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can there be distinguished philosophers and intellectuals in our age? or is it a futile endeavour when anyone anywhere at anytime now can get dunked on by some anime avatar who types in droll lowercase?

>> No.12338304

Stefan Molyneux

>> No.12338315

>>12338273
Why does he write for Jacobite?

I'm not necessarily saying it's a bad thing he does. But why, of all the places he could get published (and he's clearly a smart enough guy to get published somewhere else) would Mike pick Jacobite?

Just bewildering t o b e h o n e s t

>> No.12338323

Philosophy never advanced past Christianity, because it cannot. You can see evidence of this in the spastic death throes of all the suffocating philosophers starving for air in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries.

>> No.12338332

>>12338273
I think nihilism made philosophy obsolete. Also western society at this moment is ruled by hard physical proof and till now nihilism has the advantage on there not being hard physical proof for anything that could disprove nihilism.

>> No.12338372

>>12338332
There are hardly any nihilist philosophers today. You live in a bubble if you think the majority of people in our time are nihilists. Nihilists are a loud minority.

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>>12338273
n o

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>>12338372
B-But papa Peterson told me nihilism is destroying western civilization!

>> No.12338404

>>12338372
You don't need to have nihilistic philosophers when most people live according it. In the western world in general people are pretty hedonistic compared to poorer societies. Most people will rather travel around the world and spend their money living a more luxurious life instead of starting a family for example. This is the epitome of nihilism because people are using their resources to feel good for a moment because there isn't anything else to believe in aside from a temporary chance to taste all the fruits of life.

>> No.12338414

>>12338304
LMAO

>> No.12338440

>>12338315
he's being subversive
also jacobite pays more

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>>12338378
What is it about the smug anime girl that makes it so devastating? It's like being stabbed right in my soul.

>> No.12338474

>>12338273
intellectuals level int. while philosophers level wis.

>> No.12338479

>>12338465
You empathize more with cartoons than real people, since you are if course autistic [sic]

>> No.12338488

>>12338479
based

>> No.12338495

>>12338404
You're conflating nihilism with hedonism.

>> No.12338639

>>12338384
He looks healthy and natural there. Now he looks like some kind of dark salesman of Satan.