mrbigcheese [he/him] to Main • 4 years agoVirgil’s been on a roll todayimagemessage-square7 fedilinkarrow-up195file-text
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minus-squareReversi [none/use name]hexbear30arrow-down1·4 years agoThe philosophers that matter today are the dead ones In 100 years people will look back on today to see which ideas were worthwhile and which weren't The fantasy of there being modern-day Aristotle-figures or Diomedes-figures you can just meet around the city is dumb as it is idealistic link
minus-squareCenkUygurCamp [none/use name]hexbear23·4 years agoyou can't catch them walking by any more because everyone is looking down at their darn iphone link
The philosophers that matter today are the dead ones
In 100 years people will look back on today to see which ideas were worthwhile and which weren't
The fantasy of there being modern-day Aristotle-figures or Diomedes-figures you can just meet around the city is dumb as it is idealistic
you can't catch them walking by any more because everyone is looking down at their darn iphone