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Are you a Platonist or an Aristotlean?

>> No.18580365

>>18580361
im a platonian aristotleist

>> No.18580377
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>>18580361
Waterist

>> No.18580381

Reductionist garbage.
Don’t limit yourselves

>> No.18580394

>>18580361
Pyrrhonist. The ultimate metaphysical truth of the universe is probably incomprehensible to mortals.

>> No.18580414

>>18580394
Isn’t pyrrhonism self refuting?

>> No.18580438

>>18580414
Nope. It doesn't claim absolute knowledge that truth is unattainable, just probability.

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>>18580361
Cope, Aristotle was a Platonist

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>>18580361
Pythagorean

>> No.18580472

>>18580361
The idea that you essentially have to be either is retarded.

>> No.18580485

>>18580381
That’s perfect advice to Aristotelians.

>> No.18580569

BRO LOL WHAT IF

>> No.18580601

>>18580361
they both suck
epicurus was the king

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>>18580361
I am just normal Korean

>> No.18580642

>>18580381
we are limited by nature

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18580750

>>18580642
absolutely wrong

>> No.18580774

>>18580452
is this book any good

>> No.18580786

>>18580452
Gerson is an overrated hack

>> No.18580794

>>18580361
I don't find myself agreeing with either completely. Aquinas is best.

>> No.18580796

>>18580774
Yes but Lear is better

>>18580786
Very constructive

>> No.18580832

>>18580796
It's not constructive at all. He's overrated and full of himself. Ur-Platonism is an unprovable thesis.

>> No.18580856

>>18580832
Just pretend that I posted a so*jak, you reciprocated, and this discussion degenerated into retarded name-calling until someone got bored.

>> No.18580863

>>18580361
>be Al-Farabi
>attempt to fuse both Plato and Aristotle into a coherent system
>fail miserably and pave the way for rampant anti-rationalism
>Al-Ghazali comes along
>Islamic Dark Ages ushered because "why bother with science if God's hand is everywhere

You retards need to be careful.

>> No.18580878

>>18580856
No. Read Kevin Corrigan instead.

>> No.18580885

>>18580863
>>Islamic Dark Ages ushered because "why bother with science if God's hand is everywhere

Interesting take. I've seen this but replaced with Ibn Arabi's unity of being. He came shortly after Ghazali anyway.

>> No.18580903

>>18580832
>unprovable
Analytards everyone!

>> No.18580909

>>18580903
Nice strawman, Lloyd.

>> No.18580930

>>18580878
No. I can't take someone named Kevin seriously.

>> No.18581309

>>18580885
Occasionalism and fatalism is pretty devastating to any rational system of thought

>> No.18581457

>>18580601
Gay

>> No.18581710

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