Talvikki
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- Nov 18, 2021
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Who is your favorite philosopher?
My favorite philosophers are Spinoza and schopenhauer!
SPINOZA
SCHOPENHAUER
My favorite philosophers are Spinoza and schopenhauer!
SPINOZA
SCHOPENHAUER
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Who is your favorite philosopher?
My favorite philosophers are Spinoza and schopenhauer!
SPINOZA
SCHOPENHAUER
I mean, (a) his productive skepticism is, while overquoted, an underappreciated selfcritical approach today; (b) while he's the western daddy to most, there were tonnes of presocratics in greece, not to mention many older sources of philosophy outside the greek tradition, including eg the egyptians that the greeks lifted a lot from (unless we're doing that thing where philosophy has to be greek because philosophy is a greek word bullshit).with its founding father Socrates' famous quote "all I know is that I know I nothing" or something like that
His life is fun (from the poker story, to his being fired from school teaching, to his decision to upend himself, to making architects quit, etc), and select bits of his philosophy are useful, but not a particular influencing one for me, no.Surprised no Shitgenstein
There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy. All the rest — whether or not the world has three dimensions, whether the mind has nine or twelve categories — comes afterwards. These are games; one must first answer.
Lao Tzu and Zhuangzi are different people, Lao Tzu was almost 200 years older than Zhuangzi, although they are usually classified in the same school, Taoist.Ones I like a lot who have been mentioned: Camus, Jung, Nietzsche, Lao Tzu/Zhuangze (aren't these the same person? I thought Lao Tzu invented/went by Zhuangze...?)
One like the ones mentioned so far to add: Husserl (but I'm not an expert; just read 2 I really liked)
I also like philosophers in the black radical tradition, such as Robert F. Williams and Sundiata Acoli; as well as anarchofeminists like Lucy Parsons and Luisa Capetillo.
Gotcha. So what about that butterfly story? Do you know the one in which someone dreams he's a butterfly and then wakes up wondering if that was a dream, or if being a person is? Was that Zhuangzi?Lao Tzu and Zhuangzi are different people, Lao Tzu was almost 200 years older than Zhuangzi, although they are usually classified in the same school, Taoist.
Yes, the story you mentioned was indeed raised by Zhuangzi. One day he woke up from a dream, in which he became a butterfly. Then, he wondered that is there a reliable way to tell whether what really happened was that him dreamed of being a butterfly, or it was a butterfly dreamed of being him?Gotcha. So what about that butterfly story? Do you know the one in which someone dreams he's a butterfly and then wakes up wondering if that was a dream, or if being a person is? Was that Zhuangzi?