up on you as you will not violate your philosophy.
Guilt is the conflict between what you believe and what you actually do. You
have to believe in something in order to violate that belief.
> In my opinion, a philosophy is built upon over years by the thinking mind.
That is how one builds up a valid philosophy. You get one by default unless
you lack the capacity to think at all. (I don't think dogs have a philosophy
but they do have personality and plenty of emotion!)
By the way kudos on your Plato remark. I laughed out loud when I saw that.
The Nateman
>