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Post by Eugene 2.0 on Aug 26, 2021 16:23:21 GMT
You know, those who had been building houses later became architects, and those who had been measuring the lands, fields, and margins turned to geometers. Those who dealt with books like sorting them or classifying them or breaking them into groups later became librarians, and those who cut beards and cut hairs became hairdressers. Those who had been watching the stars, traced them, and named them later turned to astronomers, and those who responded on people's asks, and those who had been controlling people's activities, who had been holding people's funds later became politicians. I wonder who were those ones which turned to philosophers?
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Post by Neuron420 on Mar 19, 2023 22:18:54 GMT
Most ancient philosophers were either part of the ruling class, wealthy or both. They had the time and means to pursue something that didn't "pay the bills".
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Post by jonbain on Mar 20, 2023 20:08:46 GMT
There is no substantial difference between a philosopher, a scientist, a shaman, a priest, or a judge, or a teacher.
Their differences are more style than effect, as there are weak and strong examples of each.
When Plato defines philosopher kings, he appeals to our sense of reason, but what follows him, Aristotle, is the very antithesis of that reason.
That ideas, and those who comprehend them, molds society, via the structure of words, is a timeless concept; for philosophy is the very essence of what conceptualization entails.
There is very little difference between Plato and Confucius, other than half a century.
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