Apech Posted November 14, 2012 I think the man who contemplates the universe with his eyes wide open is the man with the greatest amount of natural piety: not in the religious sense, but in the sense of an intimate harmony with things. Was he a Taoist???? Your opinions please. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Apech Posted November 14, 2012 Do you want us to give away the name of the person in our answer? It may skew responses that follow. In response to the second part of the question, he certainly has some Taoist elements to his thinking, but then also some that stray quite far from it. It is a matter of taking the man as a whole or taking his thinking in isolated pieces. This is not entirely unlike the idea behind the thread for the "Tao of Nietzsche". I was trying to catch someone out with this because its surprising (the answer) ... but you obviously know Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Protector Posted November 14, 2012 Hitler was a big occult fanatic AAAAAAAAAAAA GOOGLE STRIKES AGAIN Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GrandmasterP Posted November 14, 2012 I was trying to catch someone out with this because its surprising (the answer) ... but you obviously know Hitler. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Apech Posted November 14, 2012 Hitler was a big occult fanatic AAAAAAAAAAAA GOOGLE STRIKES AGAIN Cheat!!!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Apech Posted November 14, 2012 I think he had just done his Tai Chi at the Eagles Nest and was off to invade Russia when he said this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GrandmasterP Posted November 14, 2012 The same lad was a keen vegetarian too. Loved his dogs, and was kind to his old mum. Just goes to show eh? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stosh Posted November 14, 2012 (edited) On second thought ,, Its been said deleted comment Nevermind Edited November 14, 2012 by Stosh Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zanshin Posted November 15, 2012 Aww, I thought it sounded like Einstein. "What I see in Nature is a magnificent structure that we can comprehend only very imperfectly, and that must fill a thinking person with a feeling of "humility." This is a genuinely religious feeling that has nothing to do with mysticism." 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cheshire Cat Posted November 15, 2012 (edited) :-D I counteract all this esoteric philosophy with Alan Watts! Om Alan Padme hum! Hung Watts Svaha! If we want to say that something is daoist or not, then we must apply a ruler to see if centimeters matches. Only with the ruler we can say that something is straight or convex. But the ruler is internal to us and others may measure it with a different instrument. How could we say that something is daoist? In this case, Hitler was only outlining his cure for making people in intimate harmony with things: plastic eye surgery to remove eyelids. Edited November 15, 2012 by DAO rain TAO Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thelerner Posted November 15, 2012 Every human being will say a number of seemingly enlightened and very stupid things during there lifetime. Its how we live and the fruits of life that determine our worth. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
三江源 Posted November 15, 2012 so Hitler, right. He had an agenda that was fuelled by his own sense of rightness which was not without spiritual fervour. It's like, ok, you can make fries with potatoes, sure. But then there are those frozen waffles, too, and they also are made - so they would have us believe - from potatoes. You get my point. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Apech Posted November 15, 2012 so Hitler, right. He had an agenda that was fuelled by his own sense of rightness which was not without spiritual fervour. It's like, ok, you can make fries with potatoes, sure. But then there are those frozen waffles, too, and they also are made - so they would have us believe - from potatoes. You get my point. Er .... yea right. So ... what was that about chips again? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
三江源 Posted November 15, 2012 have them with .... EGG! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
三江源 Posted November 15, 2012 ego and silicone chips Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Clarity Posted November 15, 2012 ego and silicone chips With sea salt! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brian Posted November 15, 2012 Watts oughta give a bit more thought to the idea of trusting a ruler to tell you whether something is straight or convex. The imbedded assumptions is that statement call into question anything he says in the rest of that quote! Oh, and can I have fries with that??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GrandmasterP Posted November 15, 2012 Hitler's Mum made nice chips, and Rosti. Just goes to show eh? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GrandmasterP Posted November 15, 2012 Q: What do you say to a media studies graduate? A: Large Fries and a BigMac please. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Path Posted November 16, 2012 Was he a Taoist???? Your opinions please. Tom Jones Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dainin Posted November 16, 2012 But what level of Mo Pai did he achieve? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Apech Posted November 16, 2012 Tom Jones Its not unusual to get a comment like this ... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Apech Posted November 16, 2012 But what level of Mo Pai did he achieve? I think like elvis he died on the toilet because he'd set all the paper on fire ... that might be a clue. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
