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Anonymous Mon Dec 26 23:41:23 2016 No.8889505 [Reply] [Original]

Why does Aristotle continue to be accorded any respect in his profession as-such? Even Plato was better.

>the Cuttlefish does what I think it does because I say so and not on account of any detailed analyses that I have done
>thicc black women do not achieve orgasm, I know because I have checked
>Muh Elements

What are some things that Aristotle actually got right? Why should he not be committed to the flames?

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 26 23:46:09 2016 No.8889521 >>8889505 Didn't be believe the universe was infinite? Anyway, yeah. The most right of all the ancient Greek philosophers was Epicurus. Christians have always tried to hide this. Never forget.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 26 23:51:24 2016 No.8889541 >>8889505 He thought whales weren't fish.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 26 23:51:29 2016 No.8889542 >>8889505 Yeah, he sucks. I read ethics and it was mostly "X is Y because I say so"

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 26 23:54:21 2016 No.8889554 >>8889505 that upper head bulge tho

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 26 23:56:03 2016 No.8889558 >>8889554 Because he was so smart.

Anonymous Mon Dec 26 23:58:09 2016 No.8889568

He's respected because of the method and empiricism he preached, maybe he had not reached the proper answers we have today but he argued for a truth that could be found in the world we live in as opposed to some idealism beyond our grasp. He's as far as I know a starting point for the birth of the sciences

But I don't actually know shit about Aristotle and haven't read him extensively to say I'm confident in what I'm saying

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 27 00:09:27 2016 No.8889592 >>8889554 >literally tfw when too smart

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 27 00:22:07 2016 No.8889616 >>8889541 call me Ishmael

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 27 00:36:30 2016 No.8889656 >>8889542 It's almost like his works on ethics are several translations removed from lecture notes written by one of his students. Seriously would it kill you to learn anything about what you read? What the fuck were you expecting, a fucking tractatus?

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 27 04:32:23 2016 No.8890028 >>8889505 >What are some things that Aristotle actually got right? Virtue ethics

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 27 04:48:30 2016 No.8890050 >>8889505 >>thicc black women do not achieve orgasm, I know because I have checked Where do I find this?

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 27 05:11:19 2016 No.8890095 >>8889505 >he thinks Aristotle is respected for his conclusions rather than his methods >he thinks Aristotle is respected because of his "science" rather than his metaphysical, moral philosophy

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