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02/01/19
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Originally posted by Copperbod
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"Reference my last post. That should answer and account for your enquiry."
Well it addresses the question about what you mean by "reason" which is more or less what I assumed.
However, you didn't really address my comments regarding your opinion ..
"MHO life is made up of reason and reason is the creative and unknown answer to the existence of life as we know and don’t know it."
How do you account for the fact that life is not made up only of reason .. depending what you regard as reason ?"
Nor the examples I gave to show that opinion doesn't equate with reality.
I assume the following is you speaking rather than the cut and paste ...
"The human species has three distinct instincts; being, the appetite for sex, to drink, and to eat. These urges are a necessary part of the basics of the fine print of our existence. Therefore “reason is imperative in its aspects. Without reason the instincts would not have a purpose of reason within its primary existence. The idea that you have about the pleasure of sex is only there to assure that the species interact with each other. "
I think you should do some more research on what actually goes on in the average Human.
Your 3 distinct instincts do not cover it.
As already pointed out, "reason" should be a useful factor for living but is by no means necessary for life.
Pleasure derived from sex may well be a "Nature" designed carrot to ensure reproduction but that is not the average subjective experience or reason for the majority of humans let alone other species.
Don't get me wrong, I'm all in favour of using reason as one of the chief factors for living ... but only one of them.
My impression is that you seem to think life and people in general can or should live only according to a particular intellectual type of reason.
Plainly that hasn't happened up to now, there is no reason to believe it ever will and IMO does not represent what is needed for a balanced life for a well rounded Human being.
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Break it all down and prove the contrary.
You only take what is considered to be of your standards. Philosophy shares prime examples of how a human being should consider life as a means to achieve a higher order.