I sincerely thank you back for your open minded response. I always hope to meet someone who welcomes debate. At least, philosophy is known as a branch which thrives from it resp. officially invites debate

"focus on what I can control and have faith in the rest" Yes, a very good motto. :)

You are welcome. Despite believing that the accusations made against Socrates are unfounded. I go along with Hegel who found them partly founded. He picked up this aspect by saying: To the more definite

So good to read that another couple is going to be married. Have you made up your mind which stone it is going to be on the ring? People say, "No one should complete you. You should be complete on

That was an interesting read and it inspired me to debate a bit. I would regard religion and philosophy as interlinked. I think a religion encompasses everything you do (or omit to do) through its order.

I think that if we move away from the divine, and start looking for justice in men, I'm afraid we may not find it. I agree. We, the peoples, are so identified with celebrities, politicians, the big players

Here is, what Hegel had said about Sokrates (from the above given source - I just translated parts of the text): The Greeks, for whom the side of the contingency of consciousness as a being was also a

What I mean by economicism is the fact of reducing society simply to its economic aspect, forgetting all the other aspects such as cultural, religious, etc. Very similar to what is happening today. Confusion

There is something really special about Socrates, something deeply magnetic about him that arouses my interest, I think that, too. Your text inspired me to search for sources who dealt with the fact that

I love long comments so don't worry about them. :) It weakens the ideal because it finds it profoundly foreign and unnecesary. Indeed, that is an apt statement. Do you link inexorably economicism with

My answer became very long. The problem with secularisation is that it weakens the ideal. It's like weakening the ten commandments by seeing them not as commandments but as recommendations, then as

Oh, I am sorry that I did not refer to which sentence I actually was relating my answer. It was this: I must say that I have never thought of getting married myself, although I also don't dismiss the idea

I put this link in here because it fits the theme:

I pointed out the manipulation techniques of the media. I am always sceptic when I read something in the media where emotions are being ignited through contents. Aroused feelings never get us near peace,

I think that the concentration camps existed and that Jews were murdered in them.

thank you. If that remains so, I think it's a good sign.

I myself have actually no idea nor numbers. So thank you for telling me. I am pleased that my comment was taken as calm. I think when peoples emotions are aroused it's good to step in and give some other

To answer with Chesterton: Whether the tie be legal or no, matters something to the faithless party; it matters nothing to the faithful one. The pathos reposes upon the perfectly simple fact that if any

Yes, that are good examples you gave. Here is another one: Let's say that you love your mother. Then she says or does something that you deeply detest. In those moments you do not feel tenderness and affection

But I don't think one can control what one feels, not be free of feelings so easily. Hm. I think that I have not spoken about something to be able to control ones feelings. You can't. That much shall be