I'm a bit fuzzy on the whole good/bad thing myself. I'm pipenerd from Fiction Alley and I'm friending you.

Oh, and you really should watch team_darklord and friend the ship LJ page at ss_sssssss.

I'm on it. ;)

Yeah, I wrote that ... boy, a couple years back now, so it is a bit fuzzy in general.

I like this post, but after reading it, i just knew you were going to get bashed in the philosophical forum.

Don't feel bad, i got the same thrashing and decided not to post there. What we think of as philosophy, is the way you look at life to live it, perhaps with more beauty or less beauty in it (optimist, realist, pessimist).

But those guys just love philosophical arguments, which in their own way really take arguments to the extreme.
Give a lawyer a inch and he will take a mile, give a philosopher a thought, and he will spin it half way around the world and prove that god may not be able to lift a special rock and thereby he can't be god, thereby god doesn't exist.

Anyway, i'm philipp, i'm adding you, and lets see where things go from here, wink wink lol, see you around :)

I think you are right in that people always try to discard the opposite of something, anger is bad, or greed is bad, but it has formed our modern world, perhaps its a sign that if negativity is what created much of our modern world, that it should also be a philosophy worth pursuing.
(although i'm an optimist myself, i just watch the world sinking in on itself, but everything seems to be built not for the good of all, but for the good of small groups. Then again, though like all people i've suffered, i've never felt needy for anything, maybe its that long ago memory of desperation that makes people go to the bad side of our emotions.

Bless you.
_ the community that would have fit perfect with your post is abstract thought.

Hah, thanks for that, the walloping really is breath-takingly phenomenal. *grins*

Yeah, I've just come back on LJ, and got so caught up in the old excitement of joining communities that I forgot, for one, idiotic moment, that most communities don't actually want new people. Should have been more careful - but boy do they seem really offended.

It's true, what you said, that because people are, fundamentally, alone, and we've all suffered because of the mistakes, cruelty and miscommunication that causes between humanity. The memory of those kind of flaws shapes our responses to anything out order or threatening.*shrugs*

Anyhow, good to meet you, and I'll definitely check out that community!

Friend you back.

"I like this post, but after reading it, i just knew you were going to get bashed in the philosophical forum.

Don't feel bad, i got the same thrashing and decided not to post there"

Here here ,

I was thinking of starting a New community to better expand on Philosophy - as opposed to having a community that revolves around arguing. Provide one that has all aspects of Philosophy, Real Philosophy.

I would like that.

To me, philosophy isn't as much about proofs as it is about applications to our lives. When someone does good, what philosophy do they live by.

Why were the mongols so successful at winning at war and then why did their empire start breaking up 200 years later, - what's the philosophy behind that. (i generally know, but i'd be interested in talking with people about it).

Or what about self development, if you had to read one book, or a maximum of three to make yourself a better person, what would you recommend? (me, i'd recommend Theron Q. Dumont's - the power of concentration.

So if the community you are hoping to build would allow these questions, feel free to add me.

The abstract thought community is kindof dead currently but it has a lot of members, you can probably post there that you are starting a new philosophy community, though you should probably lay out a bit what its about.

Cheers, and bless you!

Well , I never start something without a solid backing.
So before I even begin "production" I'd have to have a plan my self.
I even go as far as to ensure that I have a Layout Chosen to my liking , etc...

I believe Philosophy to be everything and nothing , it's about our beliefs or even a random thought. I personally don't like to limit what it can become. However - greatly disagree (as I'm sure is obvious) with narrow minded individuals who obsess over argument.

Three books ?

Well , that's easy.
Tao Te Ching
Celestine Prophecies
Bible

I'm not a Christian , however I can respect how the bible tells you to govern your life.
Celestine Prophecies , Strong example of how you have to let go , treat others equally and gives you the foundation to understand that fate isn't as set in stone as many believe. Also that for every action there truly is a reaction. I see this book as a combination of the Tao and the Bible.

Tao Te Ching - To me , everyone should follow this book , the power in it's words are almost Magical. It's bizarre but when you read it , it brings almost a peace.

*Points helpfully upwards* That's in your ff.net profile. I made a desktop background off that last line ages ago. It makes me happy when I see it. Every time, without fail. Only not happy because that's the wrong word but...I like it. Lots. It's...killing prose.

And talking aobut killing prose....Maligant Objects? Preferably the next twenty chapters complete with epilogue? I have resorted to reading Final Fantasy VII because there is no good writing left in the HP fandom. Really, I suffer. Make me better? *bats eyelashes*

I seriously need to lay off the cypber speech, dude. And the valley girl, too. Meh.

Haha, I'm actually finishing off the next chapter now, so if there's anything you want to see, or any ideas, please let me know!

Really? I'd love to see the background if you've still got it around, and thankyou for that comment. 'Killing prose' - that phrase is really ... conceptual, really interesting. I like it.

Anyhow, hopefully the chapter will be up soon.

Killing prose is my favorite phrase of all time, especially since someone once said that about my writing. Well, actually they said, 'your prose is killing me' but the squishy part of my brain fell completely in love and...there's no other way to describe the things you do with words, srsly.

If you give me your e-mail address, I can send you the background. I'm too lazy to go and fight with photobucket at the moment.

Things I'd like to see, always the same, Tobias from soemone else's POV. I just adore outsider's perspectives and how they seldom match with what's really going on inside.

Email address is: charlie-.blue@hotmail.com

I think I can manage that, and I've already got a fair bit of outside POV - I just hope it lives up to expectations is all!

Anyhow, the chapter's about done, and I'm just waiting on my lovely beta now.