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[Introduction]
"Fools live in Paradise" -
We all need to expand on this statement.
Some of us can write for this quote
While others can argue against this point.
My take:
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Fools live in paradise" is partly true. They can convince themselves that all bad things happen for a purpose and that it is pre-ordained. Otherwise, reality demands rational thought, and suspension of faith. Reality demands that one questions the existence of paradise.
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 About addition #1: By: blocks_in_writing ![View sirigina's Portfolio. [Offline / Private]](http://imgs.Writing.Com/imgs/writing.com/writers/costumicons/ps-icon-regular-10.gif "View sirigina's Portfolio. [Offline / Private]") Added: Wed, 02/7/2007 @ 2:52amSize: 350 Characters Well, this would also require a definition of "fool".
I do not want to quote from the Dictionaries that are dime-a-dozen on the web, but would like to coin my own meaning.
A fool is someone who defies reality or bothers the least about reality and rational thought.
But then I could also be wrong.
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- fools live also elsewhere (than paradise)(see below, for further expansion)
- I tend to call people "fool" who irritate me to no end. Whether that's right or wrong, remains to be seen.
- Ideamatters definition of fools seems quite apt. But are all fools categorized under this definition of their kind?
- Do fools live in Paradise? Or could it also mean hell, when one is not bothered about reality? Or any place in between...
My thoughts on a campfire on Fools and Paradise:
- a great and vast subject, giving lots of space for adding thoughts and opinions. And can be dealt in any mood: ironical, emotional, serious.
Hoping it will be glowing, warm, enchanting as a real campfire...
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About addition #4: By: mars Added: Wed, 02/7/2007 @ 4:04amSize: 328 Characters
But then we are talking about God's Paradise, way beyond the concept of Paradise of (most) man (men).
I'm sure that it's also not that Paradise of the Fools...let's say they have their own, here on earth.
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About addition #6: By: mars Added: Wed, 02/7/2007 @ 9:46amSize: 404 Characters
The King's Joker is being called a fool. Yet he might be quite visionary. This on the side.
Who are the fools, supposed to inhabit Paradise?
Most appropriate seems indeed to opt for those forgetting about reality.
One who choses to mask his reality, does he posess the innocence to experience an earthly Paradise?
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About addition #8: By: blocks_in_writing Added: Wed, 02/7/2007 @ 10:21amSize: 879 Characters
Okay, now, why do they commonly use this phrase, "fools live in paradise" -
1) does that mean that others don't
2) does it mean that paradise is not a possibility
3) does it mean that if one believes in paradise, one is a fool or
4) does it mean that being foolish one tends to believe in paradise
What exactly is the connotation of this phrase.
Do you all think it is a worthwhile proposition to go into this deeper and instead of talking about its impact, we need to discuss about, whether the phrase itself makes any sense at all from any angle.
Just my 2 cents.
Thank you,
Sarah
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About addition #10: By: blocks_in_writing Added: Wed, 02/7/2007 @ 11:02pmSize: 524 Characters
Thank you for participating in this and for all your inputs ...
Regards,
Sarah
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