Your Philosopher of Choice is ...

[Harp]

I think the main problem with sartre is that his philosophy seams rather simple at a first glance
His philosophy is in fact very complex, and more than hard to applicate.

Bonjour Amelie.
I agree. Sartre is complex.

 

[Amelie]

Bonjour Harp

Good to see I am not the only one who appreciates him

fftopic: (as for Simone de Beauvoir, which you deleted in your edit (and I can't see why) I really like her, she is one of the persons I admire the most. I really enjoyed reading her mémoirs. It's simply freaky to see how crazy some people life's can be while being, after all, "quite normal")

 

[Harp]

Bonjour Harp

Good to see I am not the only one who appreciates him

fftopic: (as for Simone de Beauvoir, which you deleted in your edit (and I can't see why) I really like her, she is one of the persons I admire the most. I really enjoyed reading her mémoirs. It's simply freaky to see how crazy some people life's can be while being, after all, "quite normal")

Bonjour Amelie:
Je suis avec vous ou... I'll resurrect my delete to state that Sartre's
influences: Husserl; Heidegger; Hegel and Karl Marx eventually resulted
in Sartre's Critique of Dialectical Reason, which attempted to
reconcile communism with his own existentialism. And in this he falters.
Fascinating man, though.
As for Simone de Beauvoir, equally interesting as novelist and philosopher.
What do you think of The Mandarins? Bon matin.

 

[Amelie]

it's been on my bedtable for nearly a year now, and I haven't found the time to read it yet. As soon as I read it, I'll let you know, it's good to find somebody with the same interests
( I found the original edition of it (in french) in a bookstore, and it was selling for 10$, I was so exited! :eusa_clap )

 

[Harp]

it's been on my bedtable for nearly a year now, and I haven't found the time to read it yet. As soon as I read it, I'll let you know, it's good to find somebody with the same interests

Les Mandarins est un roman a cles, ecrire pour le coeur de Nelson Algren.
Madame de Beauvoir and he had a most interesting relationship.
I attended a guest lecture of his while at university, and I recall somebody
asking about de Beauvoir....I understand that she was buried with his
engagement ring, so I assume that she truly loved Algren. de Beauvoir,
like Sartre, is a fascinating philosopher.

 

[AlanC]

Excluding Jesus and Paul, on whose teachings I frequently expound and seek to center my life, I would suggest Edmund Burke. Of course, Burke himself was not a speculative, abstract philosopher, but was as close as anyone needs to be.

 

[Harp]

I would suggest Edmund Burke. Of course, Burke himself was not a speculative, abstract philosopher, but was as close as anyone needs to be.

Burke as political theorist without peer in 18th Century England,
grasped the complexities of colonial America and revolutionary France.
Also, his tract on the sublime and the beautiful reveals his Celtic heart.
It took an Irishman to revive romanticism in classical art. Pity Burke
did not live in the late 19thC-early 20thC when a man of his intellect
and far-sightedness was desperately needed. He would have made a
truly exceptional Prime Minister.

 

[Harp]

it's been on my bedtable for nearly a year now, and I haven't found the time to read it yet. As soon as I read it, I'll let you know, it's good to find somebody with the same interests
( I found the original edition of it (in french) in a bookstore, and it was selling for 10$, I was so exited! :eusa_clap )

Your Les Mandarins wouldn't happen to have de Beauvoir's autograph?

 

[Fatdutchman]

Ravi Zacharias

...sound like a Jesuit.

Believe you me, the Jesuits and I have NOTHING in common!

 

[Harp]

Ravi Zacharias

Believe you me, the Jesuits and I have NOTHING in common!

... sound like a Dominican.

 

[Amelie]

Your Les Mandarins wouldn't happen to have de Beauvoir's autograph?

no, I am not THAT lucky lol

 

[topcat]

Schopenhauer anyone? ........Me personally? No.........depends on whose
philsophy knows the "inside track" on win,place or show at the next race.

 

[moustache]

Sure!

Schopenhauer anyone? ........Me personally? No.........depends on whose
philsophy knows the "inside track" on win,place or show at the next race.

His "World as will..." is a very profound volume.
Burke ,as mentioned above,is always a good read.But taken in context to his times,even more valuable.

JD

 

[Girl Friday]

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[Harp]

Schopenhauer anyone? ........Me personally? No.........depends on whose
philsophy knows the "inside track" on win,place or show at the next race.

Schopenhauer believed men were fallen gods, not track crows.

 

[CanadaDoll]

I like reading Nietsche and Ovid's ideas, but my favorite philosopher is a professor of mine named Stefan one idea............. "Can God be petitioned with prayer?" He's hilarious and perfectly thought provoking at the same time.

 

[Harp]

I like reading Nietsche and Ovid's ideas, but my favorite philosopher is a professor of mine named Stefan one idea............. "Can God be petitioned with prayer?" He's hilarious and perfectly thought provoking at the same time.

What does Prof Stefan think of N?

 

[CanadaDoll]

He never comes up in class because Stefan is my education prof!lol lol
Has never once claimed to be a philosopher in any way beyond developing his personal philosophy, so I really get two courses for the price of one!lol

 

[CanadaDoll]

Are you a reader of his too Harp?

 

[imoldfashioned]

S??ren Kierkegaard

Either/Or and Fear and Trembling never get old for me. I was assigned to read excerpts during a class in college and ended up reading both books multiple times. It's been awhile though, I should pick them up again, thanks for reminding me!

Tangentially, Either/Or is also the title of one of my favorite albums, by Elliott Smith.