Listen to Gail Dunn interview me on her new radio show "Garage Gab" I did both 7/14 and 7/21 shows so far!
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Either a man loves his life, every part of his life, or is condemned into becoming resentful to those that do. “Either or.” The specific part of him left unloved (if worthy of love) will be the cause of his eventual feelings of resentment and develop into full blown hate for those that he is convinced have caused his pain.
(Pertaining to the philosophy of altruism in romantic and all relationships ~What Dagney learns when asking Galt why he allowed his dearest friend Francisco to have first shot at the woman he himself loved)
This about sums it all up!
Stop! You don’t have to abandon, or ignore your family any longer!
This might be the very threat they are imposing on you because it is the worst thing they could ever imagine themselves!
"There is a distinctive course of life that is right for each individual, amid countless possibilities. This is the individual's vocation, variously termed his or her 'genius,' 'daimon,' 'Buddha nature,' or 'atman.' It consists in innate potentialities that predispose persons to a particular direction in life. As distinguished from other possibilities, the actualization by an individual of his or her potentialities affords intrinsic rewards to that person—that is, the activity is personally fulfilling and satisfying.
This list comes from a short course of 4 lectures
entitled "Reclaiming Egoism and Morality." It was originated by Dina
Schein Garmong and was presented, I think, in the summer of 2005.
#1: Selfishness is not everything a person does. A human being is
not selfish by nature nor is he hardwired for selfishness. Thomas
Hobbs originated this argument regarding selfishness. This position
is called "psychological egoism".
The premises underlying the error are based on a confusion. Ethical
Plato had his Socrates ask this question; Does God love things that are pious or are things pious because God loves them?
Here is a quick philosophy introduction:
Metaphysics- (reality) What is real, what is truth?
Epistemology- (Knowing)By what means to we know what is real or how to discover truth? Reason? Faith? Intuition?
