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cyberpnk
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Wisdom from the East
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Jan 27 20:56 UTC 1995 |
I've always been interested in Oriental philosophy and wonder if anyone else
out there shares the same interests, esp. in books like 'Art Of War',
'A Book Of Five Rings' or 'Tao Teh Ching'. Comments?
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randall
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response 1 of 18:
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Jan 28 05:00 UTC 1995 |
I enjoy discussion and learning about philosophy, of all types, though
because of my schooling, I am most familiar with Western Philosophy (i.e.
Socrates, Plato, and my personal fav Thomas Hobbes) I know it's asking
quite a bit, but is it possible to lay down some *basic* ideas from
certain oriental philosophies?
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flem
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response 2 of 18:
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Feb 12 07:27 UTC 1995 |
I adore eastern philosophy, but I don't know all that much about it.
I'd love to discuss it.
re #1: I just read Hobbes (well, a little bit of Hobbes, and a bad translation
at that) and almost completely disagreed with him. What ideas of his
do you like?
I don't have a whole lot of time now, but if no one has done so by the next
time I'm on, I'll try to put down some basic stuff about eastern philosophy,
thus revealing my true ignorance for all the world to laugh at.
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carson
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response 3 of 18:
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Feb 21 07:01 UTC 1995 |
(no one has done so by the next time you're on...)
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flem
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response 4 of 18:
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Feb 21 16:34 UTC 1995 |
Hmmm. Well, I'll try, but I have 4 min left in class, so...
confucianism: very legalistic. I don't remember any specifics at the
moment. Hmmm. I'll have to look some up.
Taoism: very odd. Non-dualistic. One can only succeed by not striving.
it is a personal philosophy, not a societal one, like conf. or most
western ones.
That was very disturbing. I know even less than I thought, which was rather
little.
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orinoco
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response 5 of 18:
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Mar 19 17:24 UTC 1995 |
zen is fun because you can't define any of it's tenets, or it's goal
you cannot say it with words, and you cannot say it without words; not
tell me quickly what it is...
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hong
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response 6 of 18:
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Mar 21 19:02 UTC 1995 |
I've always wondered about oriental philosophy too. Oh, there's one
more book in there you'd probably like to add-The Book of Change.
My grandfather was a sort of oriental philosopher, and it takes many,
many years to fully understand the concepts of most oriental
"philosophies". I really know nothing about the subject, though.
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madpoet
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response 7 of 18:
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Aug 6 10:56 UTC 1995 |
You might also enjoy the writings of Morihei Ueshiba - the founder
of Aikido.
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bose
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response 8 of 18:
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Oct 24 09:46 UTC 1995 |
I do know a little bit mostly Hinduism ,being a Hindu ,would love to discuss
anything. I can most of the times co-relate to other Oriental philosophies.
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ederer
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response 9 of 18:
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Dec 8 22:03 UTC 1995 |
I have studied and practiced Buddism since 1987. I studied anthropology and
r eligion in India. The one common misunderstanding is there is an eastern
philosophy. Eastern thought is quite varied. One can find atheists, theists,
spirit worshippers, and other ideas. It is better to speak of Eastern
philosophies than an Eastern philosophy.
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bumblbee
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response 10 of 18:
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Jan 18 09:32 UTC 1996 |
Philosophy is nothing buty a way of life, lived scientifically in harmony with
the prevalent environment. Will say more later on .
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spydre
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response 11 of 18:
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Aug 11 03:12 UTC 1996 |
The study of such things is a great joy to me. If you're interested
I've written a book called, Book of the Fox. A collection of koans,
haiku, and parables; it's zen, Toaism, and everything else in between,
with an American spin to it. Just E-mail me an address , and I can send you a
copy if you'd like. =)
//^@^\\
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birdlady
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response 12 of 18:
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Aug 12 14:07 UTC 1996 |
If you want a very basic (and cute) explanation of the Tao, read "The Tao of
Pooh". I loved it... =)
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orinoco
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response 13 of 18:
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Aug 14 14:04 UTC 1996 |
a very cute book...but nice...
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rlawson
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response 14 of 18:
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Aug 18 16:01 UTC 1996 |
Re #12: A friend of mine was telling me about it and it sounded interesting.
Now that I have your encouragment to go out and read it as well, I think that
I might!
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spydre
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response 15 of 18:
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Aug 20 05:56 UTC 1996 |
My suggestion would be to go out and read the actual books by a.a. milne.
All the wisdom is there, and in a highly more entertaining fashion. Pooh and
crew are some of my oldest teachers.
//^@^\\
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datta
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response 16 of 18:
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Aug 13 14:02 UTC 1997 |
Hi, My Suggestion Would Be That People Enthu about these things should
start with an author who delves in the essence of of these philosophies
rather than reading a loaded book right away.
Somebody Like Osho (Rajnish) would be better for starters.
Any Takers!!
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vishnu
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response 17 of 18:
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Mar 20 04:00 UTC 1998 |
Its been a long time since someone has responded to this section.My
impressions of eastern philosophy is that all these religions,in contrast to
the semetic religions which also originated in asia,beleive in
rebirth,karma,no absolute good and bad,,compassion,tolerance,respect for
other's beliefs,charity,honesty etc.This does not mean that the other
religions do not profess this,but that especially the first three values are
not semetic.Eastern philosophy has attracted many followers from the west
because of the apparent flexibilty although on closer inspection they are more
orthodox.
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tct25
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response 18 of 18:
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Aug 4 14:21 UTC 1999 |
I'm a grad student of Chinese philosophy in Korea. I also run an email
list about Confucian philosophy which may be useful to some here. If
you'd like to subscribe, just send an email to
majordomo@lists.gnacademy.org and in the body of the message write
subscribe confucius
or
info confucius
Cheers!
Todd
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