Philosophy

rrneck

(17,671 posts) Sat Sep 21, 2013, 12:15 PM Sep 2013

The birth of philosophy...

Alternate caption, "I drank what?"

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The birth of philosophy... (Original Post) rrneck Sep 2013 OP

"Don't drink that." nt Sanddog42 Sep 2013 #1

I think that I am thinking, therefore, I think that I might be... I think Fortinbras Armstrong Sep 2013 #2

I think not. Sanddog42 Sep 2013 #3

but when one is thinking about thinking about stuff delrem Oct 2013 #4

It is a great joke Sweeney Dec 2014 #5

Sanddog42

(117 posts)

1. "Don't drink that." nt

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Sat Sep 21, 2013, 12:24 PM

Sep 2013

Fortinbras Armstrong

(4,473 posts)

2. I think that I am thinking, therefore, I think that I might be... I think

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Sun Sep 22, 2013, 12:18 PM

Sep 2013

What Descartes really meant.

Sanddog42

(117 posts)

3. I think not.

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Thu Sep 26, 2013, 11:23 AM

Sep 2013

Am I yet?

delrem

(9,688 posts)

4. but when one is thinking about thinking about stuff

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Fri Oct 25, 2013, 01:14 AM

Oct 2013

one is still thinking about the same fricken stuff!

Sweeney

(505 posts)

5. It is a great joke

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Wed Dec 3, 2014, 01:14 AM

Dec 2014

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Really; and don't get me wrong, because I would have him suggesting a proctological exam for everyone on the jury.

But thinking actually does get easier if you can do it in an organized and rational fashion. What is that line from Marcus Aurelius from Silence of the Lambs: The thing in itself. When you are juggling a cloud of definitions around your head it helps to know they will not suddenly transform into hornet. Ideas can be deadly. We have seen in recent history the tyranny of the idea, and the republicans are still bowing before theirs. Let us not be like them, but make our ideas serve us, and do as we say.
Thanks...Sweeney

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