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My favorite philosopher du jour. I’m just really a huge fan. I’ll let you look him up if you are interested. That way I don’t annoy you with an unintelligible description of Harmon’s object oriented ontology (OOO).
Dec 15, 2022
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DO NOT VIBE WITH his actual ideas. He brings up the coolest shit but he's wrong about all of it... just take note of the archaeological sites he mentions and then look them up urself
Apr 30, 2024
I have next to zero knowledge in philosophy but it was interesting to see I had a spread across all the options.
I’ll be spending the rest of my afternoon reading about what their philosophies were. Also, first time hearing about “Hume” the philosopher.
May 19, 2024
I have two philosophy degrees so I guess this isn’t that niche for that area. But I have a Plato tattoo. Plato’s Symposium (the Rowe translation) is my favourite of his works, closely followed by the Phaedrus. He’s so silly and weird and gay and i like that. My masters thesis was a metaphilosophical look at why Plato and Simone de Beauvoir wrote fiction - which was pretty stupid tbh because it meant my research material was like a million books and I cannot read a million books. We may blame Plato for the evil that is Western Analytic philosophy, but that’s so funny to me when he was essentially writing little plays about his teacher and friends. If you’ve only attempted The Republic and were like what the fuck, I don’t blame you. Most of his dialogues are really short, that one was just him trying to write a treaties or whatever, bless.
Apr 5, 2024
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In virtually any weather at any speed walking from downtown to midtown is one of my favorite activities. If you are bored it’s just a really nice activity to do by yourself or with a friend. It's really meditative, you see neighborhoods change and can look at all these different things on the way. There are some fun places to stop on the way, like Kaluystayans and Dover Street Market or the Morgan Library. Once I arrive in midtown I like going to the Paris Theater, The Grill, or Ice skating in central park. MoMA can be fun too.
Dec 15, 2022
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I have an affinity for period pieces. Some of my favorites are by Merchant and Ivory—A Room with A View, Maurice, and Howards End. I also love Peter Greenaway’s The Draughtsman's Contract, Stanley Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon. Perceval Le Gallois by Eric Rohmer is also very intriguing. It feels more like filmed theater than veritable cinema but is definitely worth the watch. La Religieuse is fantastic, both the 1966 version by Jacques Rivette and the 2013 remake by Guillaume Nicloux. I feel like I was just reading somewhere that period films typically do very well in the box office so maybe I'm just preaching to the choir here but what can you do?????
Dec 15, 2022
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Utterly obsessed with Kirsty Godso (KG), and her workouts. Perfect for at home. 30 minutes of exercise that is actually so efficient. Really gets you into shape if you do it like 3 times a week. You can find these on the nike training club app. She also teaches some skyting classes which are fun.
Dec 15, 2022