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11-18-05

Christ. This is absolutely retarded.

Saying, "There was nothing resembling Philosophy before the Greeks" and then sticking to a literal definition of philosophy as only meaning the Greek school is circular logic. It's not even relevant, because by that definition philosophy doesn't exist anymore, either. Actually go back and read Socrates sometime. He was an over-rated blowhard who made buttloads of assumption in his arguments and relied on outspeaking his opponent. The only really good thought he had, that only one who knows they know nothing knows something, was invalidated by the restof his actions.

Philosophy is the act of questioning that which has no material value. Seeking truth not for profit but for truth's sake. Philosophy has then existed many thousands of years. And it need not be called philosophy to be so. I explained why I consider the Epic of Gilgamesh philosohpical, but you completely ignored my arguments, Dyshade. Likewise, Judaism was highly philosophical, with a long history of questioning itself and God. It is not built on blind faith at all.


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