Philosophy Misc

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Today's interesting read, it also talks about the evolution of the understanding of Buddhism through the Enlightenment.

Voltaire and the Buddha | The Public Domain Review

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

In today's interesting times, and on reading bits and pieces of this forum, I've found myself while not over my head, blowing nasal bubbles if I don't hold my head at the correct angle. I'd like to read some philosophy, classical, more recent, foundational logic. I've been thinking of picking up some Kant, but am especially things I can find on the Gutenberg Project or other public domain sources and welcome any suggestions, especially geared to understanding the foundations of how the fuck we got where we are.

[Angakuk]

There's that one guy that Lessans was always going on about, but I disremember his name.

ETA
Will Durant - The Story of Philosophy and The Mansions of Philosophy. It just came to me, like a vision or something.

[JoeP]

An afferent vision?

[Angakuk]

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Everyday Heroes: A Story of Self-Sacrifice & Bubonic Plague « The Chirurgeon's Apprentice

Those must have been hard core sermons.

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Saving lives: Pope adds fourth path to Roman Catholic sainthood | Reuters

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Putting this here kind of like a shared bookmark:

Abuse neutrality - Issuepedia

Something I want to revisit after coffee.

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Neil Gaiman - Masks

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Interesting as hell thrad:

Occurred to me that since today is Easter, I'd share what Muslims believe a bit about Jesus' life & death, or as he is referred to in the Quran, Isa (pbuh). It's the tradition that after the name of any prophet of God we say peace be upon him, hence (pbuh).#Easter

— rabia O'chaudry (@rabiasquared) April 2, 2018

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Another interesting Islam thing:

Did you know that in Islam:
•The adhaan (call to prayer) is recited in your ear when you’re born—but there’s no prayer offered
•A funeral prayer is offered at your death—but there’s no adhaan to announce that prayer

The adhaan at your birth is for the prayer at your death����

— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@MuslimIQ) June 6, 2018

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Pope Francis responding to a boy's question about his late atheist father

I tried to get a Youtube link or an article but the one I found led me down a giant site hijack tunnel, so there's a safe link. As safe as Facebook is.

[erimir]

So his dad is in heaven because he baptized his children?

Seems like the least relevant criterion discussed.

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Giant thrad of head coverings:

A thread of religious and cultural veils and head coverings.

Christian pic.twitter.com/tc4s4OYSrB

— Spooky Head #PCPEU #MMT (@Spoonhead8) August 8, 2018

Hot take:

I think you'll find the problem is men.

— Spooky Head #PCPEU #MMT (@Spoonhead8) August 8, 2018

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Not sure where to put this. Why Laurie Penny cannot be arsed to debate Steve Bannon.

No, I Will Not Debate You

Plus, being better at debating does not make you right. It just makes you better at debating.

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

"At the end of the day, good healthcare is treating people with dignity, respect and kindness... ... and that's what human rights are all about too."@Gobblynne @Sprddl pic.twitter.com/RgqsnYUmPn

— RightsInfo (@rights_info) December 8, 2018

Medical philosophies.

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Fascinating thrad critique of modernism and later.

THE TALE OF TJENTISTE: Antifascism, Artistic Brutalism, and the Death of a Modernist Future pic.twitter.com/DuyB5FXBey

— Respectable Lawyer (@RespectableLaw) December 16, 2018

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

[Corona688]

Originally Posted by Kamilah Hauptmann

Not sure where to put this. Why Laurie Penny cannot be arsed to debate Steve Bannon.

No, I Will Not Debate You

Curation is a political choice, and so is the choice of who we allow to take lead roles in the theatre of public discourse. I say: If Bannon has to have a public platform, make him work for it. Have him stand on a stage and play the audio footage of the toddlers at the Mexican border screaming for their parents as they’re dragged away to detention. Have him answer to the mothers of children who were gunned down by police because of the color of their skin, or to the friends and family of migrants who drowned in the Mediterranean. That’s not a polite thing to say. It wouldn’t be a polite thing to do. But the idea that politeness and civility is owed to anyone in a position of power is one of the great gotchas of liberal thought.

Damn it. He's right.

[mickthinks]

Originally Posted by Kamilah Hauptmann

At the end of the day, good healthcare is treating people with dignity, respect and kindness... ... and that's what human rights are all about too.

Originally Posted by Corona688

But the idea that politeness and civility is owed to anyone in a position of power is one of the great gotchas of liberal thought.

... the idea that dignity, respect and kindness is owed to anyone in a position of power is one of the great gotchas of liberal thought.

Discuss.

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

strange world we live in where "man up" can mean submissively accepting abuse from authority, rather than standing up for yourself and fighting for your rights

— Existential Comics (@existentialcoms) August 13, 2019

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

https://newrepublic.com/article/1547...-rand-acolytes

This year's Objectivist Conference revealed that her cult of hyper-capitalism has a major recruiting problem: All the young people want to be socialists!

lol

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

About toxic abuse culture. Thrad.

Can I just say that a solid 70% of what I'm treating as a clinical therapist are the natural and inevitable outcomes of various broken societal structures? Like these people would mostly be FINE if their community hadn't actively knocked them down over and over.

— Lee Blauersouth (@AmmoniteInk) July 11, 2019

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Holy communion and other blood sacrifices.

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Thread starts out as a thing about a specific American politician and not quite entirely American problem, and morphs into something about toxic abuse culture.

Can we talk about why @PeteButtigieg is wrong here?

First, millionaires can be child abusers, Pete. He's not objecting to making college free FOR millionaires. No, Pete's objection is that their KIDS shouldn't benefit. https://t.co/0NposlpoM6

— Matthew Cortland, Esq. (@mattbc) November 29, 2019