GASP alert 1/25/2006 The Socratic Method of Thinking
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I'm not even a would-be intellectual... I'm just an every day ordinary 'aunt b' intellectual.
Yeah so I'm learnin' me some philosophy. 'Philo' meaning love and 'sophia' meaning wisdom. My cat's name is Sophie and she is a wise kitty.
So Socrates dude was interested in how we derive notions of virtue. He conversed with the nobles he conversed with slaves. Through objective analysis of these discussions Socrates proved that everybody is full of shit. Thus he formed the Socratic Method of Thinking.
"It is by finding out what something is NOT that one comes closest to understanding what it is."
Well, OK, lessee...
If one was a Shaman would he be respected by all?
I should think so.
Yes but what if this person really wasn't a shaman at all-- in fact this was just an image the person used to make people think he was 'mystical'!
Why by Zeus! The man should be fed to the Lions and all that praised such a man would be fools!!
OK. If he is NOT a shaman but was still respected by many could the person be 'supernatural'?
Well, if he lied about being a shaman and yet people still believe him and praise him then--yes! I guess he would be.
But consider this: Maybe this is a man of labels only; what if he was not supernatural but was able to lure many people his way because he was 'smooth'?
Hmmm. Now you might be splitting elephant hairs.
Yes, but what if a great deal of people saw the person for who he really is-- an enterprising novelty that was milking a tired 'image' he had created way back when and was lending his one and only 'gimmick' to a group of pop artists that would tolerate him just so they could propel their own visions of grandeur in a world that was 'boxed in' by filthy, gluttonous overlords who didn't mind wallowing in the mainstream cespool they had created and were simply counting the 'ticks' until the final cut had been made and the old rotting plasma arc ceased to be no more in the wake of the NEW technology-- THE technology I am commuting to you right now, my friend, because in the NEW world you're either WITH US or YOU ARE NOT, and there is no in between-- but then again we are not 'boxed in' either--at least not by terrestrial standards; no we are free to choose-- and in this REALM there are no SHAMANS-- no grey areas or menacing shadows-- no supernatural acts of courage or virtue here because you're either IN THE LIGHT or you're up shit creek without a paddle-- and a self-effacing attitude is detrimental to your SMOOTH survival in the nether world-- because there are soooo many options to choose from-- but only ONE that gives you the power TO FORGET all the stupid awards shows, all the stupid speeches, all the perversely contagious commercials-- TO FORGET ALL THE BASTARDS that would sell you your own feces if it would boost ratings...
and so that, my friend, is the Socratic Method of Thinking.
OH, OK.
STOP SANTANAGANDA
GUARD AGAINST SANTANA PROLIFERATION.
I'm not even a would-be intellectual... I'm just an every day ordinary 'aunt b' intellectual.
Yeah so I'm learnin' me some philosophy. 'Philo' meaning love and 'sophia' meaning wisdom. My cat's name is Sophie and she is a wise kitty.
So Socrates dude was interested in how we derive notions of virtue. He conversed with the nobles he conversed with slaves. Through objective analysis of these discussions Socrates proved that everybody is full of shit. Thus he formed the Socratic Method of Thinking.
"It is by finding out what something is NOT that one comes closest to understanding what it is."
Well, OK, lessee...
If one was a Shaman would he be respected by all?
I should think so.
Yes but what if this person really wasn't a shaman at all-- in fact this was just an image the person used to make people think he was 'mystical'!
Why by Zeus! The man should be fed to the Lions and all that praised such a man would be fools!!
OK. If he is NOT a shaman but was still respected by many could the person be 'supernatural'?
Well, if he lied about being a shaman and yet people still believe him and praise him then--yes! I guess he would be.
But consider this: Maybe this is a man of labels only; what if he was not supernatural but was able to lure many people his way because he was 'smooth'?
Hmmm. Now you might be splitting elephant hairs.
Yes, but what if a great deal of people saw the person for who he really is-- an enterprising novelty that was milking a tired 'image' he had created way back when and was lending his one and only 'gimmick' to a group of pop artists that would tolerate him just so they could propel their own visions of grandeur in a world that was 'boxed in' by filthy, gluttonous overlords who didn't mind wallowing in the mainstream cespool they had created and were simply counting the 'ticks' until the final cut had been made and the old rotting plasma arc ceased to be no more in the wake of the NEW technology-- THE technology I am commuting to you right now, my friend, because in the NEW world you're either WITH US or YOU ARE NOT, and there is no in between-- but then again we are not 'boxed in' either--at least not by terrestrial standards; no we are free to choose-- and in this REALM there are no SHAMANS-- no grey areas or menacing shadows-- no supernatural acts of courage or virtue here because you're either IN THE LIGHT or you're up shit creek without a paddle-- and a self-effacing attitude is detrimental to your SMOOTH survival in the nether world-- because there are soooo many options to choose from-- but only ONE that gives you the power TO FORGET all the stupid awards shows, all the stupid speeches, all the perversely contagious commercials-- TO FORGET ALL THE BASTARDS that would sell you your own feces if it would boost ratings...
and so that, my friend, is the Socratic Method of Thinking.
OH, OK.
STOP SANTANAGANDA
GUARD AGAINST SANTANA PROLIFERATION.
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