Artemis

You'll just have to read it for yourself. It's an impossible task for me to list all of it here. Or, at least, it would require so much time and effor...

I guess you really have no idea what you're talking about.

I understand the problem: you think philosophy is just a matter of opinion. Then riddle me this: if every opinion is equally valid and true for that p...

I know. :) My point is just that the jump in Shakespeare's case wasn't the one needed for a Michael Bay to suddenly be viewed as at the same level.

Regarding Shakespeare's reputation among his contemporaries: Although he wasn't seen as the big figure he eventually became, he was considered a very ...

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The fact that they are English scholars who have spent much more time and effort looking at these things than the layperson means that they are author...

What Baden said: :cheer:

We're not talking about whether everything Shakespeare said was true.

It's just pretty obvious that you're talking about things you don't understand. If you ever had studied English, or given any time to reading analyses...

It's like you've never done a serious literary analysis in your life. Maybe you haven't?

I see this is a "do as I say and not as I do" moment for ya.

Oh dear. I see you're thoroughly confused now. But I'm afraid I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain to you all the times and ways in ...

You claimed that. Not me. But that's just your MO. Terrapin: "X" Other person: "Not X" Terrapin: "I never said X! How dare you say I said X? You're so...

That's straw person. ;)

We're not getting anywhere here. We're just talking in circles. Let me know when you have something new to add. In the meantime, I'll just agree to di...

Another false analogy. Theologians are trying to draw from religious texts to make metaphysical claims about the world. But the fact that millions of ...

They're not writing about their "feelings." One can like whatever one wants. No disputing that. HOWEVER, there are things like philosophical breadth a...

This entire post makes no sense.

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I already was specific enough. I'm sorry you don't seem to be able to accept it.

Meaning is conveyed through many elements of the English language. But hey, you go ahead and scramble word all you like. See how far you get with that...

Structure is one of the many vehicles of meaning within the English language. Consider: The boy dropped the ball. The ball dropped the boy. A minor re...

It's simply the structure of your sentence which is pretty obvious. If an author says "the cat ran up the tree" and I say, "oh, there's a cat, and a t...

I mean that what you said was an argument whether you want to accept it or not.

Ditto

It's still circular and needs a more adequate explanation.

Same dif.

Flipping the statements for coherency's sake: No A is B/C. Therefore A is not B. You turned it into an argument by using the word "since."

So you have no idea how the two are related. Okay, good. There may be, but then, as I've repeatedly explained, there's millions and millions of pages ...

Actually, I was referring to the post-comma statement. Which IS question begging.

Begging the question.

No, but your lack of establishing what the "hair" is does. That's a complex issue, but basically because slave labor is so gosh darn cheap and conveni...

False equivalency. First of all, nobody is talking about race here. We're talking about art. Second of all, race is an objectively poor measure by whi...

I don't know what YOU learned, but then you are not the barometer of artistic quality. As for what one can learn from these, I'll refer you to the Wor...

Yup

They probably would. Same dif.

Ugh. False dichotomy. As though emotions and logic were somehow unrelated. So they admit it's irrational? Good. Discussion over.

Nice poem, but how is this a discussion OP?

So you did. Missed that part. Sorry about that.

Have you ever had a close family member commit suicide? It's like a bomb exploded right in the middle of everyone's lives and the scars stay with you ...

There's a LOT actually. Depth of thought, values, artistic ability, complexity, etc. That's because it wouldn't teach you anything of value. Maybe you...

Tu quo que much? If you don't think America has a race problem, you haven't been paying attention. Fallacy of Division. Yes, the white population of A...

Amen.

But you literally said "I refuse to lie" and then "any remarks are true coming from me."

Is it possible you're confused about the difference between telling a lie and telling an untruth?

That could be wrong. I've never seen a more perfect example of Begging the Question.

But did he know they were untrue statements?

First of all, it's "Did Jesus Lie?", cause he's no longer alive. Second of all, it depends whether he knew he was saying something untrue. Maybe he re...

When did I ever make claims about you personally solely on the basis of your skin color? LOL