Quote of the Day

Dave76 said:

The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.

- George Bernard Shaw

i like! (although maybe it's a bit cynical...)

yogi berra's always a good source too. some of his best (imo):

• "If you don't know where you are going, you will wind up somewhere else."
  
  
• "You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six."
  
  
• "It was impossible to get a conversation going; everybody was talking too much."
  
  
• "Nobody goes there anymore; it's too crowded."
  
  
• "You should always go to other people's funerals; otherwise, they won't come to yours."

The art of love... is largely the art of persistence.

Albert Ellis

"In an often-quoted paragraph, Hume argues that he can defeat all 'vulgar' systems of morality by noting that the person begins with all sorts of propositions that describe "is" relationships (e.g., God created man"), and then suddenly and inexplicably shifts to "ought" relationships (e.g., man ought to obey God), without explaining how the latter can be derived from the former. Some sort of explanation is needed, and until one is provided, we can dismiss these 'vulgar' attempts to derive 'ought' from 'is' as illegitimate. They are grounded on faulty logic."

Alonzo Fyfe referring to Hume on the "Is/Ought" debate

johnwillyums said:

"In an often-quoted paragraph, Hume argues that he can defeat all 'vulgar' systems of morality by noting that the person begins with all sorts of propositions that describe "is" relationships (e.g., God created man"), and then suddenly and inexplicably shifts to "ought" relationships (e.g., man ought to obey God), without explaining how the latter can be derived from the former. Some sort of explanation is needed, and until one is provided, we can dismiss these 'vulgar' attempts to derive 'ought' from 'is' as illegitimate. They are grounded on faulty logic."

Alonzo Fyfe referring to Hume on the "Is/Ought" debate

John,

There are lots of presumptions here.....
Such a profound topic....

Jan.