Art thou a Philosopher?

Question

What Right dost thou have to consider thyself a Philosopher?

In my country we have a saying that one madman can ask more questions than many wise men can answer.

I do not consider logic philosophical, as logic is itself a belief system. To *impose* logic on an illogical world - that I do consider philosophical.

Philosophy is, literally, no desire for knowledge but a desire for *wisdom*.

I was wearing a scarf around the time I made that avatar.

Null set, we do not have any understanding of the world. We cannot explain anything, we can only describe things. But one might conclude that the world cannot be entirely illogical on the ground that there exists such a thing as logic. Logic, however, is itself a kind of illogic, and a very rare kind.

I agree, though, that you are a philosopher because you care about this stuff.

Null set, we do not have any understanding of the world. We cannot explain anything, we can only describe things. But one might conclude that the world cannot be entirely illogical on the ground that there exists such a thing as logic. Logic, however, is itself a kind of illogic, and a very rare kind. I agree, though, that you are a philosopher because you care about this stuff.

Answer 1

Thou can beist a philosopher without talkingeth liketh Thylvester. I think, therefore, I am a philosopher. I am because I look at different ideas and see new perspectives in search for a new way to view life on this big blue marble. While I think hard, some hardly think. Some people I know are ignorant and live in a fantasy land where the clouds are pink cotten candy and the ground is made of fluffy marshmellows. I don't wish to live like that, and that's why I think I'm a philosopher.

Answer 2

The world cannot be entirely illogical. If it was, we would be unable to develop as much understanding of it as we have. I am a philosopher because I care about this stuff.

Answer 3

There's nothing worthy of obsequiousness in philosophy.
I'm not going to idolize myself just because I have a proclivity.

I want to live well, and do the best I can. This is how I choose.
That "I" is such a construct.
Right? I don't need to legitimate the fortuitous.

Answer 4

Yes, I consider myself a philosopher. I have great logical reasoning skills which inable me to formulate opinions and discern right from wrong.

Answer 5

I am a person who lives and thinks according to a particular philosophy therefore; by mere definition this dost thou makest me a philosopher!

Answer 6

Indeed, the question is not "am i philosopher?" , but rather, "why am i a philosopher, and where did such a distinction arrive from?" i think, therefore i am. but if i am, must i think (ie: philosophize) ?

Answer 7

Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don't know.
—Bertrand Russell

All men by nature desire to know.
—Aristotle
Metaphysics, 350 B.C.

i wish to know, all i don't know.




To live is to think.
—Marcus Tullius Cicero
Tusculanes Disputationes, 44 B.C.

Answer 8

I love wisdom, therefore I am a philos (love) sophos (wisdom)

And my right is my will.

Answer 9

Yes, I am. You can judge by my questions.

Answer 10

A sophist I am not