Timeline for Why did Pascal think — All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone?
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| Mar 19, 2020 at 16:24 | comment | added | CriglCragl | Our discussion of whether we should have big goals in life or humble ones, covers the same territory as this question philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/70787/… @Kim's answer below points to how Buddhism seems to say being able to sit quietly is the path to ending suffering and that is true, but it does not preclude 'turning the wheel of the dharma' (enlightening others), being a 'wheel turning monarch' (ruling in an enlightened way), or committing to the bodhisattva path (serve all beings). Be able, & having to sit quietly, not same | |
| Mar 15, 2020 at 4:42 | answer | added | Kim | timeline score: 3 | |
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| Jan 10, 2020 at 3:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackPhilosophy/status/1215468500388663296 | ||
| Jan 9, 2020 at 14:03 | history | edited | Geoffrey Thomas♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 9, 2020 at 12:42 | comment | added | Philip Klöcking♦ | He basically answered the question in the quote himself, no? Because human restlessness is the ultimate cause of humanity's problems, giving various examples... | |
| Jan 9, 2020 at 12:33 | comment | added | user20253 | You ask why Pascal thought this. Might it not be just that it is true? | |
| Jan 9, 2020 at 12:09 | history | edited | Geoffrey Thomas♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 9, 2020 at 11:55 | comment | added | Geoffrey Thomas♦ | English translation added & referenced. | |
| Jan 9, 2020 at 11:54 | history | edited | Geoffrey Thomas♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 9, 2020 at 11:51 | comment | added | Conifold | Why is Gospel Coalition too philosophical to understand? "We wanted to be harried and hassled and busy. Unconsciously, we want the very things we complain about. For if we had leisure, we would look at ourselves and listen to our hearts and see the great gaping hole in our hearts and be terrified". | |
| Jan 9, 2020 at 6:57 | comment | added | Mauro ALLEGRANZA | To refuse mundane life and stay with "life styles" suggested by ancient philosophers; see Ataraxia as well as Contemplative life. | |
| Jan 9, 2020 at 6:51 | history | asked | user8572 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |