You don’t even know
You don’t even know who I am.
(Immanuel Kant)
picture: dunno source, via our lolcat builder. lol caption: Bill
Immanuel Kant is regarded as one of the most influential thinkers of modern Europe and of the late Enlightenment. Kant defined the Enlightenment in the essay “Answering the Question: What is the Enlightenment” as an age shaped by the motto, “Dare to know” (Latin: Saper aude). This involved thinking autonomously, free of the dictates of external authority. [Source: Wikipedia]
Editor’s fun fact: Ayn Rand is considered the anti-thesis of Immanuel Kant. She viewed him as her intellectual enemy.
no, no i dont
i realy dont know who that is
Anyone on Ayn Rand’s enemies list cannot be all bad. He is the source of much of our modern wisdom.
Since we are engaging in ad hominim attacks…
“Suppose you met a twisted, tormented young man and … discovered that he was brought up by a man-hating monster who worked systematically to paralyze his mind, destroy his self-confidence, obliterate his capacity for enjoyment and undercut his every attempt to escape … Western civilization is in that young man’s position. The monster is Immanuel Kant.” _ Ayn Rand
Immanuel Kant was a real pissant who was very rarely stable…
heidegger heidegger was a boozy beggar who could think you under the table…
Heidegger, Heidegger was a boozy beggar. Who could think you under the table…
David Hume could out-consume Schopenhauer and Hegel…
And Wittgenstein was a beery swine who was just as schloshed as Schlegel.
never heard of you!!
And Wittgenstein was a beery swine who was just as sloshed as Schlagel!
(isn’t it pathetic that the only reason we recognize these names is because of the Philosopher’s Song…)
Pathetic, yet amusing…
By no means! It just shows that all that obsessive watching of Monty Python was good for something, MOM!
^ Sad americans.
Why’s that?
I’m also curious.
because he doesn’t know who it is either and is just assuming the “stupid americans cant identify their political leaders” when in fact he isn’t a politician. so Perfid… stereotype fail, you has it.
The picture is a bit misleading for this website; Kant was a philosopher, not a politician.
There’s nothing Neitsze couldn’t teach ya ’bout the raising of the wrist
Socrates himself was permanently pissed….
I know I spelled Neitsze wrong. And God knows I studied enough Kant in political science classes that it’s an easy distinction to fuzz over (philosphy/politics).
Heh, thought that joke was for Benjamin D’Israeli!?
A la Family guy…..
I thought it was Robespierre. I’ve read excerpts of Kant, but didn’t recognize the face. And yes, he was a little unstable.
Hope there are more of those ‘name that philosopher… I’m trying to remember what Kierkegaard looked like.
So might we say that there is no logical way to universalize the maxim that all people know who this is? Does this make the maxim internally inconsistant or is it merely a contradiction of the will. Oh crap… this grad school program in Philosophy might have finally paid off!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7M-cmNdiFuI
John Stewart Mill, of his own free will, after half a pint of shanty was particularly ill.
Plato, they say, could stick it away, half a crate of whiskey every day!
Aristotle, Aristotle was a bugger for the bottle,
And Hobbes was fond of his Dram.
And Rene Descartes was a drunken fart:”I drink therefore I am.”
Yes, Socrates himself is particularly missed;
A lovely little thinker but a bugger when he’s pissed.
Could you at least spell his first name right? It’s “Emmanuel”.
Emanuel, in that case.
No, I insist on the double “m”, thank you.
Double checked, the spelling only works for my compatriots = epic fail