I haven't formally studied any of them, but I find ancient Greek philosophy fascinating (probably helped by the fact that I haven't formally studied it). I've read several books and watched a bunch of lectures on them purely for fun, and I just find that period captivating. So elemental. A well put together course on that stuff could be great -- hopefully yours is.
(David Hume is the front runner for my favorite philosopher, though.)
HUME! I love a guy who can take an argument presented 200 years before he came up with his own ideas of the subject, write a dialogue between himelf and the guy who came up with it, and spend the vast majority of the time calling the guy an idiot without risking a sharp retort since the guy's long dead.
The greeks did a fair bit of that too. It seems one of the basic tenants of classical philosophy is to make up characters or portray your opponents as being utterly dazzled by your astounding mind. You should have a lot of fun with the course. I find philosophy and computer programming are very similar in that a lot of the time it simply boils down to semantics.
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Tomorrow I work the beer garden from 11-6 then I'm back to U.C. for homecoming. (I assure you, its less fun when you're sober.)
Saturday, I'm on a Boat (a mother fuckin' boat!) for that social.
Sunday I'm doing the Banjo Bowl and then Marilyn Manson.
But if you want to catch a gym run this coming week some time, hopefully i'll get it figured it out.
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I haven't formally studied any of them, but I find ancient Greek philosophy fascinating (probably helped by the fact that I haven't formally studied it). I've read several books and watched a bunch of lectures on them purely for fun, and I just find that period captivating. So elemental. A well put together course on that stuff could be great -- hopefully yours is.
(David Hume is the front runner for my favorite philosopher, though.)
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The greeks did a fair bit of that too. It seems one of the basic tenants of classical philosophy is to make up characters or portray your opponents as being utterly dazzled by your astounding mind. You should have a lot of fun with the course. I find philosophy and computer programming are very similar in that a lot of the time it simply boils down to semantics.
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