Soren Kierkegaard..

Taurus Man. One of my favorite philosophers.

Some nice quotes for this board:

—People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.??

—It is perfectly true, as philosophers say, that life must be understood backwards. But they forget the other proposition, that it must be lived forwards.??

^^Get it, passive Taurus? Bust a move.

—Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.??

^^Cue 100000 Earth Signs crying.

—The greatest hazard of all, losing one's self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all. No other loss can occur so quietly; any other loss - an arm, a leg, five dollars, a wife, etc. - is sure to be noticed.??

—If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of the potential, for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the possible. Pleasure disappoints, possibility never. And what wine is so sparkling, what so fragrant, what so intoxicating, as possibility!??

^^^This really should be plastered on the Taurus and Scorpio boards.

—A fire broke out backstage in a theatre. The clown came out to warn the public; they thought it was a joke and applauded. He repeated it; the acclaim was even greater. I think that's just how the world will come to an end: to general applause from wits who believe it's a joke.??

^^^I lost track how many times this happened with Earth signs when they gave good advice.

—Don't you know that a midnight hour comes when everyone has to take off his mask? Do you think life always lets itself be trifled with? Do you think you can sneak off a little before midnight to escape this—

—I feel as if I were a piece in a game of chess, when my opponent says of it: That piece cannot be moved.??

^^Can you say "Taurus"? lol

—What is talkativeness? It is the result of doing away with the vital distinction between talking and keeping silent. Only some one who knows how to remain essentially silent can really talk--and act essentially. Silence is the essence of inwardness, of the inner life. Mere gossip anticipates real talk, and to express what is still in thought weakens action by forestalling it. But some one who can really talk, because he knows how to remain silent, will not talk about a variety of things but about one thing only, and he will know when to talk and when to remain silent. Where mere scope is concerned, talkativeness wins the day, it jabbers on incessantly about everything and nothing...In a passionate age great events (for they correspond to each other) give people something to talk about. And when the event is over, and silence follows, there is still something to remember and to think about while one remains silent. But talkativeness is afraid of the silence which reveals its emptiness.??

^^^TAURUS.

—I begin with the principle that all men are bores. Surely no one will prove himself so great a bore as to contradict me in this.??

^^I think this man ran into CC in a previous life

—I once knew of a girl whose story forms the substance of the diary. Whether he has seduced others I do not know... we learn of his desire for something altogether arbitrary. With the help of his mental gifts he knew how to tempt a girl to draw her to him without caring to possess her in any stricter sense.


I can imagine him able to bring a girl to the point where he was sure she would sacrifice all then he would leave without a word let a lone a declaration a promise.


The unhappy girl would retain the consciousness of it with double bitterness because there was not the slightest thing she could appeal to. She could only be constantly tossed about in a terrible witches' dance at one moment reproaching herself forgiving him at another reproaching him and then since the relationship would only have been actual in a figurative sense she would constantly have to contend with the doubt that the whole thing might only have been an imagination.
??

^^Harem explained

^^I think you and me will get along great.

Kierkegaard is amazing

Posted by UncleIroh
and died with the sun in Scorpio.

He also died with something else in Scorpio since he was married to a Scorp..if you grant me the cheekiness lol.

^^Ugh, I was on the Curie topic so I fail at that joke but you get it 😄

Posted by Damnata

—I feel as if I were a piece in a game of chess, when my opponent says of it: That piece cannot be moved.??

^^Can you say "Taurus"? lol

LOL! I did not know Kierkegaard was a bull. I knew that Hume and Kant were, and they are definitely two of the most influential philosophers.

Damnata - go make whoever runs this site create a Philosophy forum, and I will crown you queen of the harem.

Nikola Tesla was amazing but bitched at his secretary constantly because she was too fat for his taste. I always found that funny.

However brilliant they are, boy do they have their quirks. I used to read a lot on their lives because it's interesting to me.

I wanted to go to a monastery when younger Gem, but then God pissed me and I gave up on that thought. I want to be Christ's bride and when I saw how many women he already had in his harem...yeah, no

Posted by TaurusLovesScorpio
Damnata - go make whoever runs this site create a Philosophy forum, and I will crown you queen of the harem.

