Philosopher of the Week

[Jasper]

I only just noticed this thread.  It is a fantastic idea.

Philosophers at random is my vote, or another idea is to do philosophers in relation to their contrasts to one another.

[Cain]

Dude, you've gotta learn to be more patient. 

I think a month was patient enough.  This thread has been dead a month and three days.  And while my job could be to blame, in part, there was a very lacklustre response to Aristotle as well, who I did have a lot more material on, but people clearly didn't feel like discussing.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

yeah but Cain, the thread is still alive and things take a while to bake, especially philosophical things.

[Cramulus]

I can see where he's coming from. He's putting a lot of effort into each post, and if people don't actually want to discuss it, it's a letdown.

I do think more people would be into discussing this stuff if we got out of the ancients. My preference would be to read about postmodern, or even contemporary philosophy, but I've already weighed in.

[LMNO]

I knew I should have posted in this thread yesterday.

The only thing is, I don't have much to say about Aristotle.  The guy set up game rules that he then couldn't, or didn't, follow. Unfortunately, those game rules were so Orderly, they wouldn't die.


As far as random philosophers vs chronological, I vote random, and if we don't understand where they're coming from, we backtrack.


Again, sorry for not posting.

[Cain]

If you want to learn about it, do it yourselves.  I'm not wasting any more of my time on unread essays.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Poststructuralism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Postmodernism

[LMNO]

Pearls/swine.


Apologies, Cain.

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

Sometimes threads work, sometimes they don't... I liked reading the essays, but I didn't feel that I had anything useful to add to the conversation at this point.

OSHI, I didn't have something to say on a topic!!!

[Cain]

You forgot to ask for something Ratatosk



If you're going to try and bait me, don't act like a two bit moron who just read his first trolling manual.

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

You forgot to ask for something Ratatosk



If you're going to try and bait me, don't act like a two bit moron who just read his first trolling manual.

? I was neither baiting nor trolling... I meant it to be funny. My big mouth (or typing fingers as the case may be) often spews forth posts on nearly every subject. However, I really didn't feel like I had anything useful to add. It was a great essay about a dude I have only passing familiarity with. For me this was more akin to a learning thread than a debate/discussion thread that I could contribute to.

[Cain]

The only thing more boring than your predictable attempts to troll other people on here is your passive-aggressive backpedaling.

[Dr Goofy]

You forgot to ask for something Ratatosk



If you're going to try and bait me, don't act like a two bit moron who just read his first trolling manual.

I am reminded of this picture

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

The only thing more boring than your predictable attempts to troll other people on here is your passive-aggressive backpedaling.

What? Are you serious? You really think that was a troll attempt? Me, loudmouthed, opinionated Ratatosk, cracks a joke about how he had nothing to say, due to feeling like he was learning rather than discussing... and that's trolling?

Fuck you Cain, I meant it as a compliment.

[Cain]

OSHI, I didn't have something to say on a topic!!!

Take your mock outrage elsewhere.  You know perfectly well I was annoyed at the fact I was putting in effort and getting no feedback, and decided to say the above to me, as one of your allegedly "funny" barbs you reserve for when you think people are down.

Only problem is, you're not very good at this and are easily caught out when you do try to play the game.

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

OSHI, I didn't have something to say on a topic!!!

Take your mock outrage elsewhere.  You know perfectly well I was annoyed at the fact I was putting in effort and getting no feedback, and decided to say the above to me, as one of your allegedly "funny" barbs you reserve for when you think people are down.

Only problem is, you're not very good at this and are easily caught out when you do try to play the game.

You bastard, that was not at all my intent. Yes, I meant that line as funnay, but self-deprecatingly so... NOT as a barb aimed at you!

I liked your essay, I haven't studied much about Aristotle, so I read it, processed it and thought about it. I didn't post because this thread felt over my head.

I apologize if you felt I was trying to poke you, I wasn't.