On Sep 18, 8:07 pm, aruzinsky <[email protected]> wrote: > Too bad that people with extreme anthropocentrism can't legally be > committed to an insane asylum.
You'd be the first in line: a TV engineer with a star trek fixation. Nothing I wrote bears on anthropocentrism. > > On Sep 17, 3:59 pm, chazwin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > This is truly supreme ignorance. > > They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery; Forbidden > > Planet is a plagiarism of The Tempest. The writer Cyril Hume > > acknowledged his supreme debt to Shakespeare for Cyril's borrowing. > > Forbidden Planet is a cheap B-movie with less profundity that any > > single scene of Shakespeare. > > I personally like the movie , but it is not even in the same league as > > the poorest of Shakespeare's plays. > > Forbidden Planet does not speculate on anything much, whereas The > > Tempest engages with the human spirit;family; imperialism; power > > politics; magic; the relationship between rationality and mysticism > > and the abuse by the rational upon those that swallow mystically; the > > role of women on society. > > Your assertion that you think 'FP is more profound that anything > > SHakespeare said' indicates to me that you need to actually read > > 'anything' he said. Get off you backside and see a play, or read one, > > before you denigrate the entire works of a man for whom he is to you a > > complete mystery. > > > On Sep 14, 5:49 pm, aruzinsky <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Smaller talk: > > > > The small minded butterfly analogy reminds me of something else. When > > > I mention that I loved the movie, Forbidden Planet > > > (seehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbidden_Planet), often some asshole is > > > quick to emphasize the similarity to Shakespeare's The Tempest. Well, > > > I am unaware of Shakespeare or any other story teller speculating on > > > the ultimate goal of technology and what might go wrong in achieving > > > that goal. I think that part of Forbidden Planet is more profound > > > than anything Shakespeare ever said.- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Epistemology" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/epistemology?hl=en.
