Philosophy in the Den

beejazz · March 04, 2007, 09:46:16 PM

When Socrates said it, which of the fivish Greek words for love washe using. Philos and Eros are worlds apart.

Túrin · March 05, 2007, 06:21:35 AM

And who wrote it down? Plato has a hand at making Socrates say things he never did, or so it is believed.

SDragon · March 05, 2007, 08:06:21 AM

Well... Yes, Plato wrote it, but that only changes whether it was the factual or fictional Socrates that said it; It doesn't change that it was Socrates that said it.

As for which love was used... Given the context, I believe it was friendship, but I imagine it can be altered for other forms of companionship.

limetom · March 08, 2007, 04:33:06 AM

What is love? Broken fingers.

beejazz · March 10, 2007, 03:30:30 PM

Quote from: limetomWhat is love? Broken fingers.

There isn't a smiley for a grin like I'm wearing.

SDragon · March 10, 2007, 04:55:34 PM

Quote from: beejazz
Quote from: limetomWhat is love? Broken fingers.
There isn't a smiley for a grin like I'm wearing.

Y'mean the grinning smiley that AIM has?

Numinous · March 10, 2007, 05:25:35 PM

Quote from: beejazz
Quote from: limetomWhat is love? Broken fingers.

Y'mean the grinning smiley that AIM has?

I don't get it... :(

SDragon · March 10, 2007, 05:37:25 PM

AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) has a smiley that grins so wide, it covers half of the smiley's face and forces it to shut it's eyes.

limetom · March 14, 2007, 05:44:47 PM

Quote from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koankoan[/url] all at the same time. It's love. You're not supposed to get it. It just is.

SA · March 14, 2007, 06:18:57 PM

Sure, you ain't supposed to get it (and you certainly won't), in the same way that there is no such supposition for any of the universe's qualities. But you'll sure as hell try.

We pursue impossible knowledge (viz. any knowledge) as an integral part of our nature; if we didn't, we'd be bananas.

beejazz · March 15, 2007, 05:03:53 PM

Now that's a fallacy. Bananas are actually extraordinarily zealous in their pursuit of arcana.

SA · March 15, 2007, 10:42:20 PM

Sorry, that was a terrible slur. Please don't report me!

VOICE OF MOD: Let's keep our fruitism out of this thread, please.

beejazz · March 18, 2007, 04:35:00 PM

And now for a bit on the philosophy of humor: We don't get it either.

beejazz · May 02, 2007, 05:10:03 PM

Bump

SDragon · May 02, 2007, 06:12:56 PM

Once, I had a revelation regarding the philosophy of humor. Although, I guess it could more accurately be described as "comedy theory", but either way, I remember how impressed I was at how fast it all clicked.

Humor is a light-hearted, unexpected twist in an otherwise expected pattern.

So far, I haven't found a joke that doesn't fit that... Actually, it's kind of disappointing to think that such a fitting definition to such a difficult concept would come so easily :(

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