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Younghusband

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October 16th, 2004

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Just who do you think you are?

I am not too given to philosophy, so I need someone to tell me who I think like. But I was pleasantly surprised given what I do know about the great philosophers. Take a look at my results below:

    1.  Thomas Hobbes   (100%)
    2.  Jean-Paul Sartre   (91%)
    3.  Aquinas   (79%)
    4.  John Stuart Mill   (79%)
    5.  Kant   (77%)
    6.  Jeremy Bentham   (76%)
    7.  Epicureans   (67%)
    8.  Stoics   (67%)
    9.  Ayn Rand   (61%)
    10.  Cynics   (61%)
    11.  Aristotle   (59%)
    12.  David Hume   (59%)
    13.  Nietzsche   (56%)
    14.  Spinoza   (51%)
    15.  Prescriptivism   (42%)
    16.  Ockham   (35%)
    17.  Plato   (33%)
    18.  Nel Noddings   (30%)
    19.  St. Augustine   (19%)

I smiled when I saw Hobbes as 100%. Surprised that Kant ranked so high, and higher than Nietzsche. I have no idea why Aquinas scored so high, must’ve been a bug in the system. Most of the others (besides Plato etc) I have no idea who the hell they are.

Personally I feel that I have been influenced most by the cognitive revolution started in the Sixties, and subscribe to many of the ideas of renowned linguist Steven Pinker. This cat can jive, is funny and draws in ideas from all types of sources. I recommend any of his books.

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ComingAnarchy.com » Blog Archive » Hijacking the American language
August 11, 2005
6:12 am
[...] Unfortunately this is pseudo-science at best, and is based on the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis which was effectively disproven by the cognitive revolutionaries of the 60’s, and absolutely demolished by my linguistic hero Steven Pinker. The point is, people don’t think in words, thus you cannot control their thoughts by controlling their language. Sorry Mr. Orwell! Ever knew what you wanted to say but couldn’t put it into words? Ever have an idea that you couldn’t explain? As much as the military says “collateral damage” everybody really knows what it means. A “Personal Hydration Engineer” is really just a “waterboy.” [...]
Dan
August 12, 2005
2:06 am
Well, at least we are both anti-Augustinians, apparently

1. Aristotle (100%)
2. Aquinas (84%)
3. Spinoza (77%)
4. David Hume (76%)
5. Nietzsche (75%)
6. Epicureans (69%)
7. John Stuart Mill (67%)
8. Stoics (66%)
9. Ockham (59%)
10. Kant (58%)
11. Jean-Paul Sartre (56%)
12. Ayn Rand (47%)
13. Thomas Hobbes (47%)
14. Prescriptivism (46%)
15. Jeremy Bentham (37%)
16. Plato (37%)
17. Nel Noddings (31%)
18. Cynics (23%)
19. St. Augustine (21%)
Curzon
September 17, 2005
5:22 am
I'm coming way, way late to this, but here's my list, finally. Not surprisingly, similarly pro-Hobbesian and anti-Augustine...

1. Jeremy Bentham (100%)
2. John Stuart Mill (85%)
3. Thomas Hobbes (83%)
4. Epicureans (70%)
5. Jean-Paul Sartre (69%)
6. Aquinas (68%)
7. Ayn Rand (67%)
8. Cynics (64%)
9. Kant (64%)
10. Aristotle (63%)
11. Stoics (59%)
12. David Hume (56%)
13. Nietzsche (56%)
14. Plato (55%)
15. Prescriptivism (54%)
16. Nel Noddings (43%)
17. Spinoza (33%)
18. Ockham (18%)
19. St. Augustine (14%)
Kenneth
September 17, 2005
5:08 pm
1. Thomas Hobbes (100%)
2. Jeremy Bentham (97%)
3. Jean-Paul Sartre (80%)
4. Cynics (75%)
5. Epicureans (75%)
6. Aristotle (72%)
7. John Stuart Mill (72%)
8. Ayn Rand (67%)
9. Prescriptivism (67%)
10. Nel Noddings (57%)
11. Nietzsche (54%)
12. Plato (54%)
13. David Hume(53%)
14. Kant (52%)
15. Aquinas (49%)
16. Stoics (41%)
17. Spinoza (30%)
18. Ockham (23%)
19. St. Augustine (19%