(March 2, 2020 at 7:34 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: That said, it's interesting to reflect that in several millennia of trying, philosophy has not solved one single problem of human existence (other than giving professional philosophers an income), whereas science has given us things like flush toilets and vaccines.I wouldnt go that far with philosophy. I do however think Belaqua is a stereotype *abuser* of philosophy, actually giving it a bad name.
Boru
My point however was, Belaqua always drags any conversation down to philosophy, mostly ancient or medieval, then hides behind the statements of those philosophers and the fact that you can turn around arguing in philosophy forever (= he never has to accept he was wrong). As soon as you are going to cricitize any of the philosophies he is bringing to the table, he is going to defer to the original philosopher. He is a (pseudo) intellectual coward.
Cetero censeo religionem delendam esse