tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post3489678616214906031..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Dead White MalesAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-8599722070489699372020-11-15T15:29:41.905-05:002020-11-15T15:29:41.905-05:00One of the Best reasons to study ancient formidabl...One of the Best reasons to study ancient formidable philosophy is that it gives you an alternative mental structures. It turns out to be very hard to reject the modern structure if you have no alternative. Even if the older systems aren’t right, they are a completely different way of thinking about the world. From there, you can adapt something new that is genuinely independent of what you’d been given by your own society. Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-47081727314959151582020-11-14T13:07:55.392-05:002020-11-14T13:07:55.392-05:00It is ever so much easier for your ideas to compet...It is ever so much easier for your ideas to compete when the rest of the competition is invisible. Or ruled impermissible. <br /><br />It isn't safe to just assume that the spirit of the age will suffice to make old ideas (like chastity) absurd--someone's imagination might take fire from an antiquated notion, and who knows what happens then? Maybe you could exile them to the Falkland Islands with Bernard...jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-3643190840467318402020-11-14T12:23:38.011-05:002020-11-14T12:23:38.011-05:00Ve MUSSSSSSSSSSSSSST obbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb...Ve MUSSSSSSSSSSSSSST obbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbliterate alllllllllll museums!!!!!<br />Und alllllllllllllllllll film libraries! Und all ozzer libraries!!! Ve mussssst all become ze NEW Peeplessss!!!!!Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.com