Recent content by EloquentBohemian

What defines an 'absolute proof'? One which arrives at the precise conclusion regardless of circumstances? Is an absolute proof and an objective proof one in the same? Can there be 'objective proof'? Even in mathematics, 2+2=4 is only valid in base 10. It is conditioned by the subjective format...

Sartre is confusing and hard to read mainly because he wasn't that good of a writer, supposedly he was a better speaker and debater. It took me three readings and the works of Walter Kaufmann to finally grasp Being and Nothingness to any great degree. Transcendance of the Ego and Existentialism...

Taz... have read any de Beauvoir, Jaspers or Camus? Sartre was a turning point in my life as well. Nausea, Being and Nothingness and Existentialism and Human Emotions were seminal for me, but reading Sartre impelled me to read others. I went back into Heidegger and Kierkegaard and reread...

Is there not a way of avoiding on religious grounds, say as a Buddhist, Shinto or a Jainist, in that any military action, no matter how remote, is in violation of your religious beliefs to not cause harm to other sentient beings?

Got any photos? ...wanna buy some?:m114:

It seems that after the bombing, through genetic selection and biochemical processes, the Smurfs have morphed and settled in suburbia...

Waitaminit... Everybody just chill out for awhile.....

*EB saunters over to Glenda, the Good Witch and whispers in her ear* *Glenda turns toward Motor Jax, waves her magic wand and transforms him into an Elf* *Munchkins dance around and pass out Keebler cookies and little Elf shoes made by Helpful Elf* *EB considers asking the monkeys to fling...

I won't argue the points because all Azure_Knight wanted was opinions, but determining when the 'animating factor' begins provides a starting point for determining consciousness and self-awareness. It would alter assumptions concerning life if the fetus did not possess a separate 'animating...

An excellent thread, Azure_Knight. 1) I consider this analogy from Marc to be very appropriate to the question: "Imagine that you have a can of yellow paint and a can of blue paint. You start pouring the one to the other and demand us to pinpoint exactly when it turns green". When does a seed...

Glad you made the blog! :) I've been so busy writing that I've neglected checking my blogroll over the last few days [me bad]. I'll have to correct this tomorrow.

I agree with you. The current population of humans is 6.7 billion. It is projected that this will rise to 8.9 billion by the year 2050, a mere 40 years. We cannot feed, house and clothe the majority of our species now. How will we achieve this when there are 2.2 billion more? Where are the...

This would be describing the attitudes of some males toward the female who made a personal decision to control the reproductive system of her own body. Not yours. Not anybody else's. Hers. Attitudes such as the ones you describe illustrate the objectification the woman and eliminate her...

My question would be: When does a pharmacist's decision outweigh the prescription of a patient's doctor and under what authority would a pharmacist have the right ot do so?

hehe :D... nope, don't have a mink, but I do have an inquiring mind. The world is full of 'why' and 'what if' for me. I seem to be more of an INTP than INFJ. :D