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Copernicus did not prove it however. With Copernicus it was strictly speculation, just like all the other predecessors of Galileo whom we erroneously call "scientists".
Galileo was indeed the first scientist.
How did you know it was offensive? And, specifically, what was offensive about it?The first philosophy book I read was The Decline of the West by Oswald Spengler. I chose that book because I knew it would be offensive.
How did you know it was offensive? And, specifically, what was offensive about it?The first philosophy book I read was The Decline of the West by Oswald Spengler. I chose that book because I knew it would be offensive.
Fair enough. Any specific points about Spengler's book that you found offensive? Any passages you think responsible for Hitler going insane?How did you know it was offensive? And, specifically, what was offensive about it?The first philosophy book I read was The Decline of the West by Oswald Spengler. I chose that book because I knew it would be offensive.
When Hitler was in prison and wrote Mein Kamph he was reading the works of Spengler. I hate Hitler but wanted to read what made him go insane.
The study of philosophy is only worth a damn if your motivation is primal fear towards the widely-accepted idea that death leads to eternal oblivion. The Pipe asked its father at age 6 and a half, What is death?, and its father basically said that death leads to eternal oblivion---"when you're dead, you're dead". The Pipe could not accept that as true. This kicked off a lifelong scrutiny of the notion of nihilism/eternal oblivion. This eventually led to boiling it all down to three fundamental questions that all philosophers should address: Why am I alive as a temporary creature? Is there a singular, dominating creator? Is there consciousness after death? They are loaded questions that spawn many extrapolations. In the end, the answers are reached via logic, reason, heart, intuition, and a tiny leap of faith in a fearless & eternal idea. Furthermore, like it or not---and most of you won't---studying philosophy, spirituality, and enlightenment without resorting to drugs like marijuana, MDMA, LSD, and shrooms, is like studying an ocean whilst camped in a desert.
Many if not all of Spengler's ideas proved to be merely speculative fallacies.The first philosophy book I read was The Decline of the West by Oswald Spengler. I chose that book because I knew it would be offensive.
Philosophy is critical to any understanding of life, whether physical, emotional, political, scientific, or religious.The study of philosophy is only worth a damn if your motivation is primal fear towards the widely-accepted idea that death leads to eternal oblivion. The Pipe asked its father at age 6 and a half, What is death?, and its father basically said that death leads to eternal oblivion---"when you're dead, you're dead". The Pipe could not accept that as true. This kicked off a lifelong scrutiny of the notion of nihilism/eternal oblivion. This eventually led to boiling it all down to three fundamental questions that all philosophers should address: Why am I alive as a temporary creature? Is there a singular, dominating creator? Is there consciousness after death? They are loaded questions that spawn many extrapolations. In the end, the answers are reached via logic, reason, heart, intuition, and a tiny leap of faith in a fearless & eternal idea. Furthermore, like it or not---and most of you won't---studying philosophy, spirituality, and enlightenment without resorting to drugs like marijuana, MDMA, LSD, and shrooms, is like studying an ocean whilst camped in a desert.
The study, and practice, of Philosophy does not preclude either science or faith. The ancient Greeks understood THAT very well.
Everyone needs to understand the basics of philosophical thinking....after you have taken one or two college classes then you already know all the philosophy that you ever need to know in your life.
If you really think so, you wasted your time starting this thread and you understand nothing.
But you can get the basics in just a couple or 3 semesters.
First semester -- survey course.
Second semester -- modern course.
Third semester -- logic versus rhetoric.
There you have it.
You really don't need to become an expert at every Tom, Dick, and Harry philosopher beyond the survey course.
The evolution of the history of Philosophy is worth studying for Greece AND for China because this tells how clear human thought arose.
Aristotle is the first philosopher that is worth studying. Plato is a big waste of time.
Aristotle gave us logic, ethics, identification of fallacies, the Prime Mover proof of God, etc.
Descartes is the next philosopher worth studying because he vanquished the skeptics with cogito ergo sum -- you cannot deny cogito ergo sum.
Immanuel Kant is the next philosopher worth studying.
It is also good to know Machiavelli and Nietzsche in case you need to kill somebody, such as for jobs like a cop, soldier, CIA, or head of state. Revenge is a dish best served cold. That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
Everyone needs to understand the basics of philosophical thinking....after you have taken one or two college classes then you already know all the philosophy that you ever need to know in your life.
If you really think so, you wasted your time starting this thread and you understand nothing.
But you can get the basics in just a couple or 3 semesters.
First semester -- survey course.
Second semester -- modern course.
Third semester -- logic versus rhetoric.
There you have it.
You really don't need to become an expert at every Tom, Dick, and Harry philosopher beyond the survey course.
The evolution of the history of Philosophy is worth studying for Greece AND for China because this tells how clear human thought arose.
Aristotle is the first philosopher that is worth studying. Plato is a big waste of time.
Aristotle gave us logic, ethics, identification of fallacies, the Prime Mover proof of God, etc.
Descartes is the next philosopher worth studying because he vanquished the skeptics with cogito ergo sum -- you cannot deny cogito ergo sum.
Immanuel Kant is the next philosopher worth studying.
It is also good to know Machiavelli and Nietzsche in case you need to kill somebody, such as for jobs like a cop, soldier, CIA, or head of state. Revenge is a dish best served cold. That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
Funny I was just reading about Kant in my Police Ethics book today and how his idea of absolutism is wrong on so many levels, because everything is based on as long as you do things for the right reasons, the outcome doesn't matter.