Individual Against Crap

[chisakidayo]

I recently read a speech by Ayn Rand that discussed who needed philosophy. I personally have held great interest in this subject for quite a while, but I found her comments even more inspiring to closely study philosophy. According to her, the essential questions that we must answer are, "Where am I ?", "How do I know ?", and "What should I do ?".

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[anonymous]

are u an individual against the crap that is the american healthcare system or the gita? the gita is not some random book that u just glance through during a lazy summer afternoon. u need to understand the context before u can understand its significance. u also need to take care to recheck certain words cuz there are many sanskrit words which do not have english equivalents. that said, when it says "subdue" your mind, it means that one should be able to control the mind and not let the mind take over. mind here means random flow of thought. he means that one should not let the mind, take over cuz the mind can be ur best friend if u can subdue and control it, and it is your worst enemy if u cant control it. Nowhere does it say that sex per se is bad. nothing is good or bad. humans are the ones that assign the words good or bad to things.sex is obviously useful to be able to conceive, but at a lower level, sex is just a form of recreation and at higher levels it is a state where one expriences complete sensual pleasure and almost

[chisakidayo]

It's a bit difficult to discuss such a topic seriously with a person who presumptuously lectures on a stranger's personal blog yet cares not to identify themselves or take the time to type correctly and spell things out. Regardless