Who are your favourite philosophers?

[catalog]

I tell you who I quite liked, gadamer. Truth and method, that's a good book. And Paul ricouer as well. Hermeneutics. Very hard, but interesting once you understand it. Gadamer would know what to say about cancel culture. He said prejudice is quite normal

 

[version]

I know what you mean. For me, Gurdjieff is just such a intriguing name to begin with. So is Deleuze.

Deleuze and Spinoza just look cool written down. The 'Z' adds mystique. They're purple and black and green names. Jeremy Bentham's beige.

 

[constant escape]

Michel Serres, Giordano Bruno and Max Weber are the ones I'm itching to read. Gurdjieff is for another time.

A lotta dudes, which is unfortunate. Maybe Helena Blavatsky.

 

[version]

remember Sam Alladyce saying everyone would call him a tactical genius if his name was Sam Alladici?

Xavi said Paul Scholes was the best midfielder he'd ever played against, but the English didn't rate him.

 

[version]

It's because he didn't have a cool name like Xavi or Zidane.

 

[luka]

Xavi said Paul Scholes was the best midfielder he'd ever played against, but the English didn't rate him.

he looks unexotic too. its not just his name. hes a stumpy blunt featured ginger midget

 

[constant escape]

I always forget how effective colors are when used as descriptors like that.

And @catalog I hadn't given much thought to Gadamer, interesting to hear someone recommend him. I admit I just overlooked him.

 

[catalog]

Well he's not famous, but he's really good on heidegger as well.

 

[constant escape]

Or Ricouer for that matter - have I prematurely dismissed him?

 

[catalog]

Ricouer is later on: meaningful action considered as a text

 

[version]

he looks unexotic too. its not just his name. hes a stumpy blunt featured ginger midget

You ever seen the photo of him with his penis falling out of his shorts?

 

[luka]

You ever seen the photo of him with his penis falling out of his shorts?

no. post it here.

 

[catalog]

I really liked aristotle and plato when I read them, but preferred aristotle

 

[constant escape]

Ricouer is later on: meaningful action considered as a text

As in, applying hermeneutic method to thing beyond just text?

 

[version]

no. post it here.

No. I can't find it anyway. All I can find is a Southampton supporters forum with a thread cataloguing footballers who've had their penis caught on camera.

 

[catalog]

Yeah sort of. Basically what forensic architecture are now doing. You take apart an action and critique in the same way you would a piece of writing. So it's applied to rituals and stuff.

 

[catalog]

There's this good essay by clifford geertz called deep play, notes on the balinese cockfight, which sort of applies it, but ricoeurs essay is also really good

 

[constant escape]

I really liked aristotle and plato when I read them, but preferred aristotle

I've only read Poetics, did you have other aristotle in mind?

And I love what dialogues I've read by Plato. Only Protagoras, Meno and Euthyphro. Really enjoyable. And its close to ground level so there isn't this chain/heritage of references.

 

[catalog]

Ive read Republic by plato, and politics and ethics by aristotle. That's it

 

[catalog]

Machiavelli is also very good, I only read the discourses tho, not the Prince