philosophy time, yo

christa lynn · Post by **christa lynn** » 5/28/2003, 11:24 am

Narbus wrote:
crystal baller wrote:man is a free being by nature.

Nope. We are free by choice.

Whose choice?

mosaik · Post by **mosaik** » 5/28/2003, 11:54 am

choice is the essence of freedom. the ability to make choices is part of our nature.

happening fish · Post by **happening fish** » 5/28/2003, 4:02 pm

"If you choose not to be free you still have made a choice"

:nod:

Martin Tielli :drool:

thirdhour · Post by **thirdhour** » 5/28/2003, 5:28 pm

Clumsyboy wrote:actually we prefer to go by the term Hippy, or maybe Self Rightous Socialist Bastards We've come to take your money you will like it while we're doing it

Narbus · Post by **Narbus** » 5/28/2003, 10:57 pm

christa lynn wrote:
Narbus wrote:
crystal baller wrote:man is a free being by nature.

Nope. We are free by choice.

Whose choice?

Our own choice.

christa lynn · Post by **christa lynn** » 5/29/2003, 11:39 am

Narbus wrote:
christa lynn wrote:
Narbus wrote:
crystal baller wrote:man is a free being by nature.

Nope. We are free by choice.

Whose choice?

Our own choice.

That seems to me to be a contradiction. I see being free as the ability to choose without hindrance by others.

Narbus · Post by **Narbus** » 5/29/2003, 3:24 pm

christa lynn wrote:
Narbus wrote:
christa lynn wrote:
Narbus wrote:
crystal baller wrote:man is a free being by nature.

Nope. We are free by choice.

Whose choice?

Our own choice.

That seems to me to be a contradiction. I see being free as the ability to choose without hindrance by others.

"Our" = society. Society chooses how free we are, and since we are part of society, we choose.

See the sig. Ponder the sig. Be the sig.

joe_canadian · Post by **joe_canadian** » 5/29/2003, 4:23 pm

that's interesting. I refer you to my first post for my view on that. :nod: