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mitchm93

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Mine is Fredrick Nietzsche. He was brilliant, and perhaps too brilliant for his own good. His work is revolutionary, and receives a bad rep only due to misinterpretations and distortions from others. His influence is far reaching, beyond philosophy and into the realm of art, poetry and fiction.
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So, who is your favorite philosopher?
 
@ Cowie - mind you, they say Hobbes was fond of a dram.

@ SL - well said sir.
 
Rene Descartes. Reason and scientific method over belief.
 
To be honest several Philosophers , stand out for me, and IMHO, all worthy of merit:

Nietzsche is to Philosophy what Darwin is to Science. He also had a huge influence on 20th Century literature and politics. And he's still "the most dangerous man in Europe!" Exciting, if unsettling, always provocative, and with a critique of conventional morality demands to be answered before the project of reconstructing moral philosophy can begin.


Karl Marx said that "Philosophers have interpreted the world: the point, however, is to change it". Theory without practice is sterile. Practice without theory is blind. Marx was a supreme materialist, who did indeed change the world. We would be the poorer without his analysis and methodology

Plato most of what we think we know about Socrates comes from Plato. It could well have been that Platos ideas were attributed to Socrates in order to avoid persecution Socrates was sentenced to death and died for his philosophy. Socrates wrote nothing down and so not only do we have a truly great philosopher in Plato but also someone who was touched by who he thought was the greatest philosopher. Their legacy was left in the hands of Aristotle, Platos young student and so without Plato, philosophy would have been not only different, but a great deal poorer as a result.

:scarf:
 
wee 162 said:
Rene Descartes. Reason and scientific method over belief.
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you what?


"Reason and scientific method until belief makes it inconvenient halfway down the page in which case never mind Jesus is brilliant isn't he" would possibly be closer to home.
 
I'v tried to plough my way through quite a few of the big boys but have to say my tiny mind struggles with whole books of philosophy.

My limited concentration span could just about take in parts of Nietzche but I threw Schopenhaur off my wall in frustration. Or one of his books at least.

Love reading books about philosophy though.

One of the best I read was Alain de Botton's "The consolations of philosophy". A very easy read for thickos like me and a fine introduction to the subject. Colin Wilson's "The Outsider" made quite an effect on the young Haruki too although he wimped out in the end.

I wikiquote a lot of them and love the quotes they come out with. Wee sound-byte size pieces of genius which fit with the concentration span of our age very well. I often post them onto Bebo. Am I shallow?

Anyway, my fav is;

Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
 
mitchm93 said:
Mine is Fredrick Nietzsche. He was brilliant, and perhaps too brilliant for his own good. His work is revolutionary, and receives a bad rep only due to misinterpretations and distortions from others. His influence is far reaching, beyond philosophy and into the realm of art, poetry and fiction.
nietzsche_portrait.jpg

So, who is your favorite philosopher?
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A FAVOURITE philosopher eh? That's the level of the Bounce Intelligentsia. None of this "Do you know what a philosopher is mate?" stuff. No. You need to have a favourite one.
Fcuk the football malarkey.



cowiecabbage said:
Aristotle,bit of a bugger for the bottle tho
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I'm not sure if you think Aristotle was a drunk, or liked to stick a bottle up his arse. Mind you, he was an Old Greek so it was probably both.
Makes you wonder what Archimedes was doing in the bath when he started shouting "Eureka" though.

Or maybe it doesn't.

If you DID wonder that, I may be able to help you.

Stirlinghibee said:
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Jesus of Nazereth.

His message of universal peace is an inspiration to everyone.
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Jesus Christ.

NI Hibby said:
@ Cowie - mind you, they say Hobbes was fond of a dram.

@ SL - well said sir.
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Was he the tiger?

wee 162 said:
Rene Descartes. Reason and scientific method over belief.
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Cogito ergo sum.
I think, therefore I am.
Descartes.

There's another line that's funny, "I think that may be West Ham" Des Lynam. But I can't remember it, because it's so ancient. Maybe Jimmyhibs can help.


Osmosis said:
Dr Shrink:coffee:
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How many years?

First post that made sense.

Your wife may take you back if you continue to improve at this rate.
:Shrink40:

Nah. That's a lie. She knows and I know you are a crap shag.
And that's from both sides.
:coffee:


Dub said:
Sycophant:dub40:
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Well spelt.

I thought you may have had an inappropriate 'p'.

