More to the point why was such a question asked in a French lesson?
On 24 Aug, 02:48, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote:
> The Gabby enigma, how consistent.
>
> You "can't remember" how you answered your french teacher but you
> "remember" the question?
> So you can't remember and remember at the same time. Is that like
> selective memory?
>
> It was punishment? Why is that? Maybe you felt inadequate,
> incomplete, unprepared?
>
> Ah, busy ignoring the subject matter while discussing sweaty armpits
> with your friend.
>
> So what does this have to do with Sartre?
>
> On Aug 23, 5:23 pm, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I honestly cannot remember how I answered my French teacher when he
> > asked me to compare the philosophy of Sartre to the one of Camus. But
> > I do remember the question, because it was his sort of punishment,
> > because my friend and seat neighbour and I were quietly discussing how
> > it was possible that the teacher's shirt always showed his sweaty
> > armpits, no matter what time of the year it was. ;-)
>
> > On 23 Aug., 21:00, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > would you rather Sartre said it?
>
> > >http://www.tc.umn.edu/~parkx032/AU67.html
>
> > > On Aug 23, 1:57 pm, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > "understanding the meaninglessness" - puh, Molly, I know I've been
> > > > down to saying very stupid things, but at least I always knew they
> > > > were, I didn't label them dot dot dot for the other to come up with
> > > > something I can't think of and use it for my own benefit.
>
> > > > On 23 Aug., 16:16, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > there are times when, only by understanding the meaninglessness, new
> > > > > meaning can emerge...
>
> > > > > On Aug 22, 7:23 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > I guess the thing I wish we could get 'timely' about would be truth
> > > > > > and reconciliation. I begin to believe the 'conspiracy' is to make
> > > > > > life meaningless.
>
> > > > > > On 22 Aug, 17:49, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > How synchronistic...I know that Pat recently had a bout of the flu
> > > > > > > also...
>
> > > > > > > On Aug 22, 12:33 pm, frantheman <[email protected]>
> > > > > > > wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > The microbes and the antibiotics - I sympathise with you, Neil.
> > > > > > > > I
> > > > > > > > recently spent three weeks daily swallowing a not insignificant
> > > > > > > > dose
> > > > > > > > of doxycycline to deal with an incipient borelliosis (Lyme
> > > > > > > > disease) -
>
> > > > > > damned ticks! There's something quite stressful about feeling out
> > > > of
>
> > > > > > > > sorts and not even being sure if its the illness itself or the
> > > > > > > > antibiotic treatment for it that's causing the discomfort. I
> > > > > > > > wish you
> > > > > > > > a speedy recovery ...
>
> > > > > > > > Francis
>
> > > > > > > > On 22 Aug., 17:11, archytas <nwte...@googlemailcom> wroote:
>
> > > > > > > > > The concept of self, or more specifically the sense of unity
> > > > > > > > > of self,
> > > > > > > > > has both synchronic ('I seem to be a uniied self aat any given
>
> > > > > > > moment' and ddiachrnicc ('I seem to be the same self as I was a
> > > > > > > few
> > > > > > > > > minutes/hours/months/years ago') aspects. Currently, I am
> > > > > > > > > feeling
> > > > > > > > > rather broken - like my watch with the dud battery, but with
> > > > > > > > > the added
> > > > > > > > > knowledge (Slip was right) that my kinetic watch was stolen.
> > > > > > > > > I'd be
> > > > > > > > > intuiting Orn but am otherwise engaged in a wa aggainst a
> > > > > > > > > micrbe
> > > > > > > > > horde in need ofevvction frrom my glandular system and,
> > > > > > > > > unlike my
> > > > > > > > > watch, am on tickover until the antibiotics triumph Beforee
> > > > > > > > > Slip
> > >> > > > > > points out electronic watchs don'tt tick, let me say that
> > >> > > > this watch
> > > > > > > > > has a very annoying, non-syncopating tick option, and my other
> > > > > > > > > (stolen) watch may well be ticking to someone else's tune. I
> > > > > > > > > am so
> > > > > > > > > ill I hav develloped n inteerest in Willard Quine again and
> > > > > > > > > have
> > > >> > > > > > somewhat naturalised my philosophy so as not to be too
> > > >> > > > > > exposed to the
> > > > > > > > > risk of theoretical truth. All this at a time I haven't had
> > > > > > > > > a drink
> > > > > > > > > for two weeks Francis! - no doubt causing my current delusive
> > > > > > > > > state in
> > > > > > > > > which England are regaining the Ashes. Test Match Special
> > > > > > > > > will set
> > > > > > > > > you free ...
