Not really, I tend to follow Epicurus' teaching more. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epicurus). Its very akin to Stocism. The Vulcan path is for wimps.
On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 4:11 PM, Scott Stewart <webmas...@sstwebworks.com> wrote: > > Are you sure you're not a Vulcan ? :) > > > On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 4:04 PM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I prefer Stocism myself as a school of philosophy >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoicism >> >> On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 3:31 PM, denstar <valliants...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 1:10 PM, Jerry Johnson wrote: >>>> >>>> cynicism can be healthy. >>> >>> It's cool and all, but seems pretty hard core to me: >>> >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynicism >>> >>> ;-) >>> >>>> misanthopism or pessimism can be unhealthy. >>>> >>>> although they are similar, they are not the same. >>> >>> I think critical thinking (whatever that is, really ;]) takes care of >>> the good in cynicism without the semi-negative connotation. >>> >>> Trust is an amazing thing. Sometimes -- and I've experienced this -- >>> trusting someone can actually make them trustworthy! It's far out yo! >>> >>> I'd wager everyone gets burned from time to time, no matter how >>> careful, but there is a certain freedom to not immediately distrusting >>> something (usually based on it's appearance). >>> >>> What I'm trying to express could be interpreted dangerously, there's a >>> lot of nuance that I can't seem to squeeze in, but it, meaning life, >>> can be really rich, if we only see it so. >>> >>> Trust that the world, neigh, reality- is an amazing, >>> fearsomely-beautiful place (or thing? Noun?). >>> >>> Or something like that. =] >>> >>> :Den >>> >>> -- >>> In large states public education will always be mediocre, for the same >>> reason that in large kitchens the cooking is usually bad. >>> Friedrich Nietzsche >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:328505 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
