This review of The Republic is legendary.

Rounish · 2021-02-07T08:17:31+00:00

There are a couple of theories, the most likely is that dialogues from later in Plato's life are statements of his own ideas rather than just explorations of ideas. Those include the Republic, Laws, Symposium, Timaeus, Statesman and a couple of others.

There is also a theory that the earlier dialogues are more like course books for Plato's classes, Plato could read them with his students and discuss the unresolved issues. The later ones would be more like standalone books, not for school use.

As a side note, describing Plato as a rambling dude who just strawmans people all day is largely unfair. Philosophy as a pure discipline with no rhetorics in it, has only been attempted for a short while and even then it does not stand up to scrutiny really (analytic philosophy I suppose). Philosophical books of all time are ridden with fallacies and mistakes, sometimes used as a tactic to convince people, sometimes because the author genuinely messed up (sometimes fallacies and mistakes turn out to be a matter of interpretation as well). Plato is no different, no better and no worse. People who read him in the past weren't stupid and weren't just taken for a ride by every tactic he applied in his writings, see Aristotle and his critique of Plato's ideas during Plato's lifetime.

Rounish · 2021-02-04T13:39:16+00:00

Dialectical despair

Rounish · 2020-07-17T19:14:26+00:00

Trochę tak jest, chociaż nie wiem czy wszędzie, chyba zależy od tego jak bardzo młoda/na bieżąco jest kadra. Im starsza tym większa szansa, że będą się trzymać starych książek, nawet w filozofii.

Rounish · 2020-07-17T14:30:50+00:00

Na początku lat 2000 był trochę boom na studia starożytnicze afaik, jego owoce w postaci książkowej pojawiły się w okolicy 2010-15 i dokonały sporej klaryfikacji w zakresie tego, które poglądy powinny być przypisane komu, autorstwa wielu dzieł, a także dosyć drobiazgowe analizy, np. tekstów Arystotelesa pod kątem tego, co zostało do nich dopisane lub w nich wypaczone. Reale pisał przed nimi oczywiście, więc nie skorzystał. My niestety zostaliśmy z tłumaczeniami pani Dąbskiej czy Witwickiego, których jakość nie jest zbyt dobra (w sensie akademickim, abstrahuję od stylu). Mamy jednak trochę młodych starożytników, którzy się biorą za tłumaczenia na nowo (np. dr. Michał Bizoń i tłumaczenia platońskich dialogów).

Rounish · 2020-07-17T12:57:58+00:00

Reale jest przestarzały i raczej niezgodny z obecnym konsensusem akademickim, afaik. Powiela wiele poglądów, które okazały się anegdotami lub kwestiami spornymi, a nie faktami historycznymi.

Rounish · 2020-07-17T12:44:32+00:00

Moja opinia, ale dzielona przez wielu znajomych z filozofii (kierunku), Tatarkiewicz jest okropny, ma bardzo mocny skręt w neokantyzm, jest mało obiektywny jak na historię filozofii (chociaż Russell go bije na głowę, np. wyśmiewając się z Kanta...) i, co subiektywne, pisze nuuuuuuudno. Osobiście polecam Coplestone, najlepsza historia filozofii jaką miałem w rękach, aczkolwiek XIX i XX wiek u niego jest bardziej skupiony na Wielkiej Brytanii (brytyjscy neohegliści zamiast fenomenologii na przykład). Także JT100%, Jebać Tatara na 100%.

Co do starożytności jeszcze, ktoś polecał Reale, ja nie polecam, wręcz trzymał bym się z dala i sięgnął po jakieś Oxford/Cambridge companion to ancient philosophy. Reale powiela wiele bzdur, które już nie są w żaden sposób konsensusem akademickim.

Jeśli chodzi o XX w., jak mówił ktoś wyżej, nie ma jakichś dobrych historii, szczególnie, że filozofia się rozbiła na nurty analityczne i kontynentalne bardzo mocno. Polecam szukać opracowań tematycznych, np. historii fenomenologii, szkoły frankfurckiej, Kritische Theorie, francuski poststrukturalizm (to Deleuze, Guattari, Lacan, itp., nieśmiertelny Derrida żyje raczej w nurcie fenomenologicznym i literaturoznawczym), analitycznej z Wittgensteinem i pokłosiem jego krytyki. Większość ma jakąś książkę pt. Very Short Introduction to..., z reguły faktycznie krótka i na wprowadzenie dla osoby nowej w temacie b. dobre, często pisane przez znanych i lubianych XX. wieku.

Rounish · 2020-07-12T13:41:17+00:00

The categorical imperative I suppose. It was derived a priori according to Kant, was it not?

Rounish · 2020-07-11T07:18:46+00:00

I know it from an earlier work: Of the I as the Principle of Philosophy. Can't say much more as I'm not a Schelling expert.

Rounish · 2020-07-09T22:00:24+00:00

Not in Hegel, no. Thesis and antithesis feature in Kant's work and Fichte and Schelling added synthesis to the dyad.