You must have spelled it when you were awake.
:g:




NUTTY PROFESSOR said:
To be honest several Philosophers , stand out for me, and IMHO, all worthy of merit:

Nietzsche is to Philosophy what Darwin is to Science. He also had a huge influence on 20th Century literature and politics. And he's still "the most dangerous man in Europe!" Exciting, if unsettling, always provocative, and with a critique of conventional morality demands to be answered before the project of reconstructing moral philosophy can begin.


Karl Marx said that "Philosophers have interpreted the world: the point, however, is to change it". Theory without practice is sterile. Practice without theory is blind. Marx was a supreme materialist, who did indeed change the world. We would be the poorer without his analysis and methodology

Plato most of what we think we know about Socrates comes from Plato. It could well have been that Platos ideas were attributed to Socrates in order to avoid persecution Socrates was sentenced to death and died for his philosophy. Socrates wrote nothing down and so not only do we have a truly great philosopher in Plato but also someone who was touched by who he thought was the greatest philosopher. Their legacy was left in the hands of Aristotle, Platos young student and so without Plato, philosophy would have been not only different, but a great deal poorer as a result.

:scarf:
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A copy and paste job if ever I read it.
Are you not the bloke that used to just write in verse?

I thought you'd be more likely to quote Pluto than Plato.
Or either one of the chipmunks.


FTJT said:
you what?


"Reason and scientific method until belief makes it inconvenient halfway down the page in which case never mind Jesus is brilliant isn't he" would possibly be closer to home.
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I like your style.

You may be gay, but it's in a manly acceptable gay way, rather than a poofy gay way.



cowiecabbage said:
Was a drunken fart,i drink therefore i am
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Did I write that?
Am I you?

BurbankHibee said:
The Great Infidel, David Hume.
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Burb.

:yas:

That's all.


Just

:yas:

Ross Scott1991 said:
Indianna Jones.:lookaround:
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:unsure:

Kurt said:
I like Hume myself, Thomas Paine and Hobbes are also worth a look.
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He IS the tiger eh?

I'm gonna look stupid if the tiger is fcukin Calvin.
?/em








No.
I mean if I'm mistaken.
If the tiger is actually fcukin Calvin then I expect I'm already on some sort of sex register for even mentioning it. Yes. Another register.



Briant said:
:tuttut:




You're young and confus






It's Harry Potter :fyi:
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:red:

MacoHibeeexile said:
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
Dylan from the Magic roundabout
Buddha
Mr T
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Stub it out son.

Frenchman said:
A Greek?
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The trouble with multi-quoting is by the time you get this far down, you can't remember the point.
But if I went to the trouble of clicking on your quote Frenchie, chances are I agreed with it.



Or your son has been reported "missing in action".

Haruki said:
I'v tried to plough my way through quite a few of the big boys but have to say my tiny mind struggles with whole books of philosophy.

My limited concentration span could just about take in parts of Nietzche but I threw Schopenhaur off my wall in frustration. Or one of his books at least.

Love reading books about philosophy though.

One of the best I read was Alain de Botton's "The consolations of philosophy". A very easy read for thickos like me and a fine introduction to the subject. Colin Wilson's "The Outsider" made quite an effect on the young Haruki too although he wimped out in the end.

I wikiquote a lot of them and love the quotes they come out with. Wee sound-byte size pieces of genius which fit with the concentration span of our age very well. I often post them onto Bebo. Am I shallow?

Anyway, my fav is;

Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
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Haruki, I seriously recommend just colouring in books.
It's so much easier and doesn't cause any mental stress.











UNTIL YOU GO OVER THE FCUKIN LINES AND THE COLOUR RUNS WHAT THE FCUK IS THAT ALL ABOUT AND IS THAT CAT GONNA SHIT IN MY GARDEN AGAIN I CANT BELIEVE THAT SOME WEE FURRY BASTARD CAN SHIT IN MY GARDEN AT WILL YET THE ONE TIME I HAVE APISS IN TH OPEN AIR ITS A CRIME........
 
Toughie really, m surprised no one's mentioned our very own David Hume yet.

For me on a personal level it would have to be Nietzsche because he kinda ties in with my own(rather depressing) materialistic and ultimately nihilistic world view. I also have a lot of respect for Descartes as a polymath- his work on optics and in particular refraction within water droplets and rainbows beautiful.
 
Doc, you are me and it ain't nothin'. Probably.

