Philosophy
Apparently they get a different satisfaction from reading Plato:
Of course, that might either mean that they are intellectually superior to us, or that maybe they're semi-autistic engineers. Oh snap! :)
To be fair, at least two humans, Kierkegaard and Nietzsche, got the joke, except Nietzsche didn't find it very funny...
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Philosophy
When Aliens Read the Socratic Dialogues
Apparently they get a different satisfaction from reading Plato:
Of course, that might either mean that they are intellectually superior to us, or that maybe they're semi-autistic engineers. Oh snap! :)
To be fair, at least two humans, Kierkegaard and Nietzsche, got the joke, except Nietzsche didn't find it very funny...
Via Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
- ?is There A Good Or ?best? Order In Which To Read The Dialogues Of Plato?
Socrates and Plato ? Bite Size Chunks ? No. 4 (Posted by James Head - Autumn 2011) Someone recently asked the following question on a Face book Group:'I have been itching to really read the dialogues of Plato. And I finished ?Alcibiades I? last night;...
- Jay-z And Nietzsche On Gettin' That Dirt Off Your Shoulder
I'm sure many of you remember this great clip from the 2008 presidential race. In response to Hilary Clinton's negative campaign ads, then-Senator Obama brushes off his shoulders, alluding to Jay-Z's "Dirt Off Your Shoulder." [Please, listen...
- Power And Kindness
Nietzsche seems to have thought that genuine kindness is only possible for those who are powerful. He writes: "Verily, I have often laughed at the weaklings who thought themselves good because they had no claws." Nietzsche also implores the powerful...
- Philosophers Are No Longer Allowed At Summer Camp
When it comes to the question of the metaphysics of diachronic personal identity (the question of whether you are the same person at different times), philosophers, such as John Locke, David Hume, Derek Parfit, David Lewis and others, have come up with...
- Brené Brown - Wholeheartedness And Vulnerability
As I've been trying to make sense of certain aspect of my life recently, I've been surprised -and horrified- to notice my feelings swinging like a pendulum, going from one extreme to another, taking me along for a ride I could only experience...