Denis Diderot (1713-1784) Hemlock and the Passive Oppressor The trope, 'what doesn't kill you makes you stronger', is a playful first approach and a material answer to a material world. If mental suicide is your goal, sacrifice your critical faculties and follow the flock. There is utility in this function, however oppressive it may be.
Will Freeman (Fictional Phenomenon) Shakespeare - 8.9 with a 3.77 S&P Geometric Mean p.(x) = Big Data Determinism (2020) by Daniel Sanderson - #GoogleplanksipAlso in the second spot we have William Shakespeare. For every ten (10) references to Plato, and Socrates combined, we have 8.9
Virgil (70-19 BC) Virgil - 3.7 with a 3.77 S&P Geometric Mean - Bang on! p.(x) = Big Data Determinism (2020) by Daniel Sanderson - #GoogleplanksipContextualizing the indelible footprint of Virgil is not an easy task. Far from a footnote or soupçon, Virgil's influence is only slight in
Plato (424 – 348) BC Back to Plato, after the Bear Cave, before Virgil Plato is from the classical period in Greece and, well let's face it, forms much of the consciousness that we all, as societies experience today. Without Socratic followers, without Aristotle's teachings and formulation
Isaac Newton (1643-1727) The P.A.S.F. Delta Function p.(x) = Big Data Determinism (2020) by Daniel Sanderson - #GoogleplanksipNewtonian Search Schemas Changing Over Time and the relationship this plays with forme is manifest. Philosophers are more than just thinkers, we are
Karl Marx (1818-1883) Starting with Mythology p.(x) = Big Data Determinism (2020) by Daniel Sanderson - #GoogleplanksipIt's relatively easy to reflect on mythology as irrelevant and childlike. Yet one aggregate example surfaces as we examine social coherence, and realize
Zeno of Elea (495-425 BC) Plurality as a Perspective p.(x) = Big Data Determinism (2020) by Daniel Sanderson - #GoogleplanksipPlurality is NOT a mistake, change is NOT an illusion. Let's take another look at Zeno's famous paradox, that of Achilles and the
Plato (424 – 348) BC On Literature beginning with Socrates, Plato and Aristotle p.(x) = Big Data Determinism (2020) by Daniel Sanderson - #GoogleplanksipThinking theoretically, literature’s importance is answered through the questions it posits. Synonymous with critical theory, Frankfurt didn’t penetrate the school of
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831) On Hegel, Freud, Aristotle, Markov, Euclid, Heidegger and Heraclitus... p.(x) = Big Data Determinism (2020) by Daniel Sanderson - #GoogleplanksipIf Hegel was a bird he would not be an eagle. The phenomenon of phenomenological insight is not Scientific, yet the Hegelian bird's
David Hume (1711-1776) Justified Belief - Pense à Consciousness Very simply put, inductive reasoning is generalizing from a trend. David Hume (1711-1776) referred to unobserved "matters of fact" to describe possible futures a posteriori. If you contrast experienced outcomes with
The Republic by Plato Republic The Republic is a Socratic dialogue, written by Plato around 380 BC, concerning justice, the order and character of the just city-state, and the just man.
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) The Genealogy of Morals On the Genealogy of Morality: A Polemic is an 1887 book by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. It consists of a preface and three interrelated essays that expand and follow through on concepts Nietzsche sketched out in Beyond Good and Evil.