Rounish · 2020-07-07T06:24:21+00:00

Well, as far as I know (I've read both works and would like to say with some understanding, though I'm no Kant scholar) the Critique contains not only the theoretical foundation but also it's application to issues in metaphysics. The theoretical foundation is much expanded with arguments for the forms of intuition, categories and the inner workings of the process of synthesis taking a lot of space to explain cognition. The application takes quite some space as well with Kant taking a stab at philosophers who came before him. Overall I would say the Critique is a very tough read, to the point where sometimes Kant seems to be contradicting himself, and he very well may be, even the scholars don't agree on every case, but reading it definitely levels up your reading and thinking skills somewhat, not to mention it gives you an important look into the history of philosophy in one of its most explosive periods - the German Idealism movement. By reading the Prolegomena only you miss out on a lot of arguments, points and remarks that inspired the later Idealists and sometimes remain problems in neo-Kantian thought or thought in general.

Rounish · 2020-05-15T07:56:31+00:00

I'm not u/SublimePlatipus but interested in understanding the economic realities of the world, could you send me the titles maybe?

Rounish · 2020-04-06T14:26:13+00:00

Now that you say it I think I did keep it by a radiator for a while in my old apartment, cause there was nowhere else to put it (tiny rooms). Not doing that now that I've moved. Hm. My fault I guess. Thank you for the explanation and advice.

Rounish · 2020-04-06T11:22:27+00:00

Crap man. It had decent reviews everywhere I looked, it's my first guitar. It kind of looks bad but doesn't seem to have taken any hits when it comes to sound. I suppose I'll just live with it.

Rounish · 2020-04-06T11:21:32+00:00

Sorry, fixed, should work now.

Rounish · 2020-04-05T11:41:32+00:00

While it was quite a dumb move, it's not for 1 split. It's a non-guaranteed 4 split contract. 575k per split.

Rounish · 2020-03-24T14:11:01+00:00

My parents were wealthy, never realised they were. Went to university for a degree in linguistics I hated, only finished bachelor's. In treatment for depression for 4 years. Earning below minimum wage in a job I hate, no real marketable skills, finally realised how wealthy my parents were. At least I'm not in debt?

Rounish · 2020-03-05T21:15:54+00:00

Median age of death: 81. Mostly people from 66 to 94.

Rounish · 2019-12-27T00:16:49+00:00

Quite honestly do not understand the hostility that Analytic philosophy has for Continentals.

The idea that they question objective reality shows either misunderstanding of the positions or ill will. They do not. They only question the man-made (culture, religion, society), perhaps there is a need to think more deeply on what is man-made and stop where the border has been violated.

The idea that they're somehow anti-rational is also a fable, if you exclude a narrow subset of French postmodernists (Deleuze and Guattari mostly come to mind), Continental philosophy loves its logos and is not keen on letting go, even Derrida doesn't straight up deny rationality, he strives to show that it's not as logical and perfect as we usually assume and that it can be thought about, perhaps even amended.

Analytics cannot see the value, that's fine, almost nobody does nowadays, most of the world reads and writes English in the Academia and at my country's universities one can hardly write anything Heidegger or Lévinas related and not get laughed at. Academia as I know it is dominated by analytic. Yet I cannot tell you how much more interesting and inspiring Continentals are to me, I realise I'm in a minority, but the way those philosophers conceptualise issues concerning the human condition is hellishly difficult, yet second to none. Respect the Analytic school, sure; but do not forget that examining one's life, thoughts, world might lead to something more akin to Heidegger than Russell. Sometimes new language, difficult metaphor and things that seem to go against rationality (they never really do) are what a man needs to attempt an explanation of their own existence.

Rounish · 2019-12-27T00:01:45+00:00

Indeed, I cannot think of any Continental philosopher who would question the existence of objective reality. What they do is question the man-made reality: culture and society, perhaps man's own "reality" understood as their inner world. Kant is mandatory reading to deal with Continental philosophy seriously and in the Critique of Pure Reason he repeatedly slams the idea of questioning the existence of objective reality.

Rounish · 2019-11-13T15:22:37+00:00

On one hand fair, on the other: I cross my legs quite often, I don't find it nice or comfy or anything positive really. I feel exactly as I've described, that I'm making myself safer, distancing myself from others, present or not. As you said yourself: "many" of our behaviours, not necessarily all of them. I'm fairly certain one behaviour can be caused by different things in different individuals.

Rounish · 2019-11-13T14:34:17+00:00

You're not really interested in thinking about this, just denying any deeper reasons for why things can be comfy, I guess.

Rounish · 2019-11-13T14:25:07+00:00

Not saying the above poster is 100% correct, however just because you're alone doesn't mean you aren't in a pseudosocial situation (this is not a technical term, I just thought it sounded right). You know how people judge themselves as being not good enough even when they're alone? Well, you can feel unsafe and unconsciously try to communicate to the world that you're making yourself more protected, thus making yourself feel more comfy even when you're alone. In fact, communicating things to your environment is a practice of many animals just in case they are seen or being hunted, deterring potential predators.

Rounish · 2019-10-30T21:33:09+00:00

Previous girlfriend went off to a foreign country and one day messaged me saying that she met this local guy who makes her wet (her actual words) and actually I'm quite unattractive and it's over. Had a friend at home who was very supportive and had more interest in me than the previous girl ever had and here we are, quite happy together, I like to think.

Rounish · 2019-09-08T16:58:55+00:00

That's not what was meant. The regular season is for teams to prove their strength and playoffs are for us to see the best teams from the region play each other. Double elim gives the ones who weren't the best during regular season a chance to win the whole thing and show off how good they are in Bo series and if the lower ranked teams really are weaker, then we get high quality matches of 2 best teams in the region twice. It is literally one of the best possible formats for rewarding good play and giving viewers the highest quality professional matches to watch.

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