James S Saint

[obsrvr524]

@Ben JS

@obsrvr524

I feel like I am becoming James (so I hope wherever he went was a good place) - but I am NOT James.

I see this thread as a memorial to James.

Whilst we all have our personal philosophies, this isn’t the thread to be espousing them.

I’m guessing you didn’t read it.

I posted it here because of the portion that is about James - which I might expand on here later.

[Great_Again]

Some excerpts from the first page of this thread with the honorable name “James S. Saint” as the title:

@encode_decode

I have been wondering for a while now where James is.

@Mithus

Me too. I miss him here.

@Meno_

@Mithus

Me too. I miss him here.

I also miss Arminius. Or maybe its not an odd coincidence that they are both missing at the same time, they appeared to share views in a very supporting manner.

@Mr J

Hope he is doing alright.

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@Mr J

I know that James was an older man [70’s?] and we’re all wondering if he has died passing on from this world. That’s at least what me and Wendy are thinking anyways. If he has passed on from this earthly realm I hope he found peace in what this world could not offer him. We never agreed much on anything philosophically but he was an interesting man that was strong in his convictions where I respected that. RIP James S Saint.

“Death is the last greatest adventure for us all.”

We younger generations will carry the torch that you dropped fighting against the New World Order James.

@Mithus

I sincerely hope that he merely takes a break from ILP because he has something better to do than posting here.

@Mr J

@Mithus

I sincerely hope that he merely takes a break from ILP because he has something better to do than posting here.

That’s what I thought also originally but we’re talking about a man that before his disappearance was on here more than any other member concerning hours of interaction. I’m thinking it is for the worse.

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@Chakra Superstar

Fixed hasn’t been here for hours. I think he’s dead.

It’s not such a typical page of a typical ILP thread, is it?

It’s kinder, friendlier, gentler, more honorable, more reflective, more contemplative, more likeable (and at the end also a bit funnier) than the overwhelming majority of all ILP threads.

Thank you, folks.

[Ben_JS]

@James S Saint

No one is actually afraid of death itself. What people are afraid of is loss. Loss comes and goes as does gain. So if you are going to make peace with something make peace with the tides coming and going concerning gain and loss.

But never fight a battle until you have already won it. In that effort, you will make mistakes and have to try again from your new situation that you hadn’t intended. But equally never presume that a loss really is a loss until the losing is already over, because equally, you will make mistakes in presuming a loss before your game was really over. At all times attend to the reality of the actual situation without presumption and you will be as alive as anyone could be. There isn’t actually any room in the living mind for death to earn attention.

[Artimas]

Any update on James S Saint?

[Bob]

One of the people wth whom he was in contact was @Mithus, and she told me that the contact broke off so suddenly that she assumed he had died. He was, after all, quite old.

[Ichthus77 (Ichthus77 (formerly She™))]

I am replying to his English version hardcover. And here is his last post:

Math Fun

Did you mean for this to be a puzzle or did you just want the answer, or the explanation? [tab]Treat the materials as resistors Floor = R0 Blanket = R1 Total floor area = A Blanket unfolded; Floor resistance alone = R0/A Blanket resistance alone = R1/A In series, Ra = (R0+R1)/A With blanket folded; Floor resistance bare = R0/(0.5A) == R3 Blanket doubled on floor = (R0+2R1)/(0.5A) == R4 Total bare floor and doubled blanket resistance; [b]Rb = R3R4 / (R3+R4)[/b] For any positive va…

his last sign:

[promethean75]

Holy shiznit. A $27 dollar book on Metaphysics… rational metaphysics, as it were. That’s a very expensive oxymoron if i may say so.

[Ichthus77 (Ichthus77 (formerly She™))]

…but why is it an oxymoron?

[Artimas]

Damn.. really? He taught me a lot, I recognized that as I grew in life and when I came back here that a lot of my views that he criticized, helped me reform them into stronger and more logical views. I wish I had the chance to talk with him again. Him and phyllo both honestly.. I remember my days as an atheist and hardcore liberal utopia encourager, coming on here and trying to explain what I wanted and they picked apart all of my arguments, it honestly helped me see more clearly.

The people who pick apart our arguments, do so I think, ultimately, because they care.. I think that is what philosophy truly is at its essence and what we’re doing, the people who truly care and they care so much that they take the time to point out the others flaws in reasoning, so that they can better themselves.

RIP Saint James, I’ll always remember you and how you contributed to shaping me, even when we disagreed in my early philosophical days. I never got the chance to thank him personally for contributing in opening my eyes and mind.

[Bob]

The same here, and there was @tentative with whom I had a long exchange over the years, but who also became ill and died.

I think that all of us who were around on ILP twenty years ago were learning a lot.

[Ichthus77 (Ichthus77 (formerly She™))]

@promethean75

rational metaphysics, as it were. That’s a very expensive oxymoron if i may say so.

How is “rational metaphysics” an oxymoron?

Do you equate metaphysics with faith/consent? Faith/consent is not in conflict with reason.

For example… reason is in our nature… so any explanation of nature must include creativity, as reason is how we can go with/against the flow/natural on purpose.

Relevant, reply #65:

Quality/Quantity (Carleas), or: Itchy takes down Ec & Bri Bri single-handedly

Somewhat on topic. I was thinking randomly recently how in nature (which we are somehow in, although at a level the other animals are not, because the way we look at the world — when we look — sort of displaces us from going with the flow unless voluntarily… which is not exactly just going with the flow … so it is STILL a sort of … perhaps Sisyphean, for some … resistance) … in some species (how are we to know if we are that sort?) the females can have at least two (sometimes more) competitors (…