Know Thyself

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I just ran across this introduction to LiveReal while surfing the web, it's worthy of discussion. Watch the video and share your thoughts.

http://www.livereal.com/livereal_intro/enter_tour.htm

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[V-Dogg]

Very interesting. Some of it reminds me of something from The Art of War by Sun Tzu.

"If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle."

[c4m]

Cool. I think I might spend some time looking around on that site. Thanks.

[Dillion44]

To know is to choose. To know the truth is to see the line between light and dark drawn from your choice. To know thyself is to know where you fit in relation to that line. And to understand yourself is to see the path in changing yourself to be closer to the light. People have forgotten this line and are now drifting though the trees of a forest becasue they dont know of this line. There are few who rise abouve the canopy to see the forest for everything, becasue they understood how to choose. They knew the truth was there all along, they just didnt know wat it was and only how to get there.

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i need to get that art of war book. its the same one that 2pac read in jail wasnt it? or no, it was machiavelli book or something..

[kaikai]

so u want it jsut cause tupac read it?

[kenz]

the art of war is chinese proverbs an shit, watch out tho cos i bought it while back & theres lots of books called art of war tryina rip it off or somethin

[goitalone]

I have a tattoo that says "Know Thyself"

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so u want it jsut cause tupac read it?

no, i just like to read interesting texts..

im ordering hitlers mein kampf next week, i hate hitler, but i want to see how the fucked up dickhead thought.

[mrnicksta]

no, i just like to read interesting texts..

im ordering hitlers mein kampf next week, i hate hitler, but i want to see how the fucked up dickhead thought.

lol, a lot of people will give u strange looks if they see that on ur bookshelf though!

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couldnt care less

im polish, members of my family were in auschwitz

i want to know why hitler was such a wimpy little baby lol

[mrnicksta]

i was not trying to cause offense, i was just saying that, it is unusual thing to want to buy. i very much doubt the book will reveal much to you about the mind of it's author. well nothing beyond what we already know at least. it's probably just the elongated ravings of a madman

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oi dude, dont worry, im not offended hey :) :) :)

sorry if i made it seem like i was, i wasnt meant to hey!!! my bad man!!

i doubt it would too, but its interesting how he thought and what led him to believe that was the solution to his problems..

its amazing how the human mind works..

but yeah, sorry dude!! i didnt mean to make u think u offended me or something, cos u havent hey!! my bad :) :)

[kenz]

they way he thought was like his mum died when he was yung an he was close to her mixed with bullying i beleive, syphilis, and a personal doctor who pumped him full of drugs lol, i dont wana take anything away from him in terms of how evil he was but i beleive in cause and effect tbh along with potential

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but his problem was the jews, yet he destroyed plenty of countries along the way, and before the jews were even his problem, he destroyed the polish people, killing off the "intelligensia" - university lecturers, politicians, police and etc, and then demolished the majority of poland, killing children, men and women before "the jewish question" even begun.

what i hate the most is that a lot of the jewish community here in australia believe that auschwitz was a place that only the jews suffered in, and the whole war was about them and how they turned out victorious which is complete bullshit, cos the second u walk into auschwitz u see the different houses for different nationalities, polands army though large for the time, was not a match for an eevn larger german army. im not trying to take away from the jews, cos shit, they suffered heaps, especially on the russian side with the way they were executed, its amazing how one person can organise to do this..

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i was not trying to cause offense, i was just saying that, it is unusual thing to want to buy. i very much doubt the book will reveal much to you about the mind of it's author. well nothing beyond what we already know at least. it's probably just the elongated ravings of a madman

I disagree. If we don't wish to repeat history, shouldn't we study the mistakes of the past, identify the errors in reason, and apply that knowledge to our own future decisions. I read a lot of stuff that I don't necessarily agree with, but mainly so I can better understand those who oppose the views I do agree with. This is no different.

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