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12/18/2011
The problem with spirituality is that it does not relate to the actual human condition but the (unrealistically) idealized version of it.
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12/18/2011
If the world is ever to become a better place (though I am not optimistic about it) it will not be because of those who have “resolved” their moral issues by committing themselves to some fixed rules of behavior and thereby become complacent, but because of those who constantly f...
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12/16/2011
Society is a group of interdependent individuals who have aligned each-other's self-interests to maximize their welfare. And belonging to society isn't a choice. A human being in civilized world is born directly into a society. To think that society is an illusion, or that one is...
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12/15/2011
Extreme form of individualism is jungle rule – a world of "independent" and "alienated", zombie-like human beings. Happy it's-my-life-I-do-what-I-want freedom fighting!
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12/12/2011
Regardless of what it should ideally be, the prevailing moral standard is what majority in a given society agrees to.
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12/09/2011
When the idea of happy marriage (partnership) comprises of fantasy ideals of romantic passion provided by TV, films, fiction books and magazines, no human can ever have a happy marriage.
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12/08/2011
The only way to fundamentally approach the problems of the world is to encourage people for critical thinking and help them develop philosophically. All other ways are merely treating the symptoms rather than disease.
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12/08/2011
If you are fun-hungry, sex-obsessed, How-I-Met-Your-Mother-and-Twilight-fan then I am pretty sure that most of the time you're keeping gloomy and grumbling, because those are perfect ingredients for miserable life.
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12/07/2011
When something has both positives and negatives, and positives are such that can be obtained from other better sources, and negatives are having substantial impact, then that's enough grounds for criticizing it.
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12/06/2011
For many philosophically disinclined people their optimism stands in the way of them doing anything about their misery. It shows how at times pessimism can be positive and optimism negative.
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12/05/2011
One's ability to love truly (which is empathy, compassion, respect..) grows in direct proportion to wisdom gained through understanding life. And that's the only way.
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12/04/2011
To modern youngsters: Read wrong books (e.g. The Secret etc), watch wrong films (e.g. Twilight etc) and wrong TV shows (e.g. How I Met Your Mother etc), hang out with wrong people (look around), and ask why your life is miserable. I say, that's why!
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12/04/2011
That love which depends on sexual act for its expression (e.g. romantic love) is but a sexual desire in disguise of love. Romantic love is a joke.
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12/04/2011
Sex is neither love nor an expression of love. It's a quasi-voluntary indulgence of animal nature. Give it a status higher than that and prepare to be miserable.
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12/04/2011
If being virtuous means having less fun then the purpose of life must not be having fun.
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12/04/2011
Awareness of determinism is one thing. However, to base one's decision making (or a lack of it) on the notion that we don't have free will is, in my view, insane!
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12/03/2011
The only truly happy man is a wise man; otherwise a drunkard is also happier than the average.
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