As a minor of mine in college was philosophy I have read some of these ancient texts. I have even read Aristotle's *Physics*, which is all wrong really. So of what use are these texts, or really philosophy in general? It is interesting to see how these ancient thinkers were groping in the dark. At least they were trying, while the later Christians just sat around and prayed about things. I find looking at errors in thought to be interesting, for it can well be that we are making now similar category errors with things. It may in some ways be that philosophy serves that role in general; it can help inform us where we are wrong.
LC On Sunday, June 2, 2019 at 10:02:44 AM UTC-5, John Clark wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 2, 2019 at 8:18 AM Bruno Marchal <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > > > The fact that you compare Plotinus ir Proclus to a Caveman shows that >> you have not even try to read them > > > Well of course I haven't read them! Unless your field of study is ancient > literature and primitive cultures only a fool would take the time to read a > 2000 year old book, and the history of ancient wrong ideas is not a field > of study I am personally very interested in. > > *> That is dogmatic thinking I’m afraid. It is “religion” in your >> pejorative sense.* > > > Yeah yeah I know, I believe you may have mentioned that before, about 6.03 > *10^23 times. But instead of repeating that old stale insult I wish you'd > done something original, like answering my question; you can not claim to > be able to read every book ever written, so how do you rationally determine > which books are worth your time and which books are not? > > John K Clark > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/b8defbd8-b416-4d75-9aaf-3d2dd8c6d80f%40googlegroups.com.
