quote: | Originally posted by Lilith
I'm not talking about 'happy', you're talking about happy. |
Indeed I am
quote: | Originally posted by Lilith
Im talking about defining moments- where people actually had the motivation to just go out and do something, rather than sit around on their arse doing 20-20 hindsight on a moment they cannot truly begin to understand just by just reading about it.
We can in our subjective opinion define an action by being good, bad or inconsequential, but if you ever come to find yourself in the full force of your base emotions- hatred, fear, joy, sorrow and hope. |
I'm not sure I follow you. Could you give some concrete examples of what exactly you're talking about?
quote: | Originally posted by Lilith
Rational thought processes have nothing to do with it and the intensity of that does have a tangible effect. |
Well, I'm not opposing rationality and emotion. I don't think you can do that.
quote: | Originally posted by EgosXII
Dissapointing you dont like nietzsche, Lira- guy was good as despite being incredibly misunderstood |
I'm a bit short of time this week and we can revisit this discussion later, but I really can't stomach his style and, even when I can, I think his best ideas were better developed by Kierkegaard (regarding individualism, herd instinct, and this sort of thing) and/or James (perspectivalism, ideas about truth and morality, and so on).
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