What do you think The Philosopher's Stone is?
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"Do you know what the Philosophers stone really is?"\n\nYes.
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Whether intentional or simply building on established Western symbolism...Harry is saved, protected, and marked by his mother's sacrifice; evil is symbolized by snakes, and good by lions (which may well be an allusion to Aslan, as Rowling has said often how much she loves the Narnia books); the theme of resurrection is amazingly prevalent, from Voldemort creating a false, twisted parody of it to Fawkes (and, seeing how much phoenix symbolism has surrounded Dumbledore, I'm fully expecting him to reappear--and I fully expected him to be the Big Death of Book 6 because of it); prophecy has come heavily into play, including the prediction of a savior's birth; much like the Pharisees, the Ministry of Magic presents a ruling-class standard that must be challenged and overturned...I could keep going, but I won't.\n\nI'll also mentioned that nobody saw a whit of a hidden message in Lewis' books until he publically proclaimed his religion.\n\nAgain, it could simply be building on well-established Western mythology. Or maybe not...
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He's God, so if he chooses not to exist, he can do it. The asker is correct. Hahah!\nRead up about the paradox of creating a stone that cannot be lifted. It's on wikipedia, by the way.
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I have this video.  It is thought provoking.  Check out the one he (Alex Jones) put out about the Bohemian Grove.  That, too, is a secret sect that many of our presidents have belonged to as well as leaders from all over the world.  As for the Illuminati being a group of "intellectuals," that was said in The DaVinci Code and should not be taken as fact.  It was a wonderful web that Dan Brown weaved.  (I must say, though, I couldn't put that book down, very entertaining.)
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Philosophy helps people answer all the "big questions": Who am I? Why am I here?  What does it mean to be a human being?  How do I live a good life?\n\nThink of it as being similar to religion, but without all the pomp and circumstance ... and threats of damnation.
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The secret is in the brooms. A stone is a stone. Concentrate on the brooms.
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And I know not if you are serious, but assuming you are, and assuming you are an offspring somehow of Ludwig, then you probably know that for him, philosophy was best understood as therapy. He saw it as a crutch to lean on temporarily until clarity of wisdom and knowledge brought healing of the mind and soul that are injured by confused thinking, partly brought on by philosophy, itself.\n\nHe believed that philosphy was best used to get beyond philosophy, a sort of ladder to get to a higher plane of understanding at which point you throw the ladder away.\n\nI think that this is a narrow view of philosophy, suited to Wittgenstein's mystical temper, but in the long run not very useful for us today. Nevertheless, his view contains a profound insight that limits the pretense and arrogance of any philosphy that thinks it can figure it all out and hand over to the masses God, the Universe, and four-leaf clovers neatly bound in a box.\n\nIt might be best to ask not "What is philosophy," as if there is one thing that has always existed without change. We can't even say that about mountains (they rise and decline) why should we think there is such a thing as PHILOSOPHY that is an unchanging subject for all time?\n\nInstead you might ask, "What has philosophy been or done over the last 4000 years?" Then at least you'd be ready for lots of different answers. Most people who care about such things have a favorite thinkers who exemplifies the intellectual struggles and currents of the time and place in which they lived. Some people think of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle as the definers of philosophy (although each of those three looked at the subject differently from each other).\n\nFor those people philosophy is a speculative task which seeks to understand the nature of reality starting with certain beliefs that are drawn from mathematics and developed by the use of syllogistic logic and applied to whatever it was that they were talking about at the moment. Syllogistic logic has a form something like this: If this, then that. If A is true and B is true, then C must be true. For example, \n\n"If it is true that quadrapeds have four legs, and if it true that horses have four legs, then it MUST by true that horses are quadrapeds."\n\nDid I write that the fundamental ideas that these famous Greeks worked with came from mathematics? Well, so I did. That makes it seem like philosophy is very cut and dried, very abstract and since based on the ideas of mathematics, philosophical statements must be capable of proof. No more fruitless arguments! The reign of reason triumphs over the darkened minds of the religious, the superstitious, and those who argue from their emotions.\n\nWere it only so! In fact, beneath our great Greek philosophers (their greatness is indisputable--we still read them and draw from them to understand things today) were ideas, beliefs, and commitments that were not subject to the same tests that they would subject the arguments that their colleagues and others made. That is, their powerful tools of reasoning were built out of materials that themselves were not products of that powerful reasoning. For example, all three Greeks believed in the rationality and unity of the universe, a belief that they could not test except by saying (a little bit like Immanuel Kant would do 2000 years later) that the condition of rationality and thought itself was dependent on the universe being fundamentally rational and "unified." There could be no logic, for example, if things weren't "true" everywhere and for all time. For example, if the "laws of nature" varied by country or by period of history we couldn't make statements that say "a falling object will continue to fall in a straight line until it meets an object." If in France, for instance, falling objects suddenly reversed trajectory and went off at a ninety degree angle from the original line of
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There definitely is something... what it is I am not exactly sure but, it is much more than anyone here can ever know. I have read a lot on this..and somethings have me think...maybe there is a better life after we die.... I am skeptical on quite a few things. I do however believe this physic Sylvia Browne.. You should watch and listen to things she says.. it is amazing.. She appears on Montel every Wednesday. Is there a "GOD"? That is not so believable from where I sit but, again, that is not been proven to me as of yet. LL.
