Alexander Scholz
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July 28, 2008
Alexander
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Life and Death After Epikur – some propositions
I have already postet these ideas under "Life and Death" but it seems to fit in here very well, because what else is the litmus test for wisdom if not these two little words 'life' and 'death'? T...
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July 28, 2008
Alexander
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Life and Death After Epikur - some propositions
If I’m living, death is a problem because I’m living. If death is a problem, I’m living. Although I’m living, death is a problem. Although I’m living, death is not a problem. If death is a pr...
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April 15, 2008
Alexander
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Is poetry translatable?
Sometimes literature could be enriched by translation. But in general people think there are problemes connected with something we call in germany "Texttreue" (fidelity/loyalty to a text). Should ...
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April 5, 2008
Alexander
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Re: What is human nature?
This question has been answered on different plains and many ways e.g. the terms 'homo ludens', 'homo oeconomicus' etc. are attempts to grasp what is human nature. My assumption is: human being is ...
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April 5, 2008
Alexander
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Re: What is the most important war in human history?
I think the most important war is the one who is being fought nowadays. I'm not talking about this construction of "war against terror", I'm talking about this real global war between the one who a...
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