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Tobias

['Member']Joined: January 23, 2018 at 13:43Last active: February 19, 2026 at 11:244 discussions1172 comments
Location: A bar somewhere hopefully

Bio

I am a storyteller, a weaver of words. Words are substantial to metaphysics, but not essential. Metaphysics is thinly veiled eroticism.

Favourite Philosopher

John Yossarian (It's an Assyrian name)

Favourite Quotations

"What is love? Baby don't hurt me, don't hurt me, no more"

- Haddaway: What is love?


"I don't know what you mean by 'glory,'?" Alice said.
Humpty Dumpty smiled contemptuously. "Of course you don't—till I tell you. I meant 'there's a nice knock-down argument for you!'"
"But 'glory' doesn't mean 'a nice knock-down argument'," Alice objected.
"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less."
"The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things."
"The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master—that's all."

- Lews Carroll: Through the Looking Glass


"The power of Kant compels you! The power of Kant compels you! The power of Kant compels you!"

- Tobias, metaphysical exorcist






Discussions (4)

Eden by Night

March 17, 2022 at 13:18 23 comments Short Stories

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What a coincidence! Come on board, mate, there is some rum left. Red bandana and the eye patch is me.
January 01, 2026 at 02:58
Yeah, I always go on a sailing trip when the new year arrives don't you?
January 01, 2026 at 02:51
It is next year.... Happy 2026 everyone!
January 01, 2026 at 02:13
Why such a one sided remark? There is no indication for that at all. Last time I checked Russia was in the Brics and Russia is much more hated than th...
December 21, 2025 at 14:30
Interesting, as I do not believe there is one narrative. There are many possible ways of understanding a situation, and there is no one definite way t...
December 21, 2025 at 12:23
Well, the US could at some point be threatened by an armed Europe. It was threatened by an armed Germany alone. It is beside the point, though. The di...
December 21, 2025 at 00:58
Ohh, than it must be true right? I am a lawyer, even I do not have that much faith in law and treaties.... Anyway, I am not claiming there is a hidden...
December 21, 2025 at 00:36
I think both may well be true. Narratives are always constructed after the fact and then everything seems smooth and logical. Probably there were more...
December 20, 2025 at 11:33
Did you pay attention in your IR101 class? The deal was quite simple. The US allow and support an integrated and strong Europe if Europe would not arm...
December 20, 2025 at 10:45
When one wonders about what is most important, we may well initially think of a singular thing or somebody. We soon realize though that that something...
November 21, 2025 at 09:23
Hmmm, I was also there during the old PF days and I still miss it at times. It is like an abandoned café with lights out, chairs on the table and a no...
November 21, 2025 at 09:05
Wow... I find that more ... idealist than I would ever dare to be ... :wink:
November 13, 2025 at 21:57
Because if it would be something than it would literally be 'some thing', meaning a thing we can identify. Something beyond our reality is exactly tha...
November 12, 2025 at 21:43
Ohhh Copernicus just believes it. Well that takes away any need for the justification of the claim. Great that that is settled! In my neck of the wood...
November 11, 2025 at 06:25
The problem is who or what decides what we need? Do we need more content managers? Do we need more diversity officers? Do we need more oil drillers, d...
November 10, 2025 at 23:11
The subject of philosophy does come to mind. There are other directions in which one performs research without having a direct practical implication i...
November 10, 2025 at 21:07
I do not know if I can be called enlightened. But still, just like motoric unicell organisms, enlightened beings need to eat. Still, you assume that k...
November 10, 2025 at 19:44
I do not see how the second paragraph follows from the first. If you merely study the universe and everything, what do you bring to the table other th...
November 10, 2025 at 16:36
The funny thing with all those questions is that it takes the 'me' (or in this post formulated as 'you', but for all intents and purposes the first pe...
October 12, 2025 at 21:20
Ohh no... now you've done it, in some sections of the internet this leads to pipi brick... google en passant if you dare...
October 07, 2025 at 21:18
The game between Mikie and myself @"Mikie" Hmmm or did I play @"boethius" ... :yikes: anyway, it was a nice tense game... :)
October 01, 2025 at 15:22
I have added you :)
September 23, 2025 at 20:39
Sure! What is your handle? I sent you a friend request on chess.com Mikie / seinsfrage
September 20, 2025 at 10:15
Ahhh sorry to hear it Amadeus, wishing you good luck and lots of strength!
September 03, 2025 at 05:37
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August 23, 2025 at 18:46
I hope they are funded; they need to be! It's not that the free market would cater to them. But if they are indeed all funded by the US state departme...
August 22, 2025 at 21:55
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August 22, 2025 at 16:23
Well, that is something surely interesting. Every age, according to every generation alive, the time they live in, is an end time. I also have trouble...
August 14, 2025 at 20:41
@"180 Proof" @"Amity" It is odd... in a sense, war is the crucible of hope and justice, and also its opposite. The Camus discussion reflects this. It ...
August 14, 2025 at 10:57
Some people are brave beyond belief, some just write analytic articles. I cannot imagine what he must have seen and what he must have felt. I do not e...
August 12, 2025 at 13:23
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August 07, 2025 at 12:04
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August 02, 2025 at 22:08
Your OP is as much sociological as it is philosophical. I will then riff on it sociologically instead of philosophically, though the two are very clos...
July 27, 2025 at 22:35
Sounds simple enough, thanks a million Clark!
June 25, 2025 at 18:38
An interesting question Banno, There are times I freaquently use the PM function and there are times I rarely use it. For me though its function is mu...
June 25, 2025 at 17:40
Well possible. I have no idea how people do things in Christiana. I would like to know what radical indivdualism actually means. If it is simply a bel...
June 24, 2025 at 19:02
No, but it is an indication that there might be paradoxes or incoherences within the theory. That is why I urged to focus on those theoretical inconsi...
June 24, 2025 at 13:49
If a philosophy is in practice unworkable, it may mean that its assumptions are flawed. If the idea that we are sovereigns is in practice unworkable, ...
June 24, 2025 at 12:24
The institutions mentioned in the essay are as diverse as the (federal) state, the corporation and academia. None of the three people discussed though...
June 24, 2025 at 10:03
One more reflection @"Benkei". The essay is a great read as it is, but it would be even stronger I think if you consistently first examine doctrines o...
June 24, 2025 at 09:05
Ohh, I just read this news now. What a sad message. Vera was a great contributor and seemed to me like a wonderful and wise person. She brought a uniq...
June 24, 2025 at 07:44
A very nice essay, it is a good read as a critique of libertarianism. For me it is a bit parochial of course, because the holes in liberarianism are s...
June 23, 2025 at 22:37
Thank you for the compliment Banno, *tips hat*. As for Hegelian rhetoric... might it not be that both ways of philosophizing as you sketch them are in...
June 18, 2025 at 22:29
That Dante was written by the Count was beyond a shadow of a doubt...
June 16, 2025 at 23:01
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June 16, 2025 at 08:02
@"author" @"Benkeie" Yes, Benkei is right, I indeed love this essay. It is the only one I managed to read thus far, and I am sad for that. Work pulled...
June 15, 2025 at 23:23
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June 15, 2025 at 10:44
Nope... Perhaps I can try via PM... hmm, alas... Well, there is nothing left to do then but make me a mod methinks ;) Nahh, but let me know if there i...
May 07, 2025 at 16:13
I have found it Michael, but how can I attach it here? I did not read it yet, but seems fun to get into!
May 07, 2025 at 15:50
I am not too sure, or at least not that relativist yet. There are of course grey areas where for instance a group is considered a legitimate armed res...
May 07, 2025 at 15:12