Ask HN: Self-Improvement for the Pseudo-Religious?

Re:Ask HN: Self-Improvement for the Pseudo-Religious? by 082349872349872 on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @05:57AM (#39287023)

You don't have to believe in elves and dragons to enjoy The Hobbit; you don't have to believe in gods and devils to find useful quandries* in sermons and scriptures.

> The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet! — not Ecclesiastes 9:11

* see also Abelard, Sic et Non, ca. 1120

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Re:Ask HN: Self-Improvement for the Pseudo-Religious? by antwerp1 on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @03:19PM (#39293720)

This was such a trip, appreciate all the references. But that is no philosophy for life. I’m actually surprised it is written that way in the Bible.

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Re:Ask HN: Self-Improvement for the Pseudo-Religious? by antwerp1 on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @03:20PM (#39293736)

(I mean the original reference itself is surprising)

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Re:Ask HN: Self-Improvement for the Pseudo-Religious? by 082349872349872 on Thursday February 08, 2024 @01:48AM (#39299032)

I'm not sure what you're referring to by "that", so I can't help immediately — but if you explicate what you're looking for in a philosophy of life (and it has any overlap with my interests), I might be able to point you to something more interesting.

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