dwai Posted March 11, 2013 Why is there his overwhelming need to "win" arguments on any topic? By topic I mean spiritual topic of course. Those who know don't need to prove or disprove anything...those who don't try and massage their egos perhaps. There those who know, there are those who don't know. Wiser is one who keeps quiet when he doesn't know because he knows that he doesn't know. The fool argues and fights thinking he knows but actually he doesn't know what he doesn't yet know... 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adept Posted March 11, 2013 Maybe I shouldn't have fed him ? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RongzomFan Posted March 11, 2013 I'm still confused with 100,000 BCE being the border of prehistory. I guess world-wide history is screwed up. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jadespear Posted July 18, 2013 People like to win arguments to feel better about themselves and validate their views from others so they can feel secure in what they think. The entire spectrum of philosophy may be aimed at finding truth in relative concepts, but at the end it usually boils down to the strength of arguments against one another...which while intellectually stimulating, also creates division. My question to every answer is usually, " ok... Why does it matter ? What use is this knowledge?" Sometimes it is useless, sometimes it is not. Does not a truly wise man put everything in its right place? There may be a time to argue...definitely a time to question, but no time at all for anger because you don't understand or are misunderstood. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jetsun Posted August 7, 2013 I think people are trying to affirm their independent existence, when you are right and others wrong you feel more firmly that you exist, whereas being wrong can be experienced as annhialatory to the ego. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SriChi Posted August 29, 2013 I think people are trying to affirm their independent existence, when you are right and others wrong you feel more firmly that you exist, whereas being wrong can be experienced as annhialatory to the ego. Right on. It all comes down to how loved I am feeling by myself. There are times when I would try very hard to prove my point, and then there are times when I'm listening to the alternate perspective and assessing it without judgment, with curiosity. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