Yay!

Thing is, I already have small patience with the Aries Moon and I pour it all in Survivor as of late lol. I shall try to do my best though.

Posted by geminicandIe
Why did God pissed you?
Can't you just make a pact again?.

Well he just did. A lot of stuff happened in my life and I was sure he was mocking me, I still think he is.

Shit happens, I look towards the sky "Are you done, God?"

He goes "HAHAHAHA I am just getting started"

trolling me..

And I believe that pact was a one in a lifetime opportunity. I'd try to strike a deal with the devil though (not the one on your arm andsss) but I am still not well acquainted to the Scorpio Board.

Posted by geminicandIe
Damnata, monasteries are beautiful there though.
As soon as I visit that part of the world again, my desire is to explore these monasteries.
Are they difficult to get to?

Not at all. They will let you stay there and feed you at minimum costs.

Do you know what Voronet blue is? It's a shade of blue that is protected under UNESCO as world heritage...no one was able to come up with the precise combination to create that until now. We did it in the 1400's

GC I am convinced God has a Fire Moon, hence the endless banter we share.

Yes, when my parents divorced me and dad embarked on a monastery tour for a full month with a Gemini Lawyer friend of his and a Greek Surgeon who loved this country and moved here afterwards.

My parents divorced each other, not me -.-

Posted by geminicandIe
That's what I think would happen to me. I'd visit, fall in love and never leave.

Pretty much our whole marketing strategy.

Watch this: (do you understand french also..because I have another one?)

Posted by geminicandIe
I understand some French, but not much. I speak some Spanish though.

I will watch it when I get home.

Does Romania get a lot of tourism? What is the food like? Do you guys drink coffee and smoke a lot?

Damnata, can we have Romania thread please?

I will post one on the travel forum if you want. I just never thought anyone would be interested.

Posted by geminicandIe
I would be interested very much.
Like I said, ever since I read "The Historian" by Elizabeth Kostova, I have been mesmerized. This was few years ago.

Are Romanian people Slavic?

Latin.

One of the 5 (??) romance languages.

So imagine latin Damnata..acting exactly like Italians..with a fire moon/mars and cardinal heavy chart and...

yeah

Posted by geminicandIe
Do you feel connected to Slavs though? Or are you repulsed?

I love Italians!

Lol@imagine latin Damnata, that I can imagine. Do you talk fast?

I talk crazy fast and gesticulate a lot.

There is also a Slavic influence and you feel it in the accent.

Posted by geminicandIe
because they don't like it in USA so much.

You just made my choice of not moving there for me lol.

I am touchy feely also..I guess it wouldn't take long for a restraining order to find its way to me.

Posted by Damnata
—What is talkativeness? It is the result of doing away with the vital distinction between talking and keeping silent. Only some one who knows how to remain essentially silent can really talk--and act essentially. Silence is the essence of inwardness, of the inner life. Mere gossip anticipates real talk, and to express what is still in thought weakens action by forestalling it. But some one who can really talk, because he knows how to remain silent, will not talk about a variety of things but about one thing only, and he will know when to talk and when to remain silent. Where mere scope is concerned, talkativeness wins the day, it jabbers on incessantly about everything and nothing...In a passionate age great events (for they correspond to each other) give people something to talk about. And when the event is over, and silence follows, there is still something to remember and to think about while one remains silent. But talkativeness is afraid of the silence which reveals its emptiness.??

^^^TAURUS.

Genius

Posted by Damnata

Posted by geminicandIe
because they don't like it in USA so much.

You just made my choice of not moving there for me lol.

I am touchy feely also..I guess it wouldn't take long for a restraining order to find its way to me.

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That's me. Usually I keep personal space wide, but if I'm passionate about what I'm talking about, I become a stalker.

And another Taurus guy I love: Marcus Aurelius, the philosopher emperor:

—The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.??

—Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.??

—Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.??

?? Marcus Aurelius, Meditations