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dannyb0y02

Fear Drives Us

Feb 08, 2006 03:35

i came across this great concept in my mind today, and i was really impressed by it; so much so, in fact, that i figured it warranted a livejournal posting, not to say that it will be as impressive in text, but nonetheless i'll let you in on my thoughts ( Read more... )

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jlmolloy February 8 2006, 21:10:09 UTC

Wow! I'm really impressed. It makes a lot of sense! I applaud you for this Danny! :o) Are you a psyc major? maybe you should be! Hee Hee!

dannyb0y02 February 9 2006, 00:14:25 UTC

lol no i'm not a psych major...i'm a math major, which has driven me to become psychotic!

addycrombie February 10 2006, 08:48:02 UTC

you have a lot of good thoughts. maybe some of those things scare you and i think new and different scares a lot of people. but sometimes desires are natural and not out of fear in my opinion. I think theres a difference between fear and pleasure.

anonymous February 11 2006, 04:56:04 UTC

http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl302/texts/hobbes/leviathan-contents.html

dannyb0y02 February 11 2006, 12:33:56 UTC

Hobbes' philosophy of conquering fear sprang from the context of the threat of civil war in 17th Century England. He believed that to avoid fear itself, which manifested as civil war, sovereignty in an absolute monarchy must be once again employed. At a time when England was rich in republican philosophy, needless to say, Hobbes' idea was not taken with splendor ( ... )