Roll Call 48

I know quite a bit about Greek and Roman mythology. The only thing I know about Celtic mythology is the design they put on everything that signifies how everything is interconnected. Did anything stand out for you as interesting?

Do you know how much longer they want to keep you?

well i would do the same if i had studied but i dont really even look at my book til an assignment or test comes up.

but like a subject like philosophy - i read books about that and im interested in knowing more. my grades are guaranteed to be high if im interested in the subject

I like reading about the different Gods and Goddesses and about their ancient festivals like Samhain

Wow. I'm sitting in my car charging my iPad, while my daughter is in her dance class. One of the flood lights that illuminates the Luvn Oven sign has gone blinky. Literally, blinky. I can't look at it without saying the word oven, over and over, in time with the flashing.

What's new in philosophy, Newtus?

I feel really stable with the exception of the OCD picking problem, and it's not even as bad today. My new dose of Paxil should be here tomorrow afternoon. I always want to go off my meds when I'm feeling good, I asked my doctor and she said no, I'm doing good because the meds are working

in my class or in general?
in general idk whats new. ive actually never followed anything new in philosophy. just older stuff.
i just took a test on a mix of metaphysics and about the general views of western/eastern religions and a few other things. of course its all basic understanding. im not really interested in plato or his era but thats ok.

the chapter was called Human Nature

its so warm in my bed. i think my neighbors are drug dealers. i cant tell if im paranoid or if this is legit happening and it just makes me feel anxious. how do you tell the difference???? i cant just go up to them and ask them if they are dealing drugs. but i used to be a drug addict and i have a druggie radar. or maybe im just paranoid and finding new ways to make me neighbors seem scary. i guess im just confused.

[QUOTE=Sometimes psychotic;4305515]Do you know how much longer they want to keep

Idk.. I'll ask tomorrow.. This really sucks.

I can usually tell when my neighbors are into drugs, based on the number of cars that come in and out of the parking lot and amount of people in and out of their house all day especially in the middle of the night, Thankfully I have nice neighbors finally after years of dealing with all kinds of druggies.

Ah, the nature of human nature. You have to understand human nature before one goes about constructing a political regime, or else it's doomed to fail.

There are three major problem areas in philosophy, and they should be answered in said order: First, there is the problem of knowledge, which consists of what is there, and how can I know; Secondly, there is the problem of conduct, which consists of what type of being am I and what type of life is right for me; Lastly, there is the problem of governance, should I govern or be governed.

Metaphysics belongs in the first category of the problem of knowledge. It deals with ontology (the study of being). Aristotle was the one who coined the term, or at least his translators did in latin. Do minds exist? Is poetry grounded in the viscera? Are we merely physical entities? Does beauty exist without a percipient? Questions that keep me up at night.

thank you. yes this is what im noticing . lots of activity with cars and people. i ended up texting T and he said it sounds liek anxiety.

Cabin fever..

A whole evening to myself.. I don't think I can sleep tbh I'll try and sleep

Good luck, I'm going to try to go to sleep early, even though I hate going to sleep because that means tomorrow is ever close. But my head is feeling like the crap.

With inductive logic(based on observation) there is always room to be wrong. You can never be 100% certain of anything external to your own mind. Also, you might be operating on a heuristic. A heuristic is a short cut way of thinking. For instance, that guy has a lot of cars come and go to his house, me must be selling drugs, because the last guy who lived there had cars come and go. In reality, there could be many explanations for why so many cars are coming to and fro. It could just be coincidence.

yes this might be true. but i did hear them talking about getting high as hell last night. like thats what they said. but ur right. i can never really know

thank you for the advice.
i never really read much about plato or aristostles era but maybe i will get more interested in them as i learn about them.

lol thats why i took intro to philosophy.
this class should serve me well.
thank you Ody.

Just took a shower and when I turned around in the water there was a spider hanging from the ceiling coming down. Damn those creepy ****ers, I almost screamed

I know both Aristotle and Plato extremely well. If you need any help just post in the philosophy thread.

The complete works of Plato was my first philosophy book. It was given to me from a very special friend that I lost. The greatest dialogue in that book, for me, is the Phaedrus. It's about friendship, love and rhetoric. What sex is to the body, speech is to the soul. The entire dialogue reads like lyrical poetry to me. It's all about improving the chaos within to harmonize your soul. What a lovely thing for a friend to give...

thats so true.
i wish a guy that was into me would give me a philosophy book.
hed win my heart.

hahaha i havent been thinking about relationships in months but as soon as you mentioned sex...
but i DID read your whole comment. its just you mentioned love and then...sex....so

but anyway im focusin so much on my schooling right now anyway.
yea i need to get into plato more but im not sure how right now im going to be able to get interested in him. i dont remember what my first philosophy book was.

i think i got interested in philosophy actually through reading the bible to be very honest and then i think i went straight to Sartre because he mainly known for writing about what i was interested in at the time of my life - which was where am i going and who am i really? and then i went to Foucault only because i found out about his book Madness and i read the whole book. well the whole one that i bought anyway. idk if theres more to it. and i was looking into the ways philosophy and psychology had a connection. but since i was new to it i was looking for a pretty direct connection that id understand.

Scary...between you and newtus I'm looking around very carefully for those guys.....

idk whats going on with me tonight but ive been picking at my scalp and pulling out my hair so bad tonight that my scalp is bleeding. i dont remember what ive been thinking about becuase ive been zoning out a lot tonight.

oh yea the chat room tonight guys where is it?