Hillary Clinton

Koinos

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18. The word "idiot" is derived from the ancient Greek word "idios."

Wed Jun 15, 2016, 05:05 PM

Jun 2016

An "idiot," in the Greek sense, is one who is trapped within the private "world" of his own experience. He is totally "subjective" or self-oriented and misses the significance of objective or "shared" experience.

It was highlighted by the philosopher Heraclitus, who said we should awaken from our private daydreams and seek the common or universal meanings of things.

Idios kosmos comes from Greek and means private world. It exists with, and is opposite to, koinos kosmos (shared world). Idios kosmos is the view of the world that is developed from personal experience and knowledge and is therefore unique; however, it can be difficult to tell the difference between it and koinos kosmos.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idios_kosmos

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Sanders not ending campaign in Thursday's video speech -spokesman [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2016 OP

You have got to be kidding me! displacedtexan Jun 2016 #1

hehe. NO, its past that unfortunately. nt BootinUp Jun 2016 #7

Nope. Not kidding at all. Looks like he's going to be in it till inauguration day. BlueCaliDem Jun 2016 #33

Jeez, can't this guy take a hint? displacedtexan Jun 2016 #35

I think this guy may be like bagdad bob MattP Jun 2016 #2

Time to start pushing him out. SaschaHM Jun 2016 #3

When one hears his list of conditions question everything Jun 2016 #26

Well, it is time to move on, we have important things to accomplish in the next few months. Thinkingabout Jun 2016 #4

He's going to have to come up with a different fundraising premise. LuvLoogie Jun 2016 #5

Harry Reid and other Democrats have been overly and painfully gentle with him so far. Koinos Jun 2016 #6

So he's giving himself a "e-rally" and a "press conference" all at the same time! Her Sister Jun 2016 #8

He's padding his contact list. You have to sign up for his "video chat" displacedtexan Jun 2016 #10

THIS. He's trying to pad the "value" of his contact list. BobbyDrake Jun 2016 #14

I'm curious. How many Senate votes did he miss this year? Did he skip more than Rubio? Koinos Jun 2016 #9

To be fair. In 2008 Obama and Clinton missed a lot question everything Jun 2016 #28

You are correct. This is true of most senators running for president. Koinos Jun 2016 #32

Sanders is still in the race... johnp3907 Jun 2016 #11

Shameless grifter is shameless. nt BobbyDrake Jun 2016 #12

The news cycle has passed him by, like Y2K. Basic LA Jun 2016 #13

He tends to hold a grudge for a very long time. Koinos Jun 2016 #16

For something he said in 1991! caquillo Jun 2016 #19

We all have degrees of narcissism to overcome. Koinos Jun 2016 #20

He's a self-absorbed idiot. stopbush Jun 2016 #15

The word "idiot" is derived from the ancient Greek word "idios." Koinos Jun 2016 #18

You survived 3-4 sheshe2 Jun 2016 #25

.. Cha Jun 2016 #36

The media needs to start ignoring him NastyRiffraff Jun 2016 #17

Yeah, he wouldnn't like that @ all.. and would start hatching a stunt a la The Pope! Cha Jun 2016 #37

No! NOBODY sane would NastyRiffraff Jun 2016 #38

That was a HUGE RED FLAG.. that we got! Cha Jun 2016 #39

Jesus H Christ on a trailer hitch! Chichiri Jun 2016 #21

He is becoming the Pat Paulsen of 2016 SharonClark Jun 2016 #22

Well - many of us suspected BlueMTexpat Jun 2016 #23

For those of us who never liked him, this is great news. He will slowly become irrelevant, which is eastwestdem Jun 2016 #24

He's likeable enough tirebiter Jun 2016 #27

I think the Dem Senators justMYcause Jun 2016 #29

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ nini Jun 2016 #30

Well, so far they are batting -1000! Walk away Jun 2016 #31

This does not surprise me DemonGoddess Jun 2016 #34