You are viewing the historical archive of The Philosophy Forum.
For current discussions, visit the live forum.
Go to live forum

afterthegame

['Member']Joined: December 19, 2020 at 22:16Last active: January 29, 2021 at 21:421 discussions7 comments

Bio

Lay my head on the surgeon's table
Take my fingerprints if you are able
Pick my brains, pick my pockets
Steal my eyeballs and come back for the sockets
Run every kind of test from A to Z
And you'll still know nothing 'bout me

(Sting, Ten Summoner's Tales.)

Favourite Philosopher

Bertrand Russell, Derek Parfit, Joseph Raz,

Favourite Quotations

"Yesterday's rose exists only in name; we hold but empty names."

(orig.) stat rosa pristina nomine, nomina nuda tenemus

(Bernard of Cluny, De Contemptu Mundi.)

Discussions (1)

Comments

In: I think therefore I am – reduced  — view comment
The original Latin has it in three words. "cogito ergo sum". "I think - therefore - I am". Antecedent - adverb - consequent. This is the bare minimum ...
December 25, 2020 at 00:34
In: "In Times of War, the Law Falls Silent"  — view comment
Ironically enough, because of a loud and angry mob in the courtroom Cicero was intimidated into silence and did not finish his closing speech. Milo wa...
December 25, 2020 at 00:16
In: "In Times of War, the Law Falls Silent"  — view comment
That is not to say that all the enlightened and erudite commentators in this thread, including yourself, are on a wild goose chase. It is a fascinatin...
December 25, 2020 at 00:09
In: "In Times of War, the Law Falls Silent"  — view comment
There is a broader debate about modern laws, but I will stick to what, to my mind, is going on in Cicero's speech defending Milo. This idea that That ...
December 25, 2020 at 00:00
In: Who Rules Us?  — view comment
Humans are ruled by concepts. It does not matter whether it is a network of people or one person that holds power. Concepts such as "employer" "family...
December 24, 2020 at 23:05
In: Moral disqualification  — view comment
It almost comes down to a "chicken and egg" problem, haha. What came first: reason or emotion? Personally, I would say that emotion comes first. Let u...
December 20, 2020 at 15:17
In: Moral disqualification  — view comment
I think this is a very interesting point. Although, I think that drawing a clear line between our "reason" and our "emotion" is problematic. To refere...
December 20, 2020 at 14:29
⇧