▲ 601 ▼ diogenes (quokk.au) submitted 10 months ago by Deceptichum to c/philosophymemes 65 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago It doesn't mean their good ideas should be totally discarded simply because other things they say and did are bad. As Bruce Lee said: take the good but discard the bad. permalink fedilink source parent [–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago (3 children) So, any that you approve of come to mind? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 10 months ago (2 children) Depends on what counts as philosophy or what fields of philosophy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago It doesn't mean their good ideas should be totally discarded simply because other things they say and did are bad. As Bruce Lee said: take the good but discard the bad. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago (3 children) So, any that you approve of come to mind? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 10 months ago (2 children) Depends on what counts as philosophy or what fields of philosophy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 10 months ago (2 children) Depends on what counts as philosophy or what fields of philosophy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 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. permalink fedilink source parent