>
> > > > > > > > > On 22 Aug, 15:24, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > I am not expert of Jung, but have enjoyed his writing and
> > > > > > > > > > work now and
> > > > > > > > > > then. I think what this means is that there is something
> > > > > > > > > > more than
> > > > > > > > > > what we think of as cause and effect at play here. That
> > > > > > > > > > while, as
> > > > > > > > > > Slip suggests, sychronistic events for us are responsive to
> > > > > > > > > > our
> > > > > > >> > > indivdual thoughthts and feelings, we do not cause them to
> > > > > > >> > > come about
> > > > > > > > > > like we cause a stone to roll by kicking it. Synchronicity
> > > > > > > > > > is, I
> > > > > > > > > > think, always at play in our lives, but our awareness of it
> > > > > > > > > > increases
> > > > > > > > > > as our perception of the more subtle levels of being
> > > > > > > > > > changes. We
> > > > > > > > > > don't cause it, we become aware of it by tuning into it.
>
> > > > > > > > > > On Aug 22, 7:37 am, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > I would wonder the same thing about it all being acausal.
> > > > > > > > > > > I remember
> > > > > > > > > > > when my mother in law died m wife, a le long g devout
> > > > > > > > > > > catholic,
> > > > > > > > > > > mentioned something about a sign, a butterfly that would
> > > > > > > > > > > appear. I
> > > > > > > > > > > always thought that to be coincidence but at the
> > > > > > > > > > > cemetery, there it
> > > > > > > > > > > was, a large white butterfly that landed and stay for
> > > > > > > > > > > several minutes
> > > > > > > > > > > then casually flew off. I guess there is some
> > > > > > > > > > > synchronicity there,
> > > > > > > > > > > in the death, the mention of and appearance of the
> > > > > > > > > > > butterfly.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > On Aug 22, 12:33 am, Alan Wostenberg <[email protected]>
> > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > Great question.As a belieer I wonderer why Jung calls
> > > > > > > > > > > > synchronicity
> > > > > > > > > > > > 'acausal' in that esy "Synchrhronicity, An Acausal
> > > > > > > > > > > > Connecting
> > > > > > > > > > >> Princcipl. Does s he embrace a Humean noion of caulity
> > > > > > > > > > >> asas constant
> > > > > > > > > > > > njunction n in whichcausess prede efffcts t temporally?
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > Yet I do find myself reluctt to jump inin with both
> > > > > > > > > > > > feet and call
> > > > > > > > > > > > something a meaningful coincidence. This is no doubt
> > > > > > > > > > > > my inner atheist
> > > > > > > > > > > > whispering. As a believer I know synchronicity under a
> > > > > > > > > > > > different name:
> > > > > > > > > > > > providence. God always meets our real needs. Sometimes
> > > > > > > > > > > > I see the
> > > > > > > > > > > > pattern and call it providence. Usually I do not,
> > > > > > > > > > > > perhaps because it
> > > > > > > > > > > > is to bright for my minds eye.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > On Aug 21, 5:08 am, Molly Brogan
> > > > > > > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Synchronicity is a word that has come up now and then
> > > > > > > > > > > > > in these
> > > > > > > > > > > > > discussions and is, I think, becoming more a part of
> > > > > > > > > > > > > our scientific
> > > > > > > > > > > > > and philosophic paradigms. Webster defines it as:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > the quality or
> > > > > > > > > > > > > state of being synchronous or simultaneous :
> > > > > > > > > > > > > concurrence of acts,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > events, or developments in time : coincident movement
> > > > > > > > > > > > > or existence;
> > > > > > > > > > > > > chronological arrangement of historical events and
> > > > > > > > > > > > > personages so as to
> > > > > > > > > > > > > indicate coincidence or coexistence; a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > representation in the same
> > > > > > > > > > > > > picture of two or more events which occurred at
> > > > > > > > > > > > > different times.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Jung required a larger framework for his idea of
> > > > > > > > > > > > > synchronicity, a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > framework that reveals an underlying pattern for what
> > > > > > > > > > > > > he called
> > > > > > > > > > > > > "temporally coincident occurrences of acausal events."
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > What does synchronicity mean to you? What role does
> > > > > > > > > > > > > it playin yourr
> > > > > > > > > > > > > life? What do YOU think?- Hide quoted text -
>
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