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The greatest philosopher does not predict the present, but the future. - A little quote I made up.

>> No.5159427

I like it.

>> No.5159479

The greatest philosopher recognizes that philosophy is dead and therefore does STEM instead.

>> No.5159489

>>5159426
Wow. That was terrible. You cannot predict the present. To even have your quote make sense it should be:

>The greatest philosopher does not analyse the present, but predict the future.

This solves the semantic issue. Now the issue of what truth your quote holds, my god.

>> No.5159522

>>5159489
You can predict the present if you understand the zeitgeist. But that's easy. To predict the future, however, is a true test of skill.

>> No.5159606

The greatest philosopher does not predict, but see the eternal changing of time as the play of a child.

>> No.5159616

>>5159606
The perfect child does not play, but does his goddamn homework and practices piano like he's supposed to.

>> No.5159620

>>5159616
In the eye of fire, a child playing the piano is just like a giant dancing over the sun.

>> No.5159652

>>5159620
A child who dances in the fire dances with wolves.

>> No.5159657

>>5159652
A wolf in the fire who dance is the spirit of the child.

>> No.5159662

The greatest philosopher does not write actual philosophy, but posts vapid aphorisms on an imageboard and is also a tripfag

>> No.5159678

>>5159662
Oh man. I'm just one tripcode away from being a great philosopher.

>> No.5159686

>>5159662
The greatest philosopher does not trip, he posts as anonymous but sages all threads.

>> No.5159691

The greatest philosopher does not analyze the present or the future, but the everlasting laws of nature.

>> No.5159697

>>5159657
The fire consumes like the burning of the sun in the heart of the child who's eyes burn with the radiance of a piano.

>> No.5159702

>>5159426
That was rubbish,

>> No.5159707

The greatest philosopher insightfully interprets consciousness with language

>> No.5159725

i guess you could say you're a professional quotemaker

>> No.5159729

The greatest philosopher does not settle for plain old water, he rehydrates with electrolyte-infused G-Series GatoradeTM.

>> No.5159741

>>5159697
The radiance of a child wolf is in the burning heart of the predicting piano like a giant saging all threads with the spirit of his trip. Also something about language.

>> No.5159749

>>5159691
The greatest philosopher does not speak whereof he must be silent.

>> No.5159822

>>5159662
the greatest philosopher does not receive praise from the public, but from online anonymous image boards about Japanese manga.

>> No.5159856

>>5159741
A luminescent orb child flows gently over the breeze of melancholic alchemical synergy when the philosopher speaks of tales of forlorn disposition alongside the maiden who cows her head softly to look downward at the piano playing her hands know hardly of while the radiant birds scurry in the underbrush toward the light of dawn that comes floating heavenward above the city of ashen silence and mute retinas.

>> No.5159966

"In order to truly gauge the value of literature, we must judge it as a tool of communication, as something from which we derive meaning.

Even the most amateur of writers may, through the use of his 'box of tricks', use a single sentence to convey far more than simply what is written in ink and a master of his trade can achieve tenfold that.

However, the true masters of imparting meaning do not use words, for they know that language is defunct. Silence is their canvas, gestures their medium. A batted eyelash, a flicked strand of hair; these can speak volumes without the utterance of even a single word.

No, authors are an obsolete breed, they serve only the purpose of preening over their pretensions, locked away in the ivory tower that is their faith in their own erudition. The true poets are courtesans, ladies of the night, nobly imparting meaning with their own flesh and blood."

-Me, just now.

>> No.5160435

the greatest philosopher knows that there is no future, but an ever-lasting present.

>> No.5160442

>>5159426
You're describing a scientist.

>> No.5160461

>>5159426
Lessee...
>The worst philosopher does not predict the present, but the future.

>The greatest philosopher does not predict the future, but the present.

I donno man.

>> No.5160494

The greatest philosopher knows time is an illusion, and relies only of his categories.

>> No.5160746

>>5159426
Nostradamus was just good for jam(jelly for you Amerifags).

>> No.5160767

>>5160746
You jam muh nigga? ;)

>> No.5160806

I came up with this quote just a few minutes ago. I thought /lit/ would appreciate

Just to be clear, I’m not a professional ‘quote maker’. I’m just an atheist teenager who greatly values his intelligence and scientific fact over any silly fiction book written 3,500 years ago. This being said, I am open to any and all criticism.

>‘In this moment, I am euphoric. Not because of any phony god’s blessing. But because, I am enlightened by my intelligence.’

>> No.5160899

the greatest philsophr was socrates because he was the first so all the philosophers after him only give him more credit check mate atheists ill take my 200$ and pass & go

>> No.5161113

>>5159426
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgHNtzxO0y8&list=UUpU7N83IHIA9xidQs7-mzqA