Ask a normal guy studying philosophy anything

[h3h3]

yall read two dogmas of empiricism yet?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Dogmas_of_Empiricism

philosophy undergrad pretty tite dude. u could be the next joseph campbell.

Haven't read that yet, currently focusing on Descartes, Spinoza, Malebranche, Leibniz. Having an exam next week, need to read that stuff.

[GoetheSaid]

lol Sartre is chit. Heidegger is God-tier. Kierkegaard is cool too if you're smart enough to apply his outdated spirituality to the modern world.

[eurolift_old]

Is homosexuality a disease?

[magog704]

Haven't read that yet, currently focusing on Descartes, Spinoza, Malebranche, Leibniz. Having an exam next week, need to read that stuff.

you are on the most boring shiit (for me) but in my opinion, philosophy is all about context. you cant know about the realists without aristotle and you need to look at the post modernists in the wake of the realists

[h3h3]

lol Sartre is chit. Heidegger is God-tier. Kierkegaard is cool too if you're smart enough to apply his outdated spirituality to the modern world.

Kinda gree, Heidegger makes my head hurt. Need to read one sentence 5 times and then the whole paragraph, to grasp at least a little bit of what he's trying to say. These guys.. damn.

[PeenutButtah]

Took philosophy as an elective last year, it was actually a pretty interesting course.

[magog704]

Kinda gree, Heidegger makes my head hurt. Need to read one sentence 5 times and then the whole paragraph, to grasp at least a little bit of what he's trying to say. These guys.. damn.

u better lrn 2 grasp dude

[eurolift_old]

Is the end more important than the means?

[h3h3]

you are on the most boring shiit (for me) but in my opinion, philosophy is all about context. you cant know about the realists without aristotle and you need to look at the post modernists in the wake of the realists

Yeah kinda agree, the only one i kinda like is Descartes, but I need to read it if I want to pass the exam. I prefer the Greek philosophy with true wondering about the nature of things and trying to explain it using just mind operations. Very fascinating.

I can't relate as much to abstract things, need to really focus to grasp those context. What I really like is really smart criticism of humanity and society in a rude, humorous and offensive way. I really like curse words, I feel like we're at our most honest when we get to the point where we say, JESUS ****ING CHRIST ARE YOU ****ING STUPID? Hard to be more sincere than that.

[suave2000]

i have it in french and english.

je ne comprends pas le francais

that feel of the existential "nausea"

i've known that feel.... i always try to avoid it, when it comes i no longer put up with it. We are free to leave what makes us sick.

[Redwood67]

thoughts on emil cioran?

[GoetheSaid]

Kinda gree, Heidegger makes my head hurt. Need to read one sentence 5 times and then the whole paragraph, to grasp at least a little bit of what he's trying to say. These guys.. damn.

secondary texts always help.

[suave2000]

lol Sartre is chit. Heidegger is God-tier. Kierkegaard is cool too if you're smart enough to apply his outdated spirituality to the modern world.

well sartre was having deranged threesomes with his bish while doing mescaline... that's pretty boss.

[h3h3]

Is the end more important than the means?

Yes, if you ask Machiavelli, if you ask me, its very important what is the end and what are the means, I can't put it as a rule that would always suffice and justify one's actions. Each situation where such things must are optional, everything should be considered. Sometimes yes, sometimes it's not.

[h3h3]

secondary texts always help.

Yeah, also listening to professors helps. But we haven't had much Heidegger so far, mostly Schopenhauer in one of the classes.

[magog704]

Yeah kinda agree, the only one i kinda like is Descartes, but I need to read it if I want to pass the exam. I prefer the Greek philosophy with true wondering about the nature of things and trying to explain it using just mind operations. Very fascinating.

I can't relate as much to abstract things, need to really focus to grasp those context. What I really like is really smart criticism of humanity and society in a rude, humorous and offensive way. I really like curse words, I feel like we're at our most honest when we get to the point where we say, JESUS ****ING CHRIST ARE YOU ****ING STUPID? Hard to be more sincere than that.

u would probly like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protagoras

my care about philosophy didn't really blow up until zarathustra and the anti christ, and then why i am so wise.

[h3h3]

u better lrn 2 grasp dude

Will grasp with time.

[h3h3]

thoughts on emil cioran?

No special thoughts, haven't come across him yet as much and can't really give you anything. What can you tell me about him?

[eurolift_old]

You skipped one of my questions. Is homosexuality a disease?
Thanks for answering my others by the way

[h3h3]

u would probly like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protagoras

my care about philosophy didn't really blow up until zarathustra and the anti christ, and then why i am so wise.

We are currently learning about greek philosophers in one of the courses, but just the basic facts and some of their theories, we haven't dug deeper and focus on either of them yet. Thanks for the link.

[caldave28]

If I wanted to read a basic introduction to philosophy could you reccomend a book?

[GoetheSaid]

Yeah, also listening to professors helps. But we haven't had much Heidegger so far, mostly Schopenhauer in one of the classes.

schopenhauer is pretty cool, too. the neat thing about a lot of the german philosophers around that time is that they pretty much revived ancient eastern texts and when you look at some of the vedas they were interested in, it makes some of their philosophy clearer.

[h3h3]

You skipped one of my questions. Is homosexuality a disease?
Thanks for answering my others by the way

Sorry, I didn't see it. No, I don't think so. I don't think there's anything wrong with being homosexual, feeling affection and love for another human being is normal, no matter the sex, having butt sex is just taking it a step further, just a way to pleasure our bodies, the love between two human beings is what counts in my opinions. Homosexuality has been around since many thousands of years ago, and it was completely normal. The problem with our today's view of homosexuality is that the church has made it this way. Church has banned and marked any kinds of open sexuality as a sin, and with its powerful influence in the dark ages they could force any belief they wanted and that could benefit them.

[beanlet21]

has anyone ITT read this book?



one of my favorites, even though it's a bit rough to read sometimes.

spent 30 min staring at the two measley rows on sartre in my library, every single book written by historians, not a single one by Sartre. I was disgust

[h3h3]

If I wanted to read a basic introduction to philosophy could you reccomend a book?

Absolutely this. http://www.amazon.com/Does-Center-Ho.../dp/0073535753

[magog704]

If I wanted to read a basic introduction to philosophy could you reccomend a book?

myth of sisyphus or something. imo it should be something that grabs you. marcus aurelius or epictetus.

OP go ahead and order dis



mah cotdamn bible.

[Rigour]

What do you think of Peter Singer?

[Spalanzani]

where are you from?

[Redwood67]

Sorry, I didn't see it. No, I don't think so. I don't think there's anything wrong with being homosexual, feeling affection and love for another human being is normal, no matter the sex, having butt sex is just taking it a step further, just a way to pleasure our bodies, the love between two human beings is what counts in my opinions. Homosexuality has been around since many thousands of years ago, and it was completely normal. The problem with our today's view of homosexuality is that the church has made it this way. Church has banned and marked any kinds of open sexuality as a sin, and with its powerful influence in the dark ages they could force any belief they wanted and that could benefit them.

a philosophy student would think this.

brb plato banging 16 year old boys while writing the republic

[magog704]

a philosophy student would think this.

brb plato banging 16 year old boys while writing the republic

greek philosophers didnt have a monopoly on lil dude bangin'.