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by indiabo » Fri Aug 18, 2006 10:44 am

Hi All,



help me out and yourself in studying philosiphy.



I think .... civil service student who chose ... philosophy as a module will be much more helpful.



ofcourse I can have googled abt everything abt it but you u dont get involved in reading long passages then the level of involvement in discussion.



so please ...



I wanna USE MORE PHILOSOPHICAL QOUTES IN MY CONVERSATION.



and GIVE REFERENCES OF PHILOSOPHER IN DICUSSIONS



........ DEVELOP THE OUT OF BOS THINKING ATTITUDE.



LEARN LEARN



I must be sounding like a ...........

but with a fracture I cant think anything else but to increase my state of thinkin.



I was inspired to start the thread by the comment of someone on this thread regarding karl marx qoute
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by indiabo » Fri Aug 18, 2006 10:50 am

Niccolo Machiavelli -



1.Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach we are never satisfied





2.It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both







3.There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.
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by indiabo » Fri Aug 18, 2006 10:59 am

This question was asked by a MNC recruiter at a interview.

to my cousin.



Suppose that there is strike all over hyderabad by all type of transportation agencies and you are on ur bike riding casually.



in ur way you find... at a bus stop 3 type of people askin for lift



1. A patient who needed immediate attention to be dropped at a hospital.



2. A worker who is getting late for his new job meeting which is crucial.



3. A filmstar who happens to be ur screen idol.



now the condition is that .....



you can only have one pillion rider



wat will be ur decision
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by indiabo » Sat Aug 19, 2006 12:35 pm

An Interesting Conversation.......

Description:

An atheist professor of philosophy speaks to his class on the

problem science has with God, The Almighty.



He asks one of his new students to stand and .....



Prof: So you believe in God?

Student: Absolutely, sir.



Prof: Is God good?

Student: Sure.



Prof: Is God all-powerful?

Student: Yes.



Prof: My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to God to

heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But

God didn't. How is this God good then? Hmm?



(Student is silent.)



Prof: You can't answer, can you? Let's start again, young fellow. Is

God good?

Student: Yes.



Prof: Is Satan good?

Student: No.



Prof: Where does Satan come from?

Student: From...God...



Prof: That's right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?

Student: Yes.



Prof: Evil is everywhere, isn't it? And God did make everything.

Correct?

Student: Yes.



Prof: So who created evil?

(Student does not answer.)



Prof: Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these

terrible things exist in the world, don't they?

Student: Yes, sir.



Prof: So, who created them?

(Student has no answer.)



Prof: Science says you have 5 senses you use to identify and observe

the world around you. Tell me, son...Have you ever seen God?

Student: No, sir.



Prof: Tell us if you have ever heard your God?

Student: No, sir.



Prof: Have you ever felt your God, tasted your God, smelt your God?

Have you ever had any sensory perception of God for that matter?

Student: : No, sir. I'm afraid I haven't.



Prof: Yet you still believe in Him?

Student: Yes.



Prof: According to empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol,

science says your GOD doesn't exist. What do you say to that, son?

Student: Nothing. I only have my faith.

Prof: Yes. Faith. And that is the problem science has.



Student: Professor, is there such a thing as heat?

Prof: Yes.



Student: And is there such a thing as cold?

Prof: : Yes.



Student: No sir. There isn't.



(The lecture theatre becomes very quiet with this turn of events.)



Student: Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat,

mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we don't have

anything called cold. We can hit 458 degrees below zero which is no

heat, but we can't go any further after that. There is no such thing

as cold. Cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat.

We cannot measure cold. Heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of

heat, sir, just the absence of it.



(There is pin-drop silence in the lecture theatre.)



Student: What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as

darkness?

Prof: Yes. What is night if there isn't darkness?



Student: You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of

something. You can have low light, normal light, bright light,

flashing light....But if you have no light constantly, you have

nothing and it's called darkness, isn't it? In reality, darkness

isn't. If it were you would be able to make darkness darker,

wouldn't you?

Prof: So what is the point you are making, young man?



Student: Sir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed.

Prof: Flawed? Can you explain how?



Student: : Sir, you are working on the premise of duality. You argue

there is life and then there is , a good God and a bad God. You

are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can

measure. Sir, science can't even explain a thought. It uses

electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully

understood either one. To view as the opposite of life is to

be ignorant of the fact that cannot exist as a substantive

thing. is not the opposite of life: just the absence of it.

Now tell me, Professor. Do you teach your students that they evolved

from a monkey?

Prof: If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process,

yes, of course, I do.





Student: Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?

(The Professor shakes his head with a smile, beginning to realize

where the argument is going.)



Student: Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at

work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going

endeavor, are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a

scientist but a preacher?



(The class is in uproar.)



Student: Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the

Professor's brain?



(The class breaks out into laughter.)



Student: Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor's

brain, felt it, touched or smelt it? No one appears to have done so.

So, according to the established rules of empirical, stable,

demonstrable protocol, science says that you have no brain, sir.

With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures, sir?



(The room is silent. The professor stares at the student, his face

unfathomable.)



Prof: I guess you'll have to take them on faith, son.

Student: That is it sir... The link between man & god is FAITH.

That is all that keeps things moving & alive.

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.WANT TO KNOW WHO THAT STUDENT WAS

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I believe you have enjoyed the conversation...and if so...you'll

probably want your friends/colleagues to enjoy the same...won't

you? ...... . this is a true story, and the

student was none other than.........



His Excellency Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, the present president of India.
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Next president

by VJ » Tue Aug 22, 2006 6:58 pm

Future president :arrow: It's ME :) . Not for India, its for the World :lol:



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