11-18-2013, 05:16 AM
You mean "kill all the Irish so I can have a bit more land to hunt foxes on" isn't the most brilliant concept on the planet? 
And I'm sorry, but even though he was terribly enlightened and all that, the best thing Kant ever did was contribute to the song...
♪♫ Immanuel Kant was a real pissant who was very rarely stable ♫♪
Brendan, my father is one of the most brilliant philosophers I've encountered in all my years of study. He left school at 15, joined the Navy, married my mum, worked in abbatoirs and service stations... it doesn't take a formal education to "get" stuff, but I can guarantee that while digging for those little nuggets of awesomeness you'd have to sit through a lot of tangents, swear words and reflections on the dickheadedness of the bloke at the next table wearing a vest and sandshoes.
The most pretentious thing someone can do is dismiss an alternate viewpoint because they don't like the package it comes in.
And I'm sorry, but even though he was terribly enlightened and all that, the best thing Kant ever did was contribute to the song...
♪♫ Immanuel Kant was a real pissant who was very rarely stable ♫♪
Brendan, my father is one of the most brilliant philosophers I've encountered in all my years of study. He left school at 15, joined the Navy, married my mum, worked in abbatoirs and service stations... it doesn't take a formal education to "get" stuff, but I can guarantee that while digging for those little nuggets of awesomeness you'd have to sit through a lot of tangents, swear words and reflections on the dickheadedness of the bloke at the next table wearing a vest and sandshoes.
The most pretentious thing someone can do is dismiss an alternate viewpoint because they don't like the package it comes in.
It could be worse