I have no answer if there is no God.
Jacobi's remarkable letter to Fichte. I haven't read all of it, but it's really good and worth a perusal. (Came to mind while reading Heidegger on Nietzsche. The similarities are very interesting to ponder.) Here is a good part:
I do not see why I should not be allowed to prefer my Philosophy of Not-Knowing to the Philosophical Knowing of Nothing [i.e. to Enlightenment philosophy]. Truly, my dear Fichte, it would not vex me if you, or whoever it might be, want to call what I contrast to your philosophy, which I chide as nihilism, 'chimerism'. I have made a display in all of my writings of my Not-Knowing; I have so boasted of being unknowledgeable with knowledge.A great and still timely piece.
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I'm taking a philosophy class .... it's pretty cool, I wish those guys would quit talkin and get jobs
Luke Brown
is this "the" luke brown?
it's funny because most of the pre-20th century philosophers didn't even need jobs because they were rich dudes. which raises an important question: what the hell did Socrates do for a living?
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