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rogerashton

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8. Sounds a lot like the ideas of Ralph Waldo Emerson

Reply to JDPriestly (Reply #3)

Mon Feb 23, 2015, 08:30 AM

Feb 2015

I was much influenced by Emerson -- without really knowing it, at first, as Emerson's ideas were so much a part of the American Zeitgeist in the 'fifties, when I was growing up. I guess I would describe these ideas as "opinions" or "guesses" rather than beliefs but I have been able to improve on them only in minor details.

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] stone space Feb 2015 OP

Rene Descartes walked into a bar, The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2015 #1

Love it! (nt) stone space Feb 2015 #2

I think we are individual parts of a whole. JDPriestly Feb 2015 #3

Sounds a lot like the ideas of Ralph Waldo Emerson rogerashton Feb 2015 #8

Define 'exist'. AtheistCrusader Feb 2015 #4

I'll let you define it. stone space Feb 2015 #5

I once tried to disproof God... DetlefK Feb 2015 #6

If you're asking the question, you have to define what you mean by it. trotsky Feb 2015 #9

Please don't try to hijack the thread. stone space Feb 2015 #10

LMAO trotsky Feb 2015 #11

This is not a goat thread. (nt) stone space Feb 2015 #12

Hey, they're just pictures. trotsky Feb 2015 #13

OK, I'm out of this thread. I'll try again. (nt) stone space Feb 2015 #14

"Individuum" means "something that is indivisible by two". DetlefK Feb 2015 #7