Re: The Cambridge Crew (was: basics (a small aside))
jason varsoke (jjv@caesun.msd.ray.com)
Thu, 15 Jul 1999 08:08:02 -0400 (EDT)
Modern Philosophy startes with Decartes. Honestly I don't have any
idea why, or how Plato differs from Hume, but one is classic, and the
other is modern.
silly classicification made for historians.
-jason
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Jason Varsoke jvarsoke@bigfoot.com
For good mental hygiene, shave with Occam's Razor twice daily
On Thu, 15 Jul 1999 Squeila@aol.com wrote:
> Yeah, I'm not sure what constitutes modern. We're not reading any Greeks,
> but other than that.... Let's see, we've got: Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke,
> Rousseau, Hegel, and Marx. I love, not so much that I get to read it,
> because I could have done that anyway, but that there are still scholars
> willing to share their knowledge about it with me, else, I'm not sure reading
> it would have much worth in my case.
>
> Leila
>
> note that follows signature: While I'm on the topic of school, all the
> parentheses in the subject make it look like my logic homework.
>
>
> In a message dated 99-07-15 05:20:57 EDT, you write:
>
> << Leila, I just LOVE the fact that Hobbes is still on the list of "modern"
> political philosophers. In fact, given the front page of almost every
> newspaper in the world these days, Old Tom could be penning the headlines:
>
> LIFE PROVED "NASTY, BRUTISH, SHORT"
>
>
> ....beyond that, I LOVE the fact that they still make students read
> LEVIATHAN (even though the list price on my copy is probably much less than
> $2.50--and it too was autographed!!!!!!) (....only kidding....)
> >>
>