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Name: The Sum of Existence
ID: m15581
Language: English (en)
Summary: This is a way to think about how humans think, not a philosophy of life but a deep way of thinking about life and how humans function. It might almost be speculative psychology but all philosophy could also be considered speculative psychology. This essay might get you to think about philosophy in more concrete terms (thus being more similar to psychology). It might also not be taken literally but could be used just to get someone to think. It is a view of consciousness and reality and who someone is, in total the sum of their existence because it discusses someone fundamental desires and who people fundamentally are. I discuss things on the "conceptual" level which means more like the word "ideally" or, if the world was perfect, what is really going on that drives the actions and behaviors you see and that would be something that is more conceptual than the actual actions and physical interactions taking place because it is more conceptual or intellectual.
Subject: Humanities
Keywords: existence
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5 plus MathML//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 2.0)
Authors: Mark Pettinelli (xiornik@kindnessassociation.org)
Copyright Holders: Mark Pettinelli (xiornik@kindnessassociation.org)
Maintainers: Mark Pettinelli (xiornik@kindnessassociation.org)
Version: 1.3 (history)
Created: Nov 28, 2007 6:27 pm US/Central
Revised: Jun 1, 2008 10:38 am GMT-5

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Version: 1.3 Jun 1, 2008 10:38 am GMT-5 by Mark Pettinelli
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Version: 1.2 May 29, 2008 1:29 am GMT-5 by Mark Pettinelli
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Version: 1.1 Nov 28, 2007 6:31 pm US/Central by Mark Pettinelli
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