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diogenes (quokk.au)
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[–] 60 points 10 months ago (16 children)

The more I learn about this guy, the more I think we should be teaching him as one of the great philosophers.

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  • [–] 16 points 10 months ago (6 children)

    I mean, yes and no: he was a cynic, but he also did things like masturbate in public during Aristotle's lectures.

    There's a fine line between living your principles and trolling for the sake of it (Diogenes, not you)

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  • [–] 10 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    I feel like the cranking it in public thing is too problematic at this stage of societal development.

    It was probably problematic back then too. But it is now too.

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  • [–] 11 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    our social is so afraid of sex. let people wank in public who tf cares, as long as they don't aim at me or my food, it ain't my problem.

    bored on the bus stop, go ahead. waiting for you food in a restaurant, have fun.

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  • [–] 9 points 10 months ago (7 children)

    He is, and all the other ancient Greek philosophers you've heard of are slaver shut heels whose writing shouldn't be given so much weight

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (6 children)

    Which philosophers do you look up to then?

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago* (5 children)

    You know they kept having philosophers after ancient Greece, right?

    Some of them weren't even personally pieces of shit.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (3 children)

    So, any that you approve of come to mind?

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  • [–] 0 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Depends on what counts as philosophy or what fields of philosophy.

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago* (1 child)

    I mean, I've asked directly twice now and you've had the entire thread to mention a single one that you respect and have failed to do so. So Im starting to lean toward the assumption that you aren't familiar with the work of even a single philosopher, yet are smugly using an electrical device with components made by slaves and judging ancient philosophers as morally corrupt based on nothing but the times they were living in.

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  • [–] 0 points 10 months ago*

    Well, like, what counts as philosophy to you? There are different fields and some people don't count some of them as philosophy.

    Some people would include hawking include every theologian, or exclude Marx or discard the entire field of philosophy of mind.

    But no, I'm not familiar with any. Books are nerd shit and reading them is literally impossible.

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