... viewpoint has reminded me of a particular philosophy, but I've been unable to put my finger on it. I now realise that I've been looking at the wrong end of the political/ philospohical spectrum. Basically, Doug is a secular puritan. It has often been remarked upon that the political spectrum is circular e.g. living under a communist regime is, in many ways, indistinguishable ...

... viewpoint has reminded me of a particular philosophy, but I've been unable to put my finger on it. I now realise that I've been looking at the wrong end of the political/ philospohical spectrum. Basically, Doug is a secular puritan. It has often been remarked upon that the political spectrum is circular e.g. living under a communist regime is, in many ways, indistinguishable ...

... viewpoint has reminded me of a particular philosophy, but I've been unable to put my finger on it. I now realise that I've been looking at the wrong end of the political/ philospohical spectrum. Basically, Doug is a secular puritan. It has often been remarked upon that the political spectrum is circular e.g. living under a communist regime is, in many ways, indistinguishable from living ...

.... I've never even seen anyone define free will to my satisfaction. Free will is defined as "power of acting without constraint of necessity or fate". (Oxford Dictionary) The oxford definition is ok for reading a sentence but isnt sufficient for a philospohical debate. Since I am always constrained or determined by the laws of gravity does that disprove free will?

... essence; the unknown anxiety of despair and meaninglessness in the face of our non-being. It is an application of aristic endevaour. There is no such thing as ER as a philospohical movement. Existentialism, however, is a philosophical movement that rejects that life has an inherent meaning, but instead requires each individual to posit his or her own subjective values. As a branch or ...

... essence; the unknown anxiety of despair and meaninglessness in the face of our non-being. It is an application of aristic endevaour. There is no such thing as ER as a philospohical movement. Existentialism, however, is a philosophical movement that rejects that life has an inherent meaning, but instead requires each individual to posit his or her own subjective values. As a branch ...