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Philosophy

Sweeney

(505 posts)

5. It is a great joke

Reply to rrneck (Original post)

Wed Dec 3, 2014, 02:14 AM

Dec 2014

Last edited Fri Dec 19, 2014, 09:40 PM - Edit history (1)

Really; and don't get me wrong, because I would have him suggesting a proctological exam for everyone on the jury.

But thinking actually does get easier if you can do it in an organized and rational fashion. What is that line from Marcus Aurelius from Silence of the Lambs: The thing in itself. When you are juggling a cloud of definitions around your head it helps to know they will not suddenly transform into hornet. Ideas can be deadly. We have seen in recent history the tyranny of the idea, and the republicans are still bowing before theirs. Let us not be like them, but make our ideas serve us, and do as we say.
Thanks...Sweeney

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The birth of philosophy... [View all] rrneck Sep 2013 OP

"Don't drink that." nt Sanddog42 Sep 2013 #1

I think that I am thinking, therefore, I think that I might be... I think Fortinbras Armstrong Sep 2013 #2

I think not. Sanddog42 Sep 2013 #3

but when one is thinking about thinking about stuff delrem Oct 2013 #4

It is a great joke Sweeney Dec 2014 #5