I LOVE PHILOSOPHY

You know, I do love philosophy.

I love the eloquence of the writers involved in espousing the greatest ideas in history.

I love the potential that exists for any person capable of comprehending to effect changes in the world around them given that they know the things they must know in order to take control of their surroundings.

I love the puzzles that manifest in the form of logic problems and games.

I love to believe that if everyone everywhere were to take the time to get together, and examine every problem in existence and come to conclusions based on the best information and the best methods of understanding, that for everyone, reality would be a better place and that no problems would be unsolved and no problems would persist.

In spite of the above, I love the ongoing debates about old, tired, already-settled debates that will as it seems never stop.

I love watching dumb people get smart.

I love people who have good sensed of humor.

I assume that there are some people here who love philosophy as well.

So if you’re one of them…tell us…

Why do you love philosophy?

I love Philosophy, or more specifically Philosophy-Related Message Boards because they are the only places where I can find people who are significantly smarter than me when I spend all of my RL around people (with exception to my wife, son, and about two other people I know) who are significantly dumber than me.

Ditto.

I didn’t know you were married or that you had a son.

j/k

LoL, alright, ditto minus that part. I don’t believe in marriage, and don’t think I have the right personality to make a suitable parent, so that’d be pretty far off the mark. :laughing:

What’s there not to love… :wink:

It fulfills a psychological need in me. I’m not sure I can describe it. But if I don’t think about this stuff, I get mentally “plugged up”. Philosophy is like a psychic laxative for me. Which explains most of what I say on these boards, I am sure.

That statue there?

Totally Socrates.

That explains much, Xunzian.

I saw a sculpture of aristotle at the met in nyc where a woman was riding him like a horse.

PhilosOwhat?

Fuck philosophy, I just came to drink the beer out of your fridge.

And eat your steak …

And terrorise your neighbors …

And deflower your wimmins …

And make you my closet gimp …

And make stew out of your dog …

Loot …

Pillage …

Burn …

Somehow I get to burn, and I think bonfire, which makes me think of midgets, which leads to porn, and sandwiches …

Ever notice how everything goes back to food?

So, yeah, philosophy is like a good steak; without the A1, because that’s only used by ignorant hillbillies and sheep shaggers.

And Spinoza was a fuckwit.

Excellent post Mastriani. I think you’ve hit on some extreme insight there, and made several valid points.

Why thank you Smears.

You know I try very hard to maintain strict philosophical discipline, as much as I possibly can.

But, I’m no Faustest. :-$

Philosophers are cool but they do tend to think too much.

ps interesting avatar Smears :eusa-think: