philosophy Michael Rush From: Michael Rush Date: 08 Oct 2003, 20:03:53 Subject: a philosopher writes... Dear Caspar, I find myself all too infrequently pestered by self-confessed cranks and lunatics; your honesty is refreshing. Or it was, and then I looked at your website and discovered that the claim of lunacy was
philosophy What eminent people have had to say about the meaning of life Two-hundred and thirty-eight quotations from 195 eminent people regarding their beliefs about the meaning of life were content analyzed. The main themes (in order of their frequency) are as follows: “Life is to be enjoyed,” “We are here to love and help others,” “It is a mystery,” “There is no
good the meaning of life yay! the replies are coming in thick and fast.. you can see them here http://phil.onemonkey.org satisfyingly straight-forward reasoning and largely jargon free too.. good on you, philosophy dudes!
philosophy Harry Lesser From: Anthony H Lesser Date: Tue 07 Oct 2003, 13:38:46 Subject: the meaning of life I don't think anyone has the answer to this or claims to--as no doubt you know. Nor have philosophers normally tried--philosophy is normally about the more modest questions of what we
philosophy Tim Chappell From: Timothy Chappell Date: Tue 07 Oct 2003, 13:33:45 Subject: the meaning of life Dear Mr Addyman, For the meaning of life, see the attachment. Best wishes, Tim Chappell Three questions to begin with.doc
philosophy Arnold Zuboff From: Arnold Zuboff Date: 07.10.2003, 12:39:16 Subject: Explanation Dear Caspar, I'm attaching two parts of my explanation of things. If you're interested in seeing more, please let me know. Best wishes, Arnold Zuboff AN INTRODUCTION TO UNIVERSALISM-reader's version.rtf MORAcomplus.
philosophy Andrew Belsey By Post Dear Mr Addyman The meaning of life is preparation for death. I hope that you are well prepared. Yours sincerely, Andrew Belsey
good John Haldane Dear Mr Addyman, Thank you for your interesting letter. I hope the promptness of this reply may compensate for its brevity. Your question is 'what is the meaning of life, the universe and everything?' Noting that you describe yourself as an 'atheist' I am that the
philosophy Jens Timmermann From: Jens Timmermann Date: Mon Oct 6, 2003 1:00:22 pm Subject: meaning of life Dear Mr Addyman, The meaning of life? That's every philosopher's nightmare of a question, especially over dinner. As you kindly give me the opportunity to answer it in writing, here&
philosophy Andrew McGonigal From: "A. McGonigal" Date: Mon Oct 6, 2003 12:46:54 pm Subject: meaning of life I don't have much to say that is useful or insightful to say about this topic, I'm afraid. There are lots of reasons why life is valuable, and
philosophy Mark Nelson From: "Mark T. Nelson" Date: Mon Oct 6, 2003 12:25:11 pm Subject: your letter Dear Caspar: Thanks for your letter of 1 October. I'm sorry to say that I can't think of any paper of mine that would answer to your query.
good why is shakespeare so good? Went to see Mark Rylance's Richard II at the Globe last saturday. It was a wonderful 'authentic' Elizabethan production and Rylance was mesmeric. This excellent production focused my attention, once again, on how remarkable Shakespeare is. Some poets have come close in terms of linguistic dexterity
philosophy Jeremy Strangroom From: "Jeremy Stangroom" Date: Sat Oct 4, 2003 10:25:54 am Subject: Meaning of Life Dear Caspar Thank you for your letter. But I'm not a professional philosophers, so clearly I would have no idea about the meaning of life. However, may I recommend that
good more rail haiku some older versions.. A shower leaves pools and ducks swim past in laughter. How I love the spring! The sunlight bakes rails and tracks crack How I love summer! A single leaf falls and we pause to admire it. How I love autumn! The snowflakes look wrong, and they frighten
good This gave me a warm glow Give a man a match and he'll be warm for a few seconds, set him on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. :)
good why bother? At long last my philosophical inquiry is underway.. My letter has gone out to 300 philosophers today & the rest will get it just as soon as i've stuffed the envelopes.. 600+ letters to sign, stuff, seal & stamp.. i never realised the quest for knowledge was so
good Why bother? At long last my philosophical inquiry is underway.. My letter has gone out to 300 philosophers today & the rest will get it just as soon as i've stuffed the envelopes.. 600+ letters to sign, stuff, seal & stamp.. i never realised the quest for knowledge was so
good Dream Science - Thomas Palmer Obscure-ish, out of print novel of the supernatural (publishers designation not mine).. got it on the flimsiest of recommendations.. a contributor to this list liked a lot of my favourites and raved about palmer so figured it might be my cup of tea.. and so it was. Rockland Poole, the
good rail haiku how to while away the hours in the sidings.. autumn leaves fall and we apologise for delays to your trains. a light dust of snow barely covers the ground but it scares the iron horse. i have some more i'll have to dig them out.
psycho the reverse barnum effects (active & passive) You are a considerate person who occasionally feels under-valued. You sometimes lack self-confidence and will stick up for yourself if challenged. You are quite perceptive about other people but sometimes say the wrong thing. Sucker! You weren't even born yesterday. Such is the power of the Barnum Effect.
good dear diary i am coming to realise that there is little point in keeping a diary if you never actually do anything. conversely, in an ideal world one would be busy doing things that one would have no time to write about them.
psycho follow the money a few more primates needlessly killed for pointless research that generates even more confusion.. the furore over the muffed up 'monkeys on e' trials is good news http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,60328,00.html or it would be if it drew attention to how
psycho are men evil? as in so many things, we can learn a lot from our good friends the chimps.. a few years ago there was an excellent book called Demonic Males by Richard Wrangham & Dale Peterson (amzn) it looked at the social lives of the great apes and it argued that patriarchy
good looked at my watch it was 6\'n the mornin\' i guess it's not their fault.. some peoples brains are wired up wrong like ice t and other all decent folk i'm an owl not a lark. my noodle takes a good ten hours to warm up.. i'm useless before noon, cranky all arvo,
