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Buddhism

GliderGuider

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4. I spent many decades wandering through a logical universe

Reply to ellisonz (Reply #1)

Wed Feb 8, 2012, 10:44 PM

Feb 2012

But I recently found out that just sitting with paradox and not-knowing suits me better. Kingsley maintains that's the way to approach Parmenides as well - as a koan - but his seems to be a minority opinion among modern philosophers.

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Words to ponder [View all] GliderGuider Feb 2012 OP

A-not-A question - it's helpful to think about it as A (Not A). ellisonz Feb 2012 #1

I spent many decades wandering through a logical universe GliderGuider Feb 2012 #4

quote from Heraclitus marasinghe Feb 2012 #2

I always wondered where that quote came from. Thanks! GliderGuider Feb 2012 #3

The Heraclitus article led me to another Wiki article on "Dialectical monism" GliderGuider Feb 2012 #7

a real pleasure, GG. marasinghe Feb 2012 #9

Mongolian shamanism may have touched ancient Greece GliderGuider Feb 2012 #10

What do you think the "it" is referring to in the quote? nt ZombieHorde Feb 2012 #5

I think "it" could be either the reality we experience or the quality of existence itself. GliderGuider Feb 2012 #6

I would have guessed "the present." ZombieHorde Feb 2012 #8