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With their personal philosophical dialogues? What is your honest opinion? Thanks!

2006-06-15 07:37:00 · 4 answers · asked by snowy dragon 1 in Arts & Humanities Philosophy

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What an excellent question! I have always felt that celebrities and major sports stars have an arrogant attitude when it comes to spewing out philosophy. I have scoured the internet, researching, as usual. I have tried to find some tidbits from each of the three celebrities you have inquired about. Dana Plato, the unheralded actress of the famed TV program “Different Strokes” had surprisingly few philosophical musings in her life, prior to her untimely death. After being convicted of armed robbery outside a convenience store in Reno, Nevada, along with her drug crazed boyfriend, she was quoted as saying “We all need money”. The analogy was simple, yet complex. In today’s society, we are governed by money. Money is power, and those that have it are in control. Later, just prior to her death, while servicing a john, in Reno, Nevada, she was quoted as saying “You do what ya gotta do”. A plaintive plea out of desperation, or an attempt to answer the world’s biggest questions – you be the judge.

Socrates, the famed Brazilian footballer, had a lot of philosophical quotations. His most famous, which he said after scoring on a penalty kick in the World Cup of 1982, was “I kick it where the goalies stands, because he always moves”, in his broken English. It was such a brilliant commentary about life. How the simple man, from the simple town came up with such an evocative statement is beyond me. I personally believe he was talking about life itself. Do the unexpected, because everyone else does the expected.

Rory Emerald, of the three mentioned celebrity/philosophers had the most interesting viewpoints of life. His most famous quotation, heard all around the world is “Would you like to take the Peppermint Patty Plunge?” I believe it is a statement about seizing the moment, enjoying life to the fullest. Some of his other more famed expressions were “Never turn down a cow’s hole” which I believe meant take advantage of every opportunity life as to offer, and “We all see life as it was, not as it is”, a brilliant expose on perception.

Here is a sample of a few more:

“When the weather is at it’s worst, embrace it” – After his ill-fated seven mile trip

“A neglected horse is a sad horse” – After sex with a broken down mare

“Where’s the Beef” – his X rated Video tape

“You have nothing to lose…except pounds” – Slogan for Lose – his weight loss medicine

“We are trapped in a plastic society” Prior to a sanitation engineer removing a garbage in an art gallery

Such brilliance and witty commentaries on life. This is why Rory Emerald will always be highly regarded as a philosopher.

2006-06-16 04:24:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5 4

We only see Socrates as a character in Plato's writings, so we can't know if he is really presumptuous or if Plato made him seem so.

Plato -- great philosopher -- sometimes presumed too much.

As for Rory Emerald -- I always take as truth everything I see in Star Magazine.

2006-06-15 16:54:50 · answer #2 · answered by Ranto 7 · 0 0

Not at all. Actually, I didn't know that Rory Emerald was a philosopher. Plato is one of the world's most famous philosophers. Plato (Greek: Πλάτων, Plátōn, "wide, broad-shouldered") (c. 427–c. 347 BC), whose real name is believed to be Aristocles, was an immensely influential ancient Greek philosopher, a student of Socrates, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens where Aristotle studied. Socrates is probably the greatest philosopher of all time.
Socrates (Greek: Σωκράτης, invariably anglicized as sɔkɹətiːz, Sǒcratēs; 470–399 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher who is widely credited for laying the foundation for Western philosophy. The only evidence of his existence is references to him by his purported disciples, leading some to question whether he ever existed at all, supported by Plato's flawed description of his death by poison [1], and the way all references to him functioned as a sort of rhetorical device by first Aristophanes, then others including Plato, as an appeal to authority, giving their arguments the appearance of support by a Great Teacher.

Said to be an Athenian, he is described as having been condemned to death by an Athenian court that had found him guilty of impiety and of corrupting Athenian youth through his teachings. Those giving the account say he chose to die by drinking hemlock, though he had been given the opportunity to go into exile, as he believed to go into exile would otherwise dishonor the agreement he had willingly made to abide by the laws of Athens. Therefore, no. They did a great job at what they did.

2006-06-15 14:45:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

One has to be bold to be a philosopher. You can't wait until asked to get your point across. If you do you are not a philosopher. to answer your question, NO.....

2006-06-15 14:47:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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