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Thanks much. I've been looking with a magnifying glass for that
boulder.

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 Originally Posted By: tsuwm
here's a link to the beach ball cartoon, originally from The New Yorker, and your Big Rock is (usu.) spelled boulder.

-joe (candy mountain) friday


thanks, t.


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I just read On the Road, and found it only one step less boring than Crime and Punishment, which I read a couple of months ago. I will only give Kerouac props because of when he wrote it: then, it was quite scandalous to write openly of sex, let alone drug use. Now: eh-h-h. A lady in our group had bought a book about authors; at my question she consulted it, and said he wrote it for the money.

As to philosophy: mostly, it bores me to tears, though I enjoy learning about societal philosophies, mores, etc. and how they vary. But oh, why do so many so-called philosophers say, in essence, that the world is a horrible place and we're all miserable so why don't we just kill ourselves now? SHEESH! Give me some happy philosophers! The world is indeed a wondrous place and, while not every single person is wonderful, the vast majority of us are, and isn't it SO interesting to note the good in each of us (though sometimes we kind of have to dig for it), and isn't it just fascinating to watch how we all interact with each other and the world we live in?? It's SO cool!

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Speak for yerself. Personally I'm evil!

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Turn it around and you'll live. :-)

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Ah, yes, the problem of evil. No philosophy or theology student is likely to forget it entirely.

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That is a vile joke jackie!

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She keeps it behind a veil.

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Ask Levi, he knows.

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Uncertainty of what will be turned up at Wikipedia adds to its lure. Contributions in some fields I've partially searched have been stronger than I had any reason to expect; philosophy is one of those fields.

In looking for statements related to epistemology and philosophy of science after this thread was started, I followed links and came to Wikipedia's List of basic philosopy topics.

I'd better read about all the -isms I haven't studied, to see whether I'm some -ist without knowing it.

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