tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post4240521726688091132..comments2024-03-25T15:07:41.959+00:00Comments on Nigeness: The Shortest Way to WinchesterNigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-89800648930086384172022-02-20T18:13:26.451+00:002022-02-20T18:13:26.451+00:00Thank you both. I can but agree, more or less, tho...Thank you both. I can but agree, more or less, though I guess you'd have to file Aquinas under both Faith and Philosophy (and I've got a kind of soft spot for Spinoza, or rather for those who can explain what the hell he's talking about)...Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-119006056711161352022-02-20T01:03:30.822+00:002022-02-20T01:03:30.822+00:00Some two thousand plus years of philosophy and wha...Some two thousand plus years of philosophy and what have we got for it? I don't feel the epistemic or ontological firmament has gotten any firmer...the best bits of philosophy (for me: Wittgenstein, Kant, Schopenhauer) broadly seem to resolve in "of that which we cannot speak (and this includes all the important things, more or less), we must be silent" so back to square one I guess.<br /><br />Seems like keeping the faith alive was the best bet, in the end.powerfulRhttp://www.nothing.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-61769090869673336562022-02-19T19:30:21.614+00:002022-02-19T19:30:21.614+00:00Happy was Beckett. He said he did not read books o...Happy was Beckett. He said he did not read books of philosophy because he can not understand them...ricardohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07459143499003220529noreply@blogger.com