I don't know wth i'm doing or why with this stuff. The authors 1) Write intentionally obscure 2) Assume you have read whatever they reference, because they are such sophistimicated philosophers and you should be as well. Bringing new ideas with little to no introduction 3) do (1) with an intent to induce a delerium in the reader 4) Write about ideas that they together may have contradicting opinions about I can't help but laugh, be pissed off at myself and be in awe/fascination. Strikes my attention, there's a gravity to it. Half of me attempts to push through the opacity. The other half pulls away, self talking "this is going to be a massive waste of time" At least there's some enjoying the theater of it all and my own publically yielding to the delerium. image
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"Western society's innate herd instinct has allowed the government, the media, and even the principles of economics to take advantage of each person's unwillingness to be cut off from the group. What's more, those who have mental disorders may not be insane, but could be individuals in the purest sense, because they are by nature isolated from society." - back cover #bookstr image
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Some continental philosophers might deliberately write in a complex manner to convey the depth and nuance of their ideas, which they believe cannot be adequately expressed through simpler language. Understanding continental philosophy often requires a significant investment of time and effort, as well as familiarity with the philosophical traditions and concepts it engages with. You kinda need to start at Nietzsche, then Hegal, then Marx, then Foucault, then the rest. It has been criticized by analytical philosophers (Chomsky) as being vague, and my favorite Conitential Philosopher once said "continental philosophy has given America a language they do not nees".
That's one of the central questions they're trying to answer with this book. Quite fascinating in general. I've needed to pull in a bunch of secondary resources (youtube commentary, reading groups) and i'm still not past page 20 ๐Ÿคฃ. If you're thinking of reading this book, you should also take the warning ๐Ÿ˜…
liminal ๐Ÿฆ 's avatar liminal ๐Ÿฆ 
I don't know wth i'm doing or why with this stuff. The authors 1) Write intentionally obscure 2) Assume you have read whatever they reference, because they are such sophistimicated philosophers and you should be as well. Bringing new ideas with little to no introduction 3) do (1) with an intent to induce a delerium in the reader 4) Write about ideas that they together may have contradicting opinions about I can't help but laugh, be pissed off at myself and be in awe/fascination. Strikes my attention, there's a gravity to it. Half of me attempts to push through the opacity. The other half pulls away, self talking "this is going to be a massive waste of time" At least there's some enjoying the theater of it all and my own publically yielding to the delerium. View quoted note โ†’ image
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PS. There is a decent podcast called Philosophize This (Stephen West) and he goes through all the major thinksers. Hasn't done Max Stirner, yet.... I'm always down for intellectual mastabation discussions
Gm! I'm going off the deep end ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿซ  dunno why, but thought you'd find my regression interesting
liminal ๐Ÿฆ 's avatar liminal ๐Ÿฆ 
I don't know wth i'm doing or why with this stuff. The authors 1) Write intentionally obscure 2) Assume you have read whatever they reference, because they are such sophistimicated philosophers and you should be as well. Bringing new ideas with little to no introduction 3) do (1) with an intent to induce a delerium in the reader 4) Write about ideas that they together may have contradicting opinions about I can't help but laugh, be pissed off at myself and be in awe/fascination. Strikes my attention, there's a gravity to it. Half of me attempts to push through the opacity. The other half pulls away, self talking "this is going to be a massive waste of time" At least there's some enjoying the theater of it all and my own publically yielding to the delerium. View quoted note โ†’ image
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I'm still not further (like at all) than where I originally was when writing this post ๐Ÿคฃ though the ideas are swimming around, morphing and connecting to different ideas I already have. I do wonder if there will be a point where I suddenly understand and reality shatters, dunno what happens then. Its a procrastionation hobby, cautiously tipptoing into the realm of productive insantity ๐Ÿ’€
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I don't know wth i'm doing or why with this stuff. The authors 1) Write intentionally obscure 2) Assume you have read whatever they reference, because they are such sophistimicated philosophers and you should be as well. Bringing new ideas with little to no introduction 3) do (1) with an intent to induce a delerium in the reader 4) Write about ideas that they together may have contradicting opinions about I can't help but laugh, be pissed off at myself and be in awe/fascination. Strikes my attention, there's a gravity to it. Half of me attempts to push through the opacity. The other half pulls away, self talking "this is going to be a massive waste of time" At least there's some enjoying the theater of it all and my own publically yielding to the delerium. View quoted note โ†’ image
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