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SDAI-Tech1 — 3/3/2008 10:52:28 PM (archived)

Mark Twain & Ayn Rand.

;-)

The common theme of both is a disdain for humanity's "moral sense". Or put another way an appreciation of true morality & honesty.

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Anyone have a favorite philosopher?...and why? - Jody - 3/3/2008 7:07:08 PM
- My Grandpa - RNE - 3/6/2008 1:23:22 PM
- The Ionians and the existentialists - ER - 3/5/2008 3:08:17 AM
  - re: The Ionians and the existentialists. - Excellent. (n/t) - Marcia - 3/6/2008 1:39:47 PM
  - Lucy - Bowser - 3/6/2008 2:53:22 AM
    - I LOVE LUCY!!!! - carl - 3/6/2008 6:41:18 PM
      - Yeah, but Ricky was the brains in that couple. (n/t) - ER - 3/6/2008 8:32:55 PM
        
        ONSCREEN, YEAH.......... - carl - 3/6/2008 8:41:32 PM
    - re: Lucy - TB - 3/6/2008 3:32:47 AM
      - in the sky, with diamonds. - ER - 3/6/2008 3:11:43 PM
        
        The Alamo was a spiritual experience. - Jody - 3/6/2008 3:36:29 PM
- Pogo. - Bowser - 3/4/2008 10:10:30 PM
  - Right on! - Eri - 3/5/2008 1:25:33 AM
- And then, the ever popular - FrankC - 3/4/2008 6:29:31 PM
  - Forrest GUMP - carl - 3/4/2008 9:05:56 PM
- This is mine - Jody - 3/4/2008 12:37:36 PM
- Several - Yeti - 3/4/2008 6:27:50 AM
  - Whoa!...I was wondering when I would get your imput;) (n/t) - Jody - 3/5/2008 5:34:54 PM
  - Good list, and good reasons - TB - 3/4/2008 5:46:58 PM
    - Okay, I feel a bit better now... - TB - 3/4/2008 5:52:14 PM
      - The Logos is the thing. The single greatest thought ever thought. - Yeti - 3/4/2008 9:59:16 PM
        
        Cool! - TB - 3/5/2008 12:44:22 AM
        
        re: Aristotle - Yeti - 3/5/2008 5:07:06 AM
        
        No one asked Xanthippe - ER - 3/5/2008 2:50:21 PM
        
        re: Socrates and Plato - Yeti - 3/5/2008 5:47:18 PM
  - PS - Yeti - 3/4/2008 6:31:23 AM
- Writer-Philosophers - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/3/2008 10:52:28 PM
  - Please explain true morality and honesty. (n/t) - Jody - 3/4/2008 12:00:54 AM
    - re: Please explain true morality and honesty. - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/4/2008 1:53:26 AM
- Camus - alcaray - 3/3/2008 10:43:16 PM
- Socrates himself is particularly missed - Tony - 3/3/2008 10:10:38 PM
- re: Anyone have a favorite philosopher?...and why? - Vinc - 3/3/2008 8:32:47 PM
- Actually one of my favorite philosophers is... - Socrates II - 3/3/2008 8:03:41 PM
- Alan Watts (n/t) - ER - 3/3/2008 8:03:09 PM
  - Watts' "The Way of Zen" is the only philosophy book I own - Fox - 3/4/2008 2:11:45 AM
    - If God won't listen to reason, then we're all lost. (n/t) - ER - 3/4/2008 4:18:36 AM
      - But He knows what reason is and we don't... - alcaray - 3/5/2008 5:30:11 PM
        
        Jesus is coming. Look busy. (n/t) - ER - 3/5/2008 6:21:51 PM
  - re: Alan Watts - gbaikie - 3/4/2008 1:15:59 AM
  - Not bad. - TB - 3/3/2008 8:23:23 PM
    - Watts was a Christian. - ER - 3/3/2008 9:18:40 PM
- Ayn Rand - TB - 3/3/2008 7:34:38 PM
  - Odd - Bowser - 3/3/2008 8:27:29 PM
- For anyone interested... - Jody - 3/3/2008 7:13:17 PM
  - re: For anyone interested... - Marcia - 3/3/2008 8:25:32 PM
  - An author.... - Raoul - 3/3/2008 7:59:23 PM

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