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Luk 20:18 - Whosoever shall fall on that stone, shall be broken,.... Not who shall fall upon Christ by faith, and build upon him as the foundation stone, for such shall be saved; but that stumble at him, and are offended with him, and fall by unbelief and hardness of heart; such do themselves much hurt and mischief and expose themselves to danger and ruin; they bid very fair for destruction: \n\nbut on whomsoever it shall fall; as it did with its full weight upon the Jews at their destruction, and as it will upon all Christless sinners at the last day: \n\nit will grind him to powder; the ruin of such will be unavoidable, and there will be no recovery; See Gill on Mat_21:44.
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I think Stonehenge was built as a way to connect with "others" from outer space. Also, the stones are very heavy and I heard that those particular stones are found somewhere far from where they lay today. Moreover, I think the stones a line with certain stars and planets so that might mean something!!
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It's a hidden map reference giving the location of the Holy Grail. Are you the only person on this site who hasn't read the Da Vinci Code?
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Yes! I absolutely loved it! It is very mysterious and it really makes you think.
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Haven't heard of it - there was a book called "A Stone for Danny Fisher" by Harold Robbins. Pretty good, as I recall.\n\nPer Wikipedia:\nA Stone For Danny Fisher is a very serious, early novel by Harold Robbins that looks at the effect of the Great Depression on a lower-middle class Jewish family. Written in 1952 it is actually set in the period up to 1944.
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Wikipedia does a good job of breaking down the essentials of any philosopher, in straight talk.\n\nHe eseentially was one of the first to question the physical reality of what we are and see - and identified a constant reality "unseen" physically. SOme say he began the idea of "theology, religion, spirituality", etc - through prose.
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It depends on what order he belongs to. There are thousands!(The Knights of Malta, Holy order of the rosy cross, Scottish rite masons, ect...) They all have differant interpretations of history, religion, and symbolism. In some, the black stone is a representation of "the black stone" of the Ka'aba of Mecca. Some believe this stone is a meteorite that comes from Orion. Fragments of this stone are sent to wherever on earth a spiritual mission is needed. Others see black stones as negative, the Ka'aba of Mecca is believed by others that it was once white- and is stained black by our sins. \nBlack stone as you can see hold positive and negative meanings. Death, life, rebirth, negativity, dark magical use, protective magical use. There is no way to know what his stone means unless you know what Rite he is a member of.
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It could be most of it fiction or reality.Still yet, whe don`t know if The Holy Grail really existed.Holly Blood And Holly Grail is the main book used in  Dan`s Brown book"The DaVinci Code".
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...Junyong, you sure seem to have a habit of passing all your homework assignment onto us - hoping that we will do it all for you, so that you can simply copy and paste it directly into your worksheets ! \nYou MUST learn to do your homework by yourself, dear - because others will not be around to help you in your final examinations, and you will also be having no first-hand knowledge of what can be found where !\n'Science fiction' is a highly technical field, and the current market rates for even the shortest (but technically correct) piece are around US $ 500/- ! Nobody is going to bother write one for you - in return for the points they get !\n...I'll give you some tips, though : Geology is the science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks. So, you could write a tale about a rare piece of rock that a child accidentally finds in their garden - which has an unusual gleam. The child's parents think it must be a semi-precious stone - and take it to be evaluated by a jeweller. He tests it, looks shocked, and secretly phones up the Space Research people. They come, examine it, and look even more shocked : The secret is finally revealed - that it is NOT from our Earth at all - but a unique specimen that must have come from a meteor [speedily flying fragment of rock, which has broken off from some other planet !]. \n...Since they already have samples from the Moon and Mars, the scientists feel certain that this stone is NOT from either - as its constituents are different. \n...Then where is it from ? And how did it fall into the garden of this child's home ? Have any other such pieces been found, or reported ?    \n....The answer comes from the least expected source !....\n...I've given you the outline. Now, be a dear, write the story in your own words, and give it a surprising ENDING - to show how clever and imaginative you really are. \n[On purpose, I've not ended the story !]\n...Best of Luck, dear.