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11791449 No.11791449 [Reply] [Original]

Is there any philosopher whatsoever who doesn't need to quote other philosophers in his work to make his points?

>> No.11791455

Anaximenes

>> No.11791475
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>>11791449
Heraclitus.
Why are you against quotes?

>> No.11791495

>>11791475
based

>> No.11791498

>>11791449
Wittgenstein. He even says in the foreword of the Tractatus that he won't cite any sources because he doesn't give a fuck if the things he's about to say have already been told by others. Based af.

>> No.11791508

>>11791498
indeed, based af.

>> No.11791514

>>11791508
I agree with this poster, very strong foundations.

>> No.11791516

>>11791508
i too think it is somewhat based as fuck.

>> No.11791519

>>11791475
I think any respectable philosopher or intellectual should be able to come up with his own concepts instead of quoting daddy.

>> No.11791524

>>11791519
>Nothing under the sun is new, neither is any man able to say: Behold this is new: for it hath already gone before in the ages that were before us.
So said the preacher.

>> No.11791773

>>11791524
Based Pythagorean outlook

>> No.11791991

Keiji Nishitani doesnt really need to, but he quotes the buddha anyway bc he is a hack

>> No.11792199

>>11791519
Even if you come up with your own concepts, it helps to compare those to other concepts to see why yours are better/why we should accept them. Without any references to other philosophers, how do I know you didn't make a huge mistake by missing X's point about Y