PHIL 3910 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Stoicism, Real Tree, Samkhya
11 Jan 2017
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Isn"t the whole point to teach us how to be good and abstain from evil? and evil. Page 109 - #39: sankiya philosophical system on which baghavid-gita is based, things will ultimately work out. Doesn"t mean we shouldn"t have a purpose, but we shouldn"t be attached to it. Non-attachment means making the effort, but not being attached to whether the effort succeeds or not also means not being attached to whether you get pleasure and pain from it. If it"s painful to do the right thing, then it doesn"t mean it"s bad. We pursue yoga because it"s good, and we avoid delusion/attachment because it"s bad said. Page 127 chapter 7, #11: i am the strength of the strong, devoid of desire and passion, in beings, i am the desire which is not contrary to law , appetite (pleasure-seeking), vs. conscience. Conscience is based on the golden rule.
