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From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Joy of this, Joy of that
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 10:42:22 +0000
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On 12/12/2024 20:31, D wrote:
> 
> 
> On Thu, 12 Dec 2024, rbowman wrote:
> 
>> On Thu, 12 Dec 2024 10:21:18 +0100, D wrote:
>>
>>> In some caes perhaps parody, but I think in others, he might have
>>> borrowed for dramatic effect? One thing is clear, I find him to be one
>>> of the best writers of many philosophers. Compare it with some modern
>>> analytic philosophy and it's not even the same universe. Modern
>>> philosophy texts can be bone dry.
>>
>> While he ultimately disagreed with him, Nietzsche learned a lot from
>> Schopenhauer. They both are readable. Kant's answer to Hume isn't and
>> Hegel, well...
> 
> I find Schopenhauer opaque and too negative, and way too wordy. Kant and 
> Hume I never read in the original but only filtered through Coplestones 
> history of philosophy and did not feel like I needed the originals.
> 
Copplestone hated Kant and schopenhauer

>> It's been a long time since I've read Russell, Moore, Wittgenstein, 
>> etc. I
>> chewed on Principia in high school and tried to read some of the others
>> later in life.
> 
> Russell is not too bad. He has some nice essays. But his technical work 
> is not my cup of tea.
> 
>> Part of the problem is I realized my brain doesn't work that way. I've
>> made a living employing logic all my life but it just 'happens'.
> 
> 

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