RE: Generally speaking, is philosophy a worthwhile subject of study?
February 24, 2022 at 10:42 pm
(This post was last modified: February 24, 2022 at 11:02 pm by vulcanlogician.)
@brewer
I posted this specifically for you, btw. To show you that even philosophers don't like philosophy for certain reasons. I like Nietzsche's argument for the same reasons he likes it. (He sees his own argument as having an "honest" quality.)
What could be said in criticism of it? For one, it appeals to emotion. But even so, I like it. It's nice a gut punch. And let nobody say that Nietzsche pulls his punches. Because he doesn't.
PS: I'm having fun discussing this with you. I think you present a good challenge to philosophy. But I also think I can argue against your position.
I've been meaning to read Dante. A close friend of mine, who is very intelligent and also not religious at all, is infatuated with The Divine Comedy.
That's not to say I'll necessarily share her enthusiasm for the work. But if she likes it, it can't be horrible. I need to find a reputable translation. Hopefully in the public domain. But I'll bust out my wallet if the public domain translations suck.
I posted this specifically for you, btw. To show you that even philosophers don't like philosophy for certain reasons. I like Nietzsche's argument for the same reasons he likes it. (He sees his own argument as having an "honest" quality.)
What could be said in criticism of it? For one, it appeals to emotion. But even so, I like it. It's nice a gut punch. And let nobody say that Nietzsche pulls his punches. Because he doesn't.
PS: I'm having fun discussing this with you. I think you present a good challenge to philosophy. But I also think I can argue against your position.
(February 23, 2022 at 3:37 am)The Grand Nudger Wrote: Neither aristotle nor dante have any purchase in contemporary philosophy. If some peoples revulsion towards the subject amounts to how cretins are put forward as the great minds...well...they're not. Those cretins are a historic oddity and curio, but no longer relevant to the enterprise itself.
People used to wonder about right and wrong as it relates to some great spirit..but..today, they wonder if peoples rights and wrongs might be predicted and graphed mathematically as an observation we could draw some worthwhile conclusion from.
I've been meaning to read Dante. A close friend of mine, who is very intelligent and also not religious at all, is infatuated with The Divine Comedy.
That's not to say I'll necessarily share her enthusiasm for the work. But if she likes it, it can't be horrible. I need to find a reputable translation. Hopefully in the public domain. But I'll bust out my wallet if the public domain translations suck.
