The birth of philosophy...

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The birth of philosophy... (Original post)	rrneck	Sep 2013	OP
"Don't drink that." nt	Sanddog42	Sep 2013	#1
I think that I am thinking, therefore, I think that I might be... I think	Fortinbras Armstrong	Sep 2013	#2
I think not.	Sanddog42	Sep 2013	#3
but when one is thinking about thinking about stuff	delrem	Oct 2013	#4
It is a great joke	Sweeney	Dec 2014	#5

Response to rrneck (Original post)

Sat Sep 21, 2013, 12:24 PM

Sanddog42 (117 posts)

1. "Don't drink that." nt

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Response to rrneck (Original post)

Sun Sep 22, 2013, 12:18 PM

Fortinbras Armstrong (4,166 posts)

2. I think that I am thinking, therefore, I think that I might be... I think

What Descartes really meant.

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Response to Fortinbras Armstrong (Reply #2)

Thu Sep 26, 2013, 11:23 AM

Sanddog42 (117 posts)

3. I think not.

Am I yet?

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Response to rrneck (Original post)

Fri Oct 25, 2013, 01:14 AM

delrem (9,688 posts)

4. but when one is thinking about thinking about stuff

one is still thinking about the same fricken stuff!

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Response to rrneck (Original post)

Wed Dec 3, 2014, 01:14 AM

Sweeney (505 posts)

5. It is a great joke

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Really; and don't get me wrong, because I would have him suggesting a proctological exam for everyone on the jury.

But thinking actually does get easier if you can do it in an organized and rational fashion. What is that line from Marcus Aurelius from Silence of the Lambs: The thing in itself. When you are juggling a cloud of definitions around your head it helps to know they will not suddenly transform into hornet. Ideas can be deadly. We have seen in recent history the tyranny of the idea, and the republicans are still bowing before theirs. Let us not be like them, but make our ideas serve us, and do as we say.
Thanks...Sweeney

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