drtlkn

PhD in Philosophy | From Him, to Him

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a kitten isn’t always just a kitten...

sometimes it’s just a furry little hot dog chilling in the palm of your hand. 🌭🐾

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@Thespacetechguy That’s a massive claim to call this a real photo of a place literally nobody has ever visited.

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@eceuner12 If the term were truly just a neutral civic identity, it wouldn't require a vocal declaration to earn inclusion.

Demanding that everyone identify with a single dominant ethnicity is assimilation, not anti-racism.

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@RealHellenist That's the exact reason it spread so fast. By leaving behind the elitism of Greek philosophy and using everyday Koine Greek, they turned complex ethics into a message anyone could understand.

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@AstronomyVibes The universe didn't come from a separate creator standing outside of it.

God is the immanent cause and the infinite substance of everything that exists.

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@xnisssaa 🎂🎶

https://t.co/iKdpuJZXf7

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@alerwee @LL2mm Couldn't agree more! Really enjoyed this exchange, looking forward to crossing paths on here again. Cheers! 🙏

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10/10

Had Hypatia lived, we might not have waited a millennium for the Renaissance. She isn't a victim of bigotry—she is the spark for everyone who still chooses reason over dogma.

"Fables should be taught as fables, myths as myths."

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1/10
Marcus: "Do you believe in the gods, or in science?"

Hypatia: "I believe in philosophy. In a mind that dares to question."

In 4th-century Alexandria, only one woman could give that answer.

"Reserve your right to think."

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9/10

With her death, free inquiry died in Alexandria. Scholars fled the city, and the Mediterranean slipped into a thousand-year slumber: the Dark Ages.

"You can destroy knowledge, but you cannot bury the truth forever."

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@LL2mm Pairing that with the gap between "what is" and "what ought to be" sums up the Kantian critique cleanly. Definitely makes me want to re-read parts of the Ethics with those objections in mind!

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@LL2mm Just finished reading the whole thing, really well-written piece! That closing point hits hard: Spinoza's tragedy wasn't bad logic, it was skipping the question of whether reason even has the jurisdiction to go that far.

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@LL2mm That’s a really fair way to put it. Kant treated metaphysics like a dangerous tool that needed strict safety guards, whereas Spinoza just went all-in and trusted reason all the way down. It’s cool to see both sides of that coin!

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@LL2mm Bringing up Salomon Maimon is a deep cut!

That exact critique of how categories apply to experience is basically what pushed post-Kantian philosophy right back toward Spinoza’s rationalism. Even the strictest Kantianism ends up wrestling with his ghost