2010 | talk |
p. | 22519 | Philosophers are revealed by their fears | |
Full Idea: To understand any philosopher, ask 'What are they afraid of?'. | |||
From: Ray Billington (talk [2010]) | |||
A reaction: Yes! So... Plato - disorder. Aristotle - ignorance. Augustine - sin. Descartes - uncertainty. Spinoza - fragmentation. Leibniz - superficiality. Hume - speculation. Bentham - egotism. Kant - self-deception. Nietzsche - nihilism. Russell - imprecision. |