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[@Whycast]

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[@SubaCenter]

Exactly how I felt when I found it 😭😫

[@asoulist4829]

What a beautiful worded sentiment at the end as to why some people love literary philosophy but dislike academic philosophy.

[@benjamindover4337]

You know.. I've long wondered about lamas. Something doesn't add up.

[@psoda.]

I hear the next episode will be Emerson disputing the existence of llamas... it's gonna be a good one

[@likeatree7825]

This comment without context is kinda hilarious

[@andrewcanady6644]

Haha

[@ieatpaste8360]

"Try doing it (being a non conformist) in public while a bunch of non conformist swing other peoples ideas at you." That is a beautiful quote. The necessity of open dialogue is that with out it were essentially screaming at a crowd of other people's ideas.

[@TreArtist]

I shared this on my Facebook for my friends who are too dumb to read and comprehend the text. 😂 Self reliance is my favorite essay of all time, and you paraphrase it nicely and build on Emerson’s points well.

[@krishangkrishna1544]

Yyyaaayyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!! Finally caught up. Hello Mr Steven West, I really love your show and the topics you discuss. Around my place, it hard to find people who have an interest in Philosophy so I am always happy to listen to people talk about it. But sometimes its just hard to read or listen to these texts. Thats why I love yours! Its easy to understand! With my sincere regards, Thank You

[@ieatpaste8360]

I made the mistake of trying to read Kant on my own when I was in high school. I had read Descartes Meditations and Critique of Pure Reason happened to be the next book I grabbed. Bad choice. I was nowhere near ready for Kant. I had to read the book with a dictionary and by the time I was done, I had no idea what the book actually said, I was simply happy I finished it. I completely ignored Kant and had extreme bias for 10 years towards him after that. Now I love Kant and actually appreciate WHY he wrote his books like he did. In summary, dont just read the books cliche people say that you "must read to ever properly study philosophy let alone ever hope.of engaging in". Read what excites your mind.and makes your life filled with question that inspire wonder. In that way real philosophy gets done. By the transfer and assimilation and then critique of ideas in a ever expanding forum of all people. Edit: are.you reading any books.right now? I just read animal farm again for fun and have been tackling the works of Kafka lately. All very much highly recommended as philosophical fiction.

[@krishangkrishna1544]

@@ieatpaste8360 😅Birds of a feather folck together ig. I too am in High School and I too am trying to read a very hard book. Its Discipline and Punish by Michael Foucault and luckinly i dont have to keep a dictionary cause i just merriam-webster everything. Although i wont say i dont completely understand, i do think i understand some things cause i have a friend who has read it and it helps. EDIT: Maybe we'll get along!

[@Oners82]

@@ieatpaste8360 Th Critique of Pure Reason is just baffling to me, I don't get it! Even Kant himself said it is an awful, boring, tedious read! I know the basic argument but trying to read the original text... no thanks!!!

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[@jZamora87]

Conformist!

[@ArdalanHamann]

Aptly timed. Thanks.

[@Firerose101]

I didn’t realize virtue signaling existed before modern times. I will definitely have to read more about him after my deep dive into Schopenhauer. Thanks for your contribution.

[@ozzy5146]

Emerson King of the Phonies

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Almost everything existed before modern times, technology just exposed & enhanced it on a global scale for everyone to witness.

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cannot wait to learn more about emerson

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[@lucidhooded4147]

=) ooooooohhh man great episode..... Gratitude!

[@gazrater1820]

Great stuff and haven’t even listened yet. Emerson is ace 👍

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Thanks

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[@bart-v]

7:20 Regurgitating what others have written is the foundation upon which modern academia is built; if you don't cite the work of others enough, your own academic work is considered worthless.

[@christinemartin63]

We ALL conform to society ... just in different degrees. Freud's Civilization and its Discontents summarizes this nicely.

[@deveneb8409]

Interesting that Emerson wasn’t too far off from his theory about the future of philosopher. He said that they will be poets in the future, couldn’t we agree that philosophy today is mostly explored in art such as books, movies and shows?

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[@viathejar]

I trust my fork stabbing intuitions, but not the justice system. Maybe that makes me a poor businessman. Social capital seems to breed material capital which in turn buys various freedoms/safeguards

[@lonelycubicle]

Aren’t these ideas in opposition to Ortega’s revolt of the masses (just 3 episodes away)?

[@j.langer5949]

Essentially, Emerson overestimated the individual and his "uniqueness".

[@ozzy5146]

"Team human being"..... I think we have found the problem. Emerson's phony individualism IS THE STATUS QUO. Human cooperation revolves around KINSHIP, not INDIVIDUALISM.

[@normanseagull4027]

Too much preamble.