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762I agree that energy is not destroyed (unless you count either conversion to mattTimF-5/28/2003
761agreed...bottom line, energy is not destroyed. nor is it bound in light, heat, eone_less-5/28/2003
760<i> The traditional argument against this, of course, is that light itselfTimF-5/28/2003
759Yes. OK. What are your presumptions? My first presumption is that life is neitheone_less-5/28/2003
758But one can still discuss and investigate wonders.The Philosopher-5/27/2003
757Yep, and it requires a degree of acceptance in regards to miracle and mystery.one_less-5/27/2003
756One can look with wonder and still seek to know. In fact, the double meaning The Philosopher-5/27/2003
755<i>mirari</i> is a latin root, meaning; "to look upon with wondone_less-5/26/2003
754So I'm reading a review of Woodward's Bush at War by Christopher HitchenTom Clarke-5/24/2003
753<i>The answer was serious also.</i> Then you'll have to explainThe Philosopher-5/23/2003
752The answer was serious also. I suspect you are looking for something more compleone_less-5/23/2003
751It was a serious question. If you can't answer it seriously, I'm not suThe Philosopher-5/22/2003
750Allow me to offer my congratulations on the truly admirable skill you have shownaverage joe-5/22/2003
749mirarione_less-5/22/2003
748Have you ever wondered what life is? By which I mean, that which is the differeThe Philosopher-5/22/2003
747LOL! I have not read the De Quincey in ages! Truly a pleasure.......Neocon-5/19/2003
746“The understanding, like the eye, while it makes us see and perceive all other tone_less-5/19/2003
745When the prospect of any other form of resolution becomes vanishingly small.....Neocon-5/6/2003
744Yes that makes sense. If one cannot or can no longer accede to the status quo one_less-5/6/2003
743If you mean armed aggression, then what justifies it is the intolerability of thNeocon-5/6/2003
742Right. Well a while back I asked you to consider the philosophical foundations tone_less-5/6/2003
741OK. You asked if it is justified to become aggressive, I answered. If you do notNeocon-5/6/2003
740I wasn't making a blanket statement about what happens when people split up.one_less-5/5/2003
739I do not see how one could make a blanket pronouncement about such a matter. ForNeocon-5/5/2003
738In looking back I just realized that I have changed my focus here. On the one haone_less-5/5/2003
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