Philosophy 1: Wittgenstein was a beery swine who was just as sloshed as Schlegel

[Kepler]

Finished reading the Plague by Camus.

Should have been required reading for everyone in March 2020.

Absolutely agree. I read it during la peste and it genuinely helped me.

 

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[Kepler]

The more I think about this, the more eerily accurate it is.

 

[Kepler]

I had not heard of this paper, but the conclusion is what has been in the back of my mind for more than a decade. I see no way out.

 

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[Kepler]

There is only one serious philosophical question: whether or not to kill yourself. Right now all Mets fans know what I mean.

So here's a funny while I flip a coin.

 

[MissThundercat]

I opened Montaigne last night. I appreciate his willingness to entertain doubt and give anecdotes about himself, and apparently his contemporaries mocked him for that.

 

[dxmnkd316]

Some of these GPT philosophy jokes are tier a1

https://twitter.com/dervine7/status/1636094420696158213?s=46&t=K7x6A-lmUofzJABEvQ9OhQ

 

[Kepler]

 

[MissThundercat]

TIL that Diogenes showed up at Plato's lectures and heckled him often.

 

[Kepler]

TIL that Diogenes showed up at Plato's lectures and heckled him often.

 

[Kepler]

This makes me want to look at Laurelle just for self-abuse potential:

 

[Kepler]

Do not ever read Baudrillard.

Here is all you need to know as much as a grad student:

 

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[Kepler]

He did jerk off in public. A lot.

 

[MissThundercat]

Started Myth of Sisyphus today.

"In that race which hastens us toward death, the body maintains its irreparable lead."

OOF.

 

[Kepler]

 

[MissThundercat]

I dove deeper on Stoicism today and learned it's really about doing the right things and not being too concerned with other people's opinions.

Things I need to master in sobriety.

 

[Kepler]

Stoicism is so broad it probably should be retired as a term. I'm sure there are philosophical precepts within stoicism that are mutually exclusive and self-contradictory.

But if I had to rank the main tenets:

1. Pain don't hurt. -- Road House
2. We don't own things, things own us. -- Thoreau
3. Only the present exists. -- Bigelow
4. Philosophy cannot be spoken, it can only be lived. -- Epictetus
5. Living in harmony is goodness. -- Seneca

 

[Kepler]

Thanks, Mom.