[b]Jan Mieszkowski
Science: This
History: This then that
Literature: This means that
Philosophy: This therefore that
Economics: I’ll give you this for that
Politics: I’ll keep this and take that
Psychoanalysis: Mother[/b]
Sure, maybe.
Kierkegaard teaches you how to write a tragedy, Beckett teaches you how to write a comedy, and Sartre teaches you how to write a philosophical treatise that people will assume you plagiarized from the internet.
Sure, maybe not.
Philosophy has been all downhill since
Aristotle: Plato
Spinoza: Plato
Locke: Plato
Hume: Plato
Schopenhauer: Plato
Nietzsche: Nietzsche
Either that or uphill.
Russian lit: It’s my father’s fault
French lit: It’s my king’s fault
English lit: It’s my landlord’s fault
American lit: I don’t know who you are, but it’s your fault
As long as it’s never ours, right?
Hegel: Read Kant. Respect Kant. Reject Kant.
Nietzsche: Read Hegel. Laugh out loud. Forget Hegel.
Sartre: Drink some coffee. Check your latest mentions in the newspaper. Find out who Kant and Hegel are.
If only in a parallel universe.
[b]How To Make Your Philosophy Tweet Popular
- Mention Spinoza or Wittgenstein
- Complain about Hegel
- Laud nihilism
- Type “Nietzsche” and “abyss” in the same sentence
- Delete it[/b]
Same for posts here, isn’t it?