Chill out and read some Voltaire, never fails to cheer!
 
Dr Shrink said:
would you pay any mind to some old fart of 83 who insisted on writi....... aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarghh.
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images
What is that?

images
He must have died while carving it.

Oh come on!

Well, that's what it says.

Look, if he was dying, he wouldn't have bothered to carve 'Aaaauuuggghhhh'. He'd just say it.

Maybe he was dictating it.
 
Casey Kasem: "Keep your feet on the ground, and keep reaching for the stars."

Wise words indeed.

And he was the voice of Shaggy in Scooby Doo.

:worthy
 
John Owen

Blaise Pascal

Stephen Charnock

Samuel Rutherford

Thomas Goodwin

Thomas Boston

Anselm of Canterbury

Augustine

Athanasius
 
cowiecabbage said:
Aristotle,bit of a bugger for the bottle tho
(Posted fae ma mobile fone)
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cowiecabbage said:
Was a drunken fart,i drink therefore i am
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I'm surprised no-one seems to have recognised your comments.

"And Wittgenstein was a beery swine, who was just as schloshed as Schlegel.
There's nothing Nietzsche couldn't teach ya, about the raising of the wrist.
Socrates, himself, was permanently pissed."
 
grunt said:
I'm surprised no-one seems to have recognised your comments.

"And Wittgenstein was a beery swine, who was just as schloshed as Schlegel.
There's nothing Nietzsche couldn't teach ya, about the raising of the wrist.
Socrates, himself, was permanently pissed."
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Given one of the obvious criteria for being a philosopher, some of my favourites of the species are to be found after home games in the Harp and Castle. :thumbgrin
 
Dr Shrink said:
A FAVOURITE philosopher eh? That's the level of the Bounce Intelligentsia. None of this "Do you know what a philosopher is mate?" stuff. No. You need to have a favourite one.
Fcuk the football malarkey.







I'm not sure if you think Aristotle was a drunk, or liked to stick a bottle up his arse. Mind you, he was an Old Greek so it was probably both.
Makes you wonder what Archimedes was doing in the bath when he started shouting "Eureka" though.

Or maybe it doesn't.

If you DID wonder that, I may be able to help you.



Jesus Christ.




Was he the tiger?



Cogito ergo sum.
I think, therefore I am.
Descartes.

There's another line that's funny, "I think that may be West Ham" Des Lynam. But I can't remember it, because it's so ancient. Maybe Jimmyhibs can help.




How many years?

First post that made sense.

Your wife may take you back if you continue to improve at this rate.
:Shrink40:

Nah. That's a lie. She knows and I know you are a crap shag.
And that's from both sides.
:coffee:




Well spelt.

I thought you may have had an inappropriate 'p'.

You must have spelled it when you were awake.
:g:






A copy and paste job if ever I read it.
Are you not the bloke that used to just write in verse?

I thought you'd be more likely to quote Pluto than Plato.
Or either one of the chipmunks.




I like your style.

You may be gay, but it's in a manly acceptable gay way, rather than a poofy gay way.





Did I write that?
Am I you?



Burb.

:yas:

That's all.


Just

:yas:




:unsure:



He IS the tiger eh?

I'm gonna look stupid if the tiger is fcukin Calvin.
?/em








No.
I mean if I'm mistaken.
If the tiger is actually fcukin Calvin then I expect I'm already on some sort of sex register for even mentioning it. Yes. Another register.





:red:



Stub it out son.



The trouble with multi-quoting is by the time you get this far down, you can't remember the point.
But if I went to the trouble of clicking on your quote Frenchie, chances are I agreed with it.



Or your son has been reported "missing in action".




Haruki, I seriously recommend just colouring in books.
It's so much easier and doesn't cause any mental stress.











UNTIL YOU GO OVER THE FCUKIN LINES AND THE COLOUR RUNS WHAT THE FCUK IS THAT ALL ABOUT AND IS THAT CAT GONNA SHIT IN MY GARDEN AGAIN I CANT BELIEVE THAT SOME WEE FURRY BASTARD CAN SHIT IN MY GARDEN AT WILL YET THE ONE TIME I HAVE APISS IN TH OPEN AIR ITS A CRIME........
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For the first time in my life I think Schopenhauer is a doddle.

Dub said:
Oh sorry, you havent met Osmo thus the unrequired 'r' in your response mon ami:giggle:
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I've never really liked people meddling with my Rs, Dubster. :shock:
 
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