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From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Joy of this, Joy of that
Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2024 18:37:32 +0000
Organization: A little, after lunch
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On 14/12/2024 18:02, D wrote:
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> 
> On Sat, 14 Dec 2024, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
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>> On 14/12/2024 10:54, D wrote:
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>>>
>>> On Fri, 13 Dec 2024, rbowman wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Fri, 13 Dec 2024 10:42:22 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Copplestone hated Kant and schopenhauer
>>>>
>>>> I've got to hunt down his volume on the Germans. I never read that 
>>>> one. In
>>>> general Anglo-American and Continental philosophy go in separate
>>>> directions. I feel more comfortable with the continentals.
>>>
>>> For me, to exagerate a bit, anglo-american seems more technical and 
>>> dry, while continentals (incontinentals) seem more like poetry, or 
>>> chicken soup for the soul.
>>
>> Yes. . To the extent that you have the Kierkegaard...couldn't get 
>> beyond chapter one...
> 
> I thought about looking into Kierkegaard after reading some Karl 
> Jaspers, but haven't gotten around to it yet.

I am not sure it was worth buying the book frankly.

Enormous quantities of philosophy can safely be ignored by most people 
and a fair chunk by everybody.

An awful lot is trying to keep Christianity alive against the onslaught 
of rational materialism.


-- 
"I guess a rattlesnake ain't risponsible fer bein' a rattlesnake, but ah 
puts mah heel on um jess the same if'n I catches him around mah chillun".