Comments on: In Defense of Harry Potter – The Tao of Self Analysis http://mindreap.com/2009/12/04/in-defense-of-harry-potter-the-tao-of-self-analysis/ harvesting productivity Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:46:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Arzu http://mindreap.com/2009/12/04/in-defense-of-harry-potter-the-tao-of-self-analysis/comment-page-1/#comment-295 Arzu Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:46:05 +0000 http://www.mindreap.com/?p=308#comment-295 I have to analyse Harry Potter and its relation with Popular culture or high culture in the view of Matthew Arnold. What is the similarities and differentatives between Harry Potter and Today's England I have to constitute an essay about also J.K. Rowling.Tomorrow I have an exam cultural studies. This essay helps to improve my ideas about Harry Potter series. I will try to shape my ideas tomorrow in exam Thank you for your essay! I have to analyse Harry Potter and its relation with Popular culture or high culture in the view of Matthew Arnold.
What is the similarities and differentatives between Harry Potter and Today’s England
I have to constitute an essay about also J.K. Rowling.Tomorrow I have an exam cultural studies. This essay helps to improve my ideas about Harry Potter series. I will try to shape my ideas tomorrow in exam
Thank you for your essay!

]]> By: Michael Adams http://mindreap.com/2009/12/04/in-defense-of-harry-potter-the-tao-of-self-analysis/comment-page-1/#comment-219 Michael Adams Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:04:29 +0000 http://www.mindreap.com/?p=308#comment-219 While I'm inclined to agree with you, I also recognize that a porn actor probably has a different view on that. There are many more people making their livings out of porn than the very few making a living from any sort of Taoist teachings. I agree with your point, though. I don't think anyone can deny the existence of subjectivity within the human condition, but thinking objectively is both a useful exercise in self analysis and an excellent method of dealing with suffering. That is my experience, at least. While I’m inclined to agree with you, I also recognize that a porn actor probably has a different view on that. There are many more people making their livings out of porn than the very few making a living from any sort of Taoist teachings. I agree with your point, though. I don’t think anyone can deny the existence of subjectivity within the human condition, but thinking objectively is both a useful exercise in self analysis and an excellent method of dealing with suffering. That is my experience, at least.

]]> By: David Choweller http://mindreap.com/2009/12/04/in-defense-of-harry-potter-the-tao-of-self-analysis/comment-page-1/#comment-218 David Choweller Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:43:35 +0000 http://www.mindreap.com/?p=308#comment-218 "There is no good. There is no bad. There only IS." Ultimately and "objectively," that is true. Ultimately all discriminating is subjective. However within the context of human life, there is subjective good and subjective evil, subjective quality and subjective lack of quality. Ultimately and objectively, pornography has the same worth as the "Tao Te Ching." Neither are ultimately good or bad. But in the context of human existence, I'd guess the few megabytes it takes to store the "Tao Te Ching" are more worthwhile than the terabytes of pornography flooding the Internet. “There is no good. There is no bad. There only IS.”

Ultimately and “objectively,” that is true. Ultimately all discriminating is subjective. However within the context of human life, there is subjective good and subjective evil, subjective quality and subjective lack of quality.

Ultimately and objectively, pornography has the same worth as the “Tao Te Ching.” Neither are ultimately good or bad. But in the context of human existence, I’d guess the few megabytes it takes to store the “Tao Te Ching” are more worthwhile than the terabytes of pornography flooding the Internet.

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