Philosophy & Religion Thread

[TheMonkey]

Big guess we are all novices here on philosophy.

I've dabbled in some stoics, mostly Marcus Aurelius and Epictetus. Big fan of Epictetus, wish I could live up to his philosophy. Have mentioned secular Buddhism but honestly have just seen some videos and things.

Have this on my reading list, just have not gotten to it yet:

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I mentioned earlier that I read Taking The Leap by Pema Chodran. She referenced Thich Nhǎt Han often.

I took an Asian Philosophy class one semester at OSU. I was a staunch Christian, but enjoyed it more than anticipated. I don’t remember much from the course, unfortunately.

I also took Logical and Critical Thinking. Loved that course. Not really philosophy, but gave me a framework that has served me well over the years.

 

[RxCowboy]

So we have had a lot of posts on religion, how about a few on philosophy? What schools of philosophy or philosophers stand out to you?

I only took one philosophy class in college (Logic and Critical Thinking), and while it was an incredibly useful class, I am pretty much a novice in this topic.

The Declaration of Independence is the greatest expression of Natural Law ever written.

 

[RxCowboy]

So we have had a lot of posts on religion, how about a few on philosophy? What schools of philosophy or philosophers stand out to you?

I only took one philosophy class in college (Logic and Critical Thinking), and while it was an incredibly useful class, I am pretty much a novice in this topic.

I’ve shared thoughts on “soul mate” which is a concept that comes from Platonic Gnosticism.

Neo-Gnosticism has become the default worldview in our culture. It began with Descartes, “I think therefore I am.” It has become “I think is what I am.” Whereas in classical Gnosticism, the dualism is spirit and material, the spirit is true self and material body is non-self; in neo-Gnosticism the mind is true self And the body is non-self. In this view it makes perfect sense to modify the non-self body to match the true self mind. It is also perfectly consistent to say things like “trans are the most highly evolved members of society” because they were brave enough to modify their nonself bodies to match their true self minds.