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tldr (tim reilly)
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I’ve read nearly all of the most renowned philosophers (the ones whose thoughts we were able to preserve). Many of them in original language. Shakespeare is the greatest. He is so because he is the most profound investigator of forms who was also strong enough to not deny one ounce of life: Comedy and Tragedy.
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Kyle
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I’m curious what makes Shakespeare a philosopher?
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brownalytics 🎩
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I, too, am genuinely curious
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tldr (tim reilly)
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@khb @brownalytics Philosophy is the search for the whole truth, whereas things like Modern Science or History are actual types of truth (they are def true in some way, but are unable to ask themselves whether they are the whole truth) I think Shakespeare's primary work is searching for the whole truth of human life
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brownalytics 🎩
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Gotcha. He def fits the definition in that regard, my push back is that this definition would then include most artists regardless of which philosophical traditions they build upon or are aware of, with the unintentional (or maybe intentional?) effect of devaluing the work done by thinkers who reference other thinkers
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tldr (tim reilly)
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Interesting. I've always thought of artists as seeking out the truth of *aesthetic* experience. (And, then, if they end up searching for, reflecting about, establishing the value of aesthetic experience in the whole, they are being philosophers as well as artists)
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