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Nup, I can't just pretend things that happened in my life didn't happen. That's crazy talk...:p

I'm off out now, to pick up some post, to buy some milk & bread, & perhaps to linger in a few old musty book shops & see if I can find any early Gothic horror/supernatural literature to my liking... pre-1900 preferably.
 
CriedWhenBrucieLeft said:
Nup, I can't just pretend things that happened in my life didn't happen. That's crazy talk...:p

I'm off out now, to pick up some post, to buy some milk & bread, & perhaps to linger in a few old musty book shops & see if I can find any early Gothic horror/supernatural literature to my liking... pre-1900 preferably.
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Good luck, and go for non-white bread.
 
The bread's not really for me; & someone likes nice white bread to put their fried egg & bacon in...
Ariana said:
Something like The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne?
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Early Radcliffe is not something I'm likely so stumble across; but, yeh, I'd certainly have a look if I saw any of her earlier stuff. I'll be back in an hour or so with a report...
 
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Nice read, if you like naive romantic stories, where poor peasants are restored to their rightful position as a noble family leader and owner of a castle, thanks to a birth mark conveniently planted on his cheek. Because other parts of the body will be absolutely unseeable in the 18th century, of course.
 
Which philosopher are you?

My result is hardly a surprise to me:

Your Result: Nietzsche
90%

There is no provable absolute truth. At the bottom of every philosophy there is some inspired assumption which the philosopher defends with reasons they have sought after the fact. There is no rational principle behind our world. The most noble goal in life is to create art. To live well is to be art. If life is a dream, "I will dream on!" --This quiz was made by S. A-Lerer.
59%
Sartre/Camus (late existentialists)
35%
W.v.O. Quine / Late Wittgenstein
27%
Plato (strict rationalists)
27%
Aristotle
14%
Early Wittgenstein / Positivists
0%
Immanuel Kant
 
Ariana said:
Nice read, if you like naive romantic stories, where poor peasants are restored to their rightful position as a noble family leader and owner of a castle, thanks to a birth mark conveniently planted on his cheek. Because other parts of the body will be absolutely unseeable in the 18th century, of course.
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Is there a hint of sarcasm in that post?
 
I'm inclined to agree with you, however. I've never liked romanticist literature. At all.
 
Oh I do believe in logic. That's why I can't stand Romanticism. Too bad my Aristotelan inclination is totally wasted on my anti-mathematician mind.
 
Ariana said:
Oh I do believe in logic. That's why I can't stand Romanticism. Too bad my Aristotelan inclination is totally wasted on my anti-mathematician mind.
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I'm at odds with logic. Don't get me wrong, I'm willing to accept that it is a governing force in our universe. The problem is that we may never be able to properly determine it, because what we see in it depends on the premise we approach it with. That's why people can prove with flawless logic that God exists, the Mossad blew up the World Trade Center or the Pyramids were built by Alpha-Draconians, and still be wrong. The same way, we may be able to find a logical pattern in the way our universe works, but run the risk of going from wrong presuppositions.

Moon Child said:
I missed 2 pages? :blink: Eh, looks like I didn't miss much anyway. Ill go back to my regularly scheduled life.
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Good morning!
 
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