tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post3030474064845678382..comments2024-03-28T16:58:17.705-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: Enchiridion VGrimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-77571312475602221652022-01-28T09:52:48.151-05:002022-01-28T09:52:48.151-05:00Now if only no longer human slaves can personally ...Now if only no longer human slaves can personally achieve that instead of comprehending it intellectually.<br /><br />ymarsakarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-40057917078096716472022-01-19T10:08:01.393-05:002022-01-19T10:08:01.393-05:00Reminds me of Hamlet: "... there is nothing e...Reminds me of Hamlet: "... there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so."Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-41205253592205220982022-01-17T13:33:47.461-05:002022-01-17T13:33:47.461-05:00This is related to James’ point about the shortest...This is related to James’ point about the shortest verse in the Bible. Obviously Jesus’ death was highly traumatic; his experience of execution was far worse than Socrates’. A believing Christian wouldn’t want to say that Jesus got it wrong. One could reason that the incarnation shows that it is proper to suffer in death. <br /><br />Yet I think the same answer applies: it was proper for Jesus as part of a divine drama that could assume the punishment for the sins of the world. That does not entail that it is right for anyone else. Socrates’ ability to face death with philosophy and courage could still be a better model for we mortals. Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-39342944789704985442022-01-17T03:39:16.958-05:002022-01-17T03:39:16.958-05:00So, I'll poke at this a little. Yes, death is...So, I'll poke at this a little. Yes, death is a thing that is, that happens, and there is no escaping it in total. The idea that it is terrible is only within us, that is true. But then all ideas about what is "pleasant" and what is "terrible" are within us. Even the ideas of what is "good" or "evil" are really only within us (in this universe at least). Should we not value that which we manifest, and do we not think that ideas of good and evil are worthwhile and of value even if they may be terrible to experience?douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03241790925053112959noreply@blogger.com