Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Joy of this, Joy of that Date: 12 Dec 2024 20:08:48 GMT Lines: 19 Message-ID: References: <9cGcnY0c8c3LA8_6nZ2dnZfqnPudnZ2d@earthlink.com> <6465d1f8-6fab-e3bd-0345-86011937364d@example.net> <77a225ca-c45c-dd19-fc45-e2de5f7963be@example.net> <12bd40ae-a14e-7772-cb7a-5bf427664dec@example.net> <1a9e8e48-13eb-8276-cd59-1a31218d1dfb@example.net> <698b7064-5f49-d7b5-39e7-c18a513154ef@example.net> <73f2019d-9a05-68eb-c3f6-e88a32fd334f@example.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net BV9OBLI+JAOLJY2usuoJOQOrX88pmM/m2yce1fyGKnoYsbEFbu Cancel-Lock: sha1:qtkyOSFY6VRRAWkZcMtc4gM3WeU= sha256:UtdFDd+5SCWJ6ksRZJxTTW/LCt5o52D/5LDEg7bS03I= User-Agent: Pan/0.149 (Bellevue; 4c157ba) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:62261 On Thu, 12 Dec 2024 10:21:18 +0100, D wrote: > In some caes perhaps parody, but I think in others, he might have > borrowed for dramatic effect? One thing is clear, I find him to be one > of the best writers of many philosophers. Compare it with some modern > analytic philosophy and it's not even the same universe. Modern > philosophy texts can be bone dry. While he ultimately disagreed with him, Nietzsche learned a lot from Schopenhauer. They both are readable. Kant's answer to Hume isn't and Hegel, well... It's been a long time since I've read Russell, Moore, Wittgenstein, etc. I chewed on Principia in high school and tried to read some of the others later in life. Part of the problem is I realized my brain doesn't work that way. I've made a living employing logic all my life but it just 'happens'.