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[/SIZE] None of us is a better person than Adolf Hitler or Charles Manson? That's not too encouraging. To what extent should we "accept" or "embrace" Adolf Hitler? What does this mean? This strikes me as an exaggeration. There are many practices that might promote inner peace...

Socrates said that he believed he had a personal daimonion, which means "little daimon". It was only a little one because it warned him what not to do, rather than telling him what he ought to do, which is presumably what a bigger daimon would have done. I personally believe that a daimon is...

What is the purpose of making this connection? I suppose that it could help promote peace between religions that fit the model above, but it could exclude religions that don't fit. It also necessarily excludes nontheists. eudaimonia, Mark

It may be a little strange for me to vote, since I regard myself as a nontheist. But since you cast the net so widely for what may be regarded as "divine", perhaps I can cast a vote after all. My vote is for "Totally within us, latent, as Divine potential ". The potential is for wisdom...

The answer hinges on the specific meaning of the word "same", since this word can mean different things in different contexts. I.e., "same" for what purpose? The same for Theseus, who simply wants to remember where he docked his means of transportation? Probably yes. The same for the...

When you put it that way, yes. eudaimonia, Mark

If you want to live in paradise, carry yours around with you.

If the right-hand side of the brain is suppressed, what's the difference between this... and drugs or a partial lobotomy? Just how authentic is this "happiness"? Wouldn't it be much more impressive to achieve high levels of "happiness" with an unsuppressed right-hand side? Wouldn't that be a...

What is a needless worldly thing? Isn't that determined by context? How can one possibly live in a way beneficial to all? How would one know if one had benefitted everyone else? Gold is pretty to look at, and makes good jewelry and conductors. Jewelry can be used as a form of...

Hitler was not a "confirmed atheist". This is a bizarre myth. eudaimonia, Mark

My daimon, as understood through Eudaimonistic philosophy. My daimon is my "ideal self" -- my best potentials, which are my own and no one else's. I cannot perceive my daimon directly (since it is not actual, it doesn't exist as anything other than an implication of the power I have to grow...

Re: End destiny of man... Let's start with what is meaningful for each of us. I am equally curious about beginnings and middles. Since I don't have a time machine, I am content to satisfy my curiosity by witnessing the current part of the middle. If I had a time machine, I would make lots...

Re: End destiny of man... Let's start with what is meaningful for each of us. The end destiny of the human race is not particularly meaningful to me. I simply hope that -- whatever it is -- it doesn't happen for many millions of years, since "end destiny" to me implies extinction. Instead...

[/COLOR][/COLOR] Luckier? :confused: Do you mean happier? Science does not recognize the existence of "luck". I could believe this. I've known some creative people that seemed slightly bipolar. How is it related? I've lived in Sweden for the past three years, and I have to deal...

It sounds to me like the "it" is charisma. Adolf Hitler had "it" as well. eudaimonia, Mark

I'm not particularly favorable to abstract descriptions of personal development that involve stages, since one will almost inevitably find exceptions that will foil one's model, but this is my alternative to Peck. I) Unexamining and Unintegrated (the "child") Even as adults, people in this...

Huh? :confused: What does this have to do with what I wrote? I was talking about atheists being able to have meaning in life, and suddenly you are talking on a completely different topic. eudaimonia, Mark

I'm not quite sure what to make of Fowler (this is the first time I've read anything about his views), but Peck's views seem biased towards a mystical spiritual path, and may not apply to all spiritual paths, such as my own. Note how the stage III people are described as "truth seekers" and...

If the atheist takes the view that life is an end-in-itself, then the reason to live a happy, full life, to pursue dreams, and all that, is precisely to accomplish this goal. Life is both the means and the reward. I am an atheist, and I do not despair. While I do not wish to die just yet, I...