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Why would they?

It’s boring

Who doesn't understand philosophy?

>>12105359
philosophy doesn't pay bills or feed mouths dumb humanitiescuck, at most it should be a minor hobby

>>12105359
Because it’s an art, not a science. Any random cuck can say any bullshit they want so long as they can use some legerdemain in their rhetoric to give it plausibility.

Well, I'm currently reading ancient history so I have a better context for understanding greek culture and ultimately Plato/Aristotle, so I guess I'm studying philosophy indirectly.

>>12105359
Why aren't you?

>>12105544
>Anyune cahndu art!!!!

>>12105593
>meme quotes first half of a compound sentence
Wow so intelligent.

>>12105537
hey retard OP is essentially saying "why don't more people pursue it as a hobby?"

>>12105544
>not knowing you can do exactly the same in science
inb4 crafts like engineering are science

because it's also fun to go rock climbing and pet dogs

Why are you still a virgin?

because they can sense the collective storm on the horizon. civilization could have been fixed.

Because it's a waste of fucking time. Read the bible instead. And if you gonna spend time studying something study maths.

>>12105359
Everybody is too drained from sexual excesses and only do easy instantly gratifying activities.

doesn't give you the same dopamine rush buying things or playing vidya does. most people need to live their stupid lives, ideally they'd be guided by those who do understand philosophy and strength

>OP doesn't understand philosophy
>Needs to read the entire tractatus to understand Wittgensteins point

Folly pursuit of a surrogate activity

>>12106081
Truly this.

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>>12105379
This. Also i´m far more clever than any so or self-called philosopher

>>12105359
There's a lot more to understanding philosophy than understanding philosophy.

Most people think they have it all figured out, or are at least certain enough of their beliefs that the uncertainty no longer bothers them. This is of course a dangerous, unmerited assurance 99.99% of the time. Also see:
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>>12105774
The instant gratification of "doing fun things" wins over the hearts of the masses most every time compared to doing something beneficial but difficult/unenjoyable.
But you won't go on pursuing philosophy forever: at some point you must decide what you'll live by and then do so. From there you can (unironically) follow your passions and thoroughly enjoy doing so. You can enjoy the company of others as friends and maybe as more if you're not a sperg. Etc.
Children just live for the sake of living, but every man must decide what is true, and then live accordingly. No one can live as an agnostic (that includes those who pursue philosophy forever), for your every action reflects what you ultimately believe is true.

>>12107122
ebig :D

>>12107121
kek

>>12105593
>You just have to be a special person to make art

>>12106081
AHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHa, autism.

>>12108095
It's true. Working hard is fruitless if you don't have talent to begin with.

>>12105359
because of the implications

>>12108116
That's just talk from either someone with a huge ego or someone whose given up.

>>12105359
Because it won’t increase your quality of life or give you peace of mind. Those who are content with working their 9-5 jobs, getting home and watching TV until the next morning are probably happier than someone who reads Celine, Kant or Hegel and concerns himself with a so called “meaning” or mode of being that doesn’t exist. Much easier to live life as a normie if your brain allows for it. Philosophy is a disease for those who can’t into normiedom.

>>12108381
How easy is to know when a poster is american.

>>12108429
>How easy is to know
How easy is to know When a poster is illiterate.

>>12108448
Imagine calling plastic and chemicals a cheese.

>>12105359
bc we’re all Last Men

>>12105377 Exactly :^) the question of why is relevant to all endeavours
>>12105530 Everyone - ever
>>12105759 Pretty much
>>12107128 True but I wasn't just referring just to explicit suppositions, I mean "wisdom" as well
>>12108381 But it already has greatly improved my life, much like when Jordanites talk about how they turned their lives around because of him, I did so but without any particular idol/mentor

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>>12108481
This kills the man

>>12105359
Because understanding your own mind is more importanter than reading about philosophy all the time tbqh

>>12107640
This. I tell that last bit to every "agnostic" I meet--their retorts are never intelligible.

What a garbage thread

>>12109214
what retard world you live in that makes the distinction? jesus christ /lit/