Wed Mar 6 14:37:03 2002
"...there is a lot to be said for Descarte's famous observation that in philosophy the natural light of reason within each of us is a better guide to the truth then past authority."
"Using the tools of reason, of logical analysis and conceptual clarificaiton, philosophy tries to replace what is doubtful and uncertain with something more coherent and stable. The goal in short is to move beyond mere belief, towards systematic knowledge and understanding."
-John Cottingham, Western Philosophy - An Anthology
I shall return back with more ramblings...
Wed Mar 6 14:45:14 2002
"A wise man, therefore, proportions his belief to the evidence."
"When anyone tells me that he saw a dead man restored to life, I immediately consider with myself whether it be more probable that this person should either deceive or be deceived, or that the fact, which he relates, should really have happened. I weigh the oe miracle against the other; and according to the superiority which I discover, I pronounce my decision, and always reject the greater miracle. If the falsehood of his testimony be more miraculous then the event which he relates, then, and not till then, can he pretend to command my belief or opinion."
-David Hume, Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
The last quote is sweet!
Wed Mar 6 14:48:09 2002
Wed Mar 6 14:51:07 2002
"Act in such a way that you always treat humanity, wether in your own person or in the person of any other, never simply as a means, but always at the same time as an end"
Immanuel Kant, Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals
Wed Mar 6 15:04:26 2002
John Stuart Mill, of his own free will,
On half a pint of shandy was particularly ill.
Plato, they say, could pack it away
Half a crate of whiskey every day.
Aristotle, Aristotle was a bugger for the bottle,
Hobbes was fond of his dram,
And Rene Descartes was a drunken fart:
"I drink, therefore I am"
Yes, Socrates, himself, is particularly missed;
A lovely little thinker but a bugger when he's pissed!
Wed Mar 6 15:04:30 2002
god bless canada.
Wed Mar 6 15:19:55 2002
/me shakes head for poor dead kittens...
:(
Wed Mar 6 15:22:57 2002
Wed Mar 6 15:24:58 2002
One has to wonder how Shania gets into those trousers.
And Neve is yummy. Boyish good looks.
rowr.
Wed Mar 6 15:29:29 2002
seriously, i don't see anything about neve that suggest anything boyish or masculine... unless you mean boyish as in a very feminine way... which brings us back to square one...
umm yeah...
what the hey, this thread was supposed to be about philosophy!
Wed Mar 6 15:32:36 2002
I killed a few kittens ( :( ) over them, too.
rowr.
Either way, she's a cutie.
Wed Mar 6 15:38:23 2002
None the less if you like girlie looking boys then HongKong might be the place for ya since a lot of guys are very feminine. It helps that the chinese don't have facial hair and tend to have very smooth (good) skin in general.
There are times you'd be walking down the street and you wouldn't be able to tell if the person opposite you was a girl or guy because the girls here tend to have very small breasts.
having sex with a girl who has small breasts is quite disappointing in my opinion.
Wed Mar 6 16:34:22 2002
I know what a boy looks like.
Neither looks like the other.
Wed Mar 6 17:40:35 2002
IT: What's mang? Some new slang for 'man'?
Wed Mar 6 19:12:37 2002
Wed Mar 6 21:42:07 2002
IT: What's mang? Some new slang for 'man'?
Then try yelling "Hay mang!" at random people, to guage their reaction. it's a h00t.
(alternatively, we could have AYB record it for us so that this little conundrum could be put to rest. I think I had an idea come on! An audio slang museum, because no one can read that weird "ma-ing" type bullshit they use in dictionaries. :biggrin: )
Thu Mar 7 03:07:28 2002
She looks just like a schoolboy.
I'd bone that.
(Edited by DrPizza at 3:08 am on Mar. 7, 2002)
Thu Mar 7 03:44:36 2002
She looks just like a schoolboy.
So does Oscar Wilde :)
Thu Mar 7 04:22:01 2002
Fri Mar 8 07:55:31 2002
i'm sure the combination of the words, neve, head, and peterb, right now probably killed a few more kittens...