tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749955731953911627.post3950822456180227309..comments2023-11-02T04:53:05.386-05:00Comments on kc bob: Philosophical Fridaykc bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17440862813109808755noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749955731953911627.post-25503173859187477922010-11-13T09:05:58.075-06:002010-11-13T09:05:58.075-06:00@Wanda - Love that verse in Psalm 139.
@sid - I t...@Wanda - Love that verse in Psalm 139.<br /><br />@sid - I think that my thought about passion was probably more about my own self examination at that moment than it was about the quote itself. Look forward to your thoughts on the Hobbes quote. :)kc bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17440862813109808755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749955731953911627.post-15000886253751864482010-11-12T16:16:28.734-06:002010-11-12T16:16:28.734-06:00Mmm, hedonism. I love it. It's second only t...Mmm, hedonism. I love it. It's second only to morality and the people I love in my life. :)<br /><br />Interesting post. I've read both the Socrates (well, really Plato on Socrates since Socrates didn't write) and Descartes works that contained those quotes. The Hobbes one is from <i>Leviathan</i>, which is on my shelf and my reading list. I find it particular that you associate an examined life with having passion. I think what Socrates was talking about at his sentencing was allowing one's self and others to question one's own beliefs - especially what we believe about our own virtues. "Am I good person", "What do I <i>really</i> know", "Is there anything I'm truly good at?" Based on what I occasionally read on your blog, I would venture to guess that you do, indeed, live an examined life in the Socratic sense.<br /><br />Descartes' "Cogito ergo sum," is an oft misunderstood quote. What it means that if one wonder's about one's own existence, then the very act of wondering proves that one exists! After all, what is doing the wondering if there's nothing there. It actually has nothing to do with <i>how</i> one thinks (logically, emotionally, etc.), but <i>that</i> one is thinking. That insight - the proof of one's self even in the face of the possibility of all else being false and illusionary - has underpinned all of Western epistemology since.<br /><br />I'll get back to you on Hobbes. :)sidfaiwuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14632853611878173799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749955731953911627.post-82162441520320043722010-11-12T12:57:18.214-06:002010-11-12T12:57:18.214-06:00I am no Philosopher ~~ Leave that to you and Don ~...I am no Philosopher ~~ Leave that to you and Don ~~ But I do believe in Self Examination on a daily basis.<br /><br />The last verse in Psalm 139 says "Search me O God, and know my heart, test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting."<br /><br />I'm a simple woman ~~ But if this prayer is prayed in faith daily, the Lord reveals the changes we need to make, the the things we are doing right.<br /><br />I agree, examining out hearts in difficult times is harder! But in the good times, I'm often convicted of pride. <br /><br />I really enjoyed these quotes, and especially your comments.<br /><br />Have a great weekend, Bob.Wandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06941735389982354519noreply@blogger.com