What would Socrates, Plato, Confucius, Lao-Tzu, sage do today? Would they sit around all day thinking about all the questions?
2007-05-23 08:29:30 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
A future philosopher might, if the philosophy class offered at his high school is a joke and consists of pointless discussions with narrow-minded teenagers.
2007-05-23 14:52:50 · answer #1 · answered by Jim W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Socrates might, as he would go to the market in Athens because that's where people congregated, as people do, in a sense, congregate online, he might too. Plato, on the other hand would only be online if he found his Socrates there. Confucious most assuredly wouldn't have been online as there is no advisory position to real power online. Lao-Tzu would be that one person that still goes to the park on nice days.
2007-05-23 08:37:56 · answer #2 · answered by ULTIMATEMEANING 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Philosophers would be the first to know that a their thoughts are useful only if they are shared with others. So, if Yahoo! Answers is a good platform to teach and learn, for sure they wouldn't reject the idea. Now if your question is: what about the quality of the questions and the answers? ... no comment!
(the bull's eye, aedgagt!)
2007-05-23 09:39:27 · answer #3 · answered by Moussi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-26 20:26:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They wouldn't be doing it on Yahoo! Answers. Philosophy requires contemplation and discussion, something which Y!A does not provide (there's no give and take). Additionally, few of the people who post on Yahoo! Answers seem to have actually studied philosophy at all, resulting in a plethora of irrelevant, repetitive, confused, and confused questions.
2007-05-23 08:57:31 · answer #5 · answered by checkhead 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They would certainly marvel at the fact that all of humanity can freely share information on the internet. I am a child of this generation and it still amazes me what the potential of the internet is for the body of human knowledge. But, I think that they would probably spend more time on Wikipedia. I know I do.
2007-05-23 08:49:49 · answer #6 · answered by TypicalNot 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A true philosopher probably would not. A poser philosopher would. I'm not sure what that says about me.
2007-05-23 08:33:56 · answer #7 · answered by theflynnmom 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, this is a place to converge and ask the meaningful questions in life. ...exept those rookies who KEEP asking the same, "What is the meaning of life?" questions.
2007-05-23 08:33:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its actually amusing ..it feels good to know that ur answers are the best ones ...
2007-05-23 08:37:20 · answer #9 · answered by pivotalperson111 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, this is because of inflation.
2007-05-23 10:33:43 · answer #10 · answered by knashha